Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (March 28, 1944 - March 23, 2016) was an American actor best known for 1776, The White Shadow, and Childs Play.
He was married to actress Louise Sorel, Margo Howard, and Actress/Stuntwoman Linda Fetters Howard. He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild.
Howard died in 2016 at the age of 71 of undisclosed causes.
Film Roles
- Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon as Arthur
- Such Good Friends as Cal
- The Strange Vengeance Of Rosalie as Virgil
- 1776 as Thomas Jefferson
- The Court Martial Of George Armstrong Custer as Prosecuting Attorney (TV Movie)
- A Real American Hero as Danny Boy Mitchell
- Second Thoughts as John Michael
- Oscar (1991) as Kirkwood
- Murder In New Hampshire The Pamela Smart Story as Bill Smart (TV Movie)
- Ulterior Motives as Malcolm Carter
- Clear and Present Danger as Committee Chairman
- The Net (1995) as Bergstrom
- Tactical Assault as Gen. Horace White
- At First Sight as Virgil's Father
- Dreamer Inspired By A True Story as Bill Ford
- In Her Shoes as Michael Feller
- Arc as Santee
- Michael Clayton as Don Jeffries
- Rambo IV as Arthur Marsh
- Under Still Waters as Conrad
- Smother as Gene Cooper
- Two Thirteen as Sheriff Sedgewick
- The Beacon as Officer Bobby Ford
- A Numbers Game as Harold
- J. Edgar as Harlan Fiske Stone
- ACOD as Gary
- Better Living Through Chemistry as Walter Bishop
- The Judge as Judge Warren
- The Wedding Ringer as Ed Palmer
- Joy (2015) as Mop Executive
Television Roles
- NYPD as Rick Crossfield (1 episode)
- Bonanza as Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain (1 episode)
- Medical Center as Kevin Morgan (1 episode)
- Adams Rib as Adam Bonner
- The Manhunter as Dave Barrett
- The White Shadow as Ken Reeves
- The Thorn Birds as Rainer Hartheim (2 episodes)
- Its Not Easy as Jack Long
- Hotel (1983) as Malcolm Taylor/Bill Tillery (2 episodes)
- Dynasty (1981) as Garrett Boydston (14 episodes)
- The Colbys as Garrett Boydston (20 episodes)
- Murder, She Wrote as various (6 episodes)
- American Playhouse as Sam Evans/Pudd'nhead Wilson (2 episodes)
- The Hitchhiker as Dubois (1 episode)
- Memories Of Midnight as Kirk Reynolds
- The Golden Girls as Jerry (1 episode)
- Batman: The Animated Series as Hartness (1 episode)
- One West Waikiki as Ronald Markham (1 episode)
- Melrose Place as Mr. George Andrews (5 episodes)
- The Client as Charlie Braxton (1 episode)
- Diagnosis: Murder as David Clarke/Special Agent Dunleavy (2 episodes)
- The Practice as Raynsford Bradford/Sen. Frank Patanki (2 episodes)
- The West Wing as Judge Peyton Cabot Harrison III (1 episode)
- Family Law as Reardon (1 episode)
- Arli SS as Coach Dreyfuss/Rocky (2 episodes)
- Crossing Jordan as Max Cavanaugh (49 episodes)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ken Abbot (2 episodes)
- The Office (US) as Ed Truck (1 episode)
- The George Lopez Show as Dr. Woodson (1 episode)
- Ghost Whisperer as Judge Walter Merrick (1 episode)
- Huff as Walt Callahan (2 episodes)
- Conviction as Judge Hanford (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Arlen Rieff (1 episode)
- The Nine as Alvy Munson (1 episode)
- Cane as Joe Samuels
- Brothers & Sisters as Boyd Taylor (1 episode)
- Eli Stone as Thomas Hayes (1 episode)
- Boston Legal as Judge Walter Yardley (1 episode)
- Dirty Sexy Money as Evan Conello (1 episode)
- Cold Case as Harry Kemp Jr. 1958 (1 episode)
- Fairly Legal as Charles Pease (1 episode)
- The Closer as Wes Durant (1 episode)
- 30 Rock as Hank Hooper (9 episodes)
- The Young and the Restless as George Summers (3 episodes)
- Blue Bloods as Malcolm (1 episode)
- The McCarthys as Coach Colwell (1 episode)
Theatre Roles
- Promises, Promises as various
- 1776 as Thomas Jefferson
- Childs Play as Paul Reese
- Seesaw as Jerry Ryan
- The Norman Conquest Trilogy as Tom
- Equus as Perfomer
- Rumors as Glenn Cooper
