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[[File:Actor_Arthur_Howard.jpg|thumb|right|Arthur Howard]]
'''Arthur Howard''' (born '''Arthur John Steiner'''; 18 January 1910<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=arthur+j&lastname=steiner&eventyear=1910&eventyear_offset=2|last=Find my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref> – 18 June 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=arthur+j&lastname=howard&eventyear=1995&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1910&yearofbirth_offset=0|last=Find my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref>) was an English stage, [[film actor|film and television actor]].<ref name=mcfarlane/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/pk8/arthur-howard/past|last=Theatricalia|title=Arthur Howard|accessdate=8 May 2021}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Born in [[Camberwell]], London, Howard was the younger son of Lilian (née Blumberg) and Ferdinand "Frank" Steiner. His brother was the film actor [[Leslie Howard]] and his sister the casting director [[Irene Howard]].<ref>Ronald Howard, ''In Search of My Father: A Portrait of Leslie Howard'', St. Martin's Press, New York 1981 {{ISBN|0-312-41161-8}}</ref> He married the actress Jean Compton Mackenzie (a daughter of the actor [[Francis Compton (actor)|Frank Compton]]) in 1936 and they had a son together, the stage actor [[Alan Howard (actor)|Alan Howard]].<ref name="Coveney">Michael Coveney [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/19/alan-howard "Alan Howard obituary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228050359/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/19/alan-howard|date=28 December 2020}}, ''The Guardian'', 18 February 2015</ref><ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&dq=arthur+howard+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA369|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Arthur appeared in several television programmes such as ''[[Whack-O]]'', a school comedy in which he played the hapless assistant headmaster Pettigrew to [[Jimmy Edwards]]'s headmaster, and he was in the 1960 film version ''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8ad4b6b8|title=Whack-o![09/06/59] (1959)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6356c3|title=Bottoms Up (1960)}}</ref> He appeared in many films, including ''[[American Friends]]'' and ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'', and had the small role of Cavendish in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fdd2d69|title=Arthur Howard|website=BFI}}</ref>

In 1961 he was arrested for [[Sexual harassment|importuning]] and spent a week in prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Fined £25 For Importuning |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/keywordsearch.arc?queryKeywords=Actor+Fined+£25+For+Importuning |date=3 June 1961 |page=6 |newspaper=The Times |location =London |ref=CS103899331 |quote=Howard,... had spent a week in [[Brixton Prison]] after pleading guilty to a charge of persistently importuning for immoral purposes, was also fined £25.}} {{subscription required}}</ref> He died in [[Westminster]], London.<ref name=bfi/> He is buried in the [[East London Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicmoviehub.com/facts-and-trivia/topic/final-resting-places/overseas/buried/page/2/|title=Overseas by Cemetery - Final Resting Places - Classic Movie Actors and Actresses(p 2) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)|website=Classic Movie Hub - CMH}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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* ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]'' (1933) – Kitchen Helper (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lady Is Willing (1934 film)|The Lady Is Willing]]'' (1934) – Dr. Germont
* ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947) – First Official
* ''[[So Well Remembered]]'' (1947) – Politician (uncredited)
* ''[[The Mark of Cain (1947 film)|The Mark of Cain]]'' (1947) – Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
* ''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948) – Mr. Chinkwell
* ''[[The Passionate Friends (1949 film)|The Passionate Friends]]'' (1949) – Smith – the Butler
* ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949) – Bassett
* ''[[Private Angelo (film)|Private Angelo]]'' (1949) – (uncredited)
* ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'' (1950) – Groves – Charlotte's Butler (uncredited)
* ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life (film)|The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' (1950) – Anthony Ramsden
* ''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]'' (1950) – Burden
* ''[[State Secret (1950 film)|State Secret]]'' (1950) – Clubman
* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) – Registry office bridegroom (uncredited)
* ''[[Dick Barton at Bay]]'' (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Emergency Wedding]]'' (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Laughter in Paradise]]'' (1951) – Businessman on train (uncredited)
* ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951) – Roberts
* ''[[Lady Godiva Rides Again]]'' (1951) – Soap publicity man
* ''[[Never Look Back (film)|Never Look Back]]'' (1952) – Charles Vaughan
* ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' (1952) – Dancing Master (uncredited)
* ''[[Cosh Boy]]'' (1953) – Registrar (uncredited)
* ''[[The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (film)|The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' (1953) – Usher in 'Trial by Jury'
* ''[[Grand National Night]]'' (1953) – Hotel Manager
* ''[[Glad Tidings (film)|Glad Tidings]]'' (1953) – Mr. George Boddington
* ''[[Will Any Gentleman...?]]'' (1953) – Mr. Coding
* ''[[The Intruder (1953 film)|The Intruder]]'' (1953) – Bertram Slake
* ''[[Knave of Hearts (film)|Monsieur Ripois]]'' (1954) – Priest (uncredited)
* ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) – Wilfred Woodley
* ''[[Out of the Clouds]]'' (1955) – Booking Clerk at Heathrow (uncredited)
* ''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) – Rutland
* ''[[The Constant Husband]]'' (1955) – Clerk of the court
* ''[[The Dam Busters (film)|The Dam Busters]]'' (1955) – RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
* ''[[Footsteps in the Fog]]'' (1955) – Vicar
* ''[[One Way Out (film)|One Way Out]]'' (1955) – Marriott
* ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch and Go]]'' (1955) – Man at the Window
* ''[[The Adventures of Quentin Durward]]'' (1955) – Injured Priest (uncredited)
* ''One Wish Too Many'' (1956) – Headmaster
* ''[[I Accuse!]]'' (1958) – Capt. Lauth
* ''[[Law and Disorder (1958 film)|Law and Disorder]]'' (1958) – Burrows
* ''[[I Only Arsked!]]'' (1958) – Sir Redvers
* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) – First Mr. Dodds (uncredited)
* ''[[Rockets Galore!]]'' (1958) – Meeching
* ''[[Libel (film)|Libel]]'' (1959) – Car Salesman
* ''[[Friends and Neighbours]]'' (1959) – Rev. Dobson
* ''[[Desert Mice]]'' (1959) – Navy Doctor (uncredited)
* ''[[Bottoms Up (1960 film)|Bottoms Up]]'' (1960) – Oliver Pettigrew
* ''[[Watch it, Sailor!]]'' (1961) – Vicar (guest appearance)
* ''Paradisio'' (1961) – Professor Sims
* ''[[Kill or Cure (1962 film)|Kill or Cure]]'' (1962) – Green Glades Desk Clerk
* ''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]'' (1963) – Bar Steward (uncredited)
* ''[[Ladies Who Do]]'' (1963) – Chauffeur
* ''Les Félins'' (1964) – Father Nielson
* ''[[The Counterfeit Constable]]'' (1964) – Le supporter anglais qui boit du champagne (uncredited)
* ''[[You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)|You Must Be Joking!]]'' (1965) – Cecil
* ''[[Lady L]]'' (1965) – Butler
* ''[[The Ghost Goes Gear]]'' (1966) – Vicar
* ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]'' (1966) – Claude (uncredited)
* ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'' (1968) – English Cardinal
* ''[[The Best House in London]]'' (1969) – Mr. Fortnum
* ''Hoverbug'' (1969) – Mr. Watts
* ''[[My Lover, My Son]]'' (1970) – Judge
* ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1970) – Doctor
* ''[[Zeppelin (film)|Zeppelin]]'' (1971) – Carlyle (uncredited)
* ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971) – Kenneth (segment "Wrath")
* ''Blinker's Spy-Spotter'' (1972) – Professor
* ''[[Steptoe and Son (film)|Steptoe and Son]]'' (1972) – Vicar
* ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]'' (1975) – Thumley
* ''Las adolescentes'' (1975) – Headmaster
* ''[[The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones]]'' (1976) – Old Vicar
* ''[[Hardcore (1977 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1977) – Vicar
* ''[[Full Circle (1977 film)|Full Circle]]'' (1977) – Mr. Piggott
* ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1979) – Deacon
* ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979) – Cavendish
* ''[[The Missionary]]'' (1982) – Fermleigh's Butler
* ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' (1982) – Arthur, Bruno's butler
* ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983) – Arthur
* ''[[Another Country (1984 film)|Another Country]]'' (1984) – Waiter
* ''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]'' (1987) – Mr. Lazenby
* ''[[American Friends]]'' (1991) – Voe
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==Television==
Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard (1952) - (Shop Assistant) - ('The Red Flame': episode Two) - (with ''[[Dorothy Bramhall]]''; ''[[Tucker McGuire]]''; and ''[[Johnny Briggs (actor)]]'', in Episode 1).

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{IMDb name|0397128|Arthur Howard}}
*{{Find a Grave|13699269}}

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[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from London]]
[[Category:20th-century English male actors]]
[[Category:Jewish English male actors]]
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