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John Howard (April 14, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American actor noted for his work in film and television. Born John Richard Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. At college he discovered a love for the theater, and took part in student productions. The good-looking and personable young Howard soon became a contract player for Paramount, working in a dozen pictures before getting his first memorable role as Ronald Colman's younger brother in Lost Horizon. He soon took over for Colman in the popular Bulldog... MORE

John Howard (April 14, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American actor noted for his work in film and television. Born John Richard Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. At college he discovered a love for the theater, and took part in student productions. The good-looking and personable young Howard soon became a contract player for Paramount, working in a dozen pictures before getting his first memorable role as Ronald Colman's younger brother in Lost Horizon. He soon took over for Colman in the popular Bulldog Drummond series of films, starring in seven of the features (1937–39), and maintaining the film version of the detective as far more sophisticated than the original print character. Howard's next noteworthy assignment was as Katharine Hepburn's fiancé in The Philadelphia Story (1940). He served in the Navy during World War II, eventually as Executive Officer aboard a minesweeper USS YMS-24 where he parcipated in landing operations at Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, deception operations against Sardinia and Southern France. When his vessel struck a mine off the French coast in August, 1944, killing the captain LESS