Howard St. John
Howard St. John (born October 9, 1905 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 13, 1974 in New York City , New York ) was an American actor.
life and career
Chicago-born Howard St. John began his acting career in 1925. A year later he made his first appearance on Broadway in the comedy The Blonde Sinner . By 1968, the character actor was to play in almost 20 productions on Broadway, including General Bullmoose in the successful musical Li'l Abner . Also in the 1959 film version of Li'l Abner , St. John represented the role of the general again. The actor only made his film debut in 1949 - at the age of 43 - in Douglas Sirk's crime film Unshakable Love , but he was quickly able to establish himself as a successful supporting actor in the film business. The actor mainly specialized in unlikable authority figures or businessmen with snobbish and self-important attitudes.
One of his most varied and greatest roles was played by St. John as a corrupt attorney in George Cukor's 1950 comedy Die Is Not Yesterday . He also played a police inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Stranger on the Train (1951) and the Coca-Cola boss in Billy Wilder's satire One, Two, Three (1961). In addition to his film and theater work, St. John has been active on US television since the late 1940s, including the television series Hank and the Jackie Gleason Show . His last of almost 80 film and television appearances was in 1972 in the television series The Cornor Bar .
The married Howard St. John died of a heart attack in 1974 at the age of 68.
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: Unshakable Love (Shockproof)
- 1950: Mister 880
- 1950: The executioner sat at the table (711 Ocean Drive)
- 1950: Born Yesterday (Born Yesterday)
- 1950: The men (The Men)
- 1951: Goodbye, My Fancy
- 1951: Strangers on a train (Strangers on a Train)
- 1951: The Big Night
- 1954: Three Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain)
- 1955: Jackals of the Underworld (Illegal)
- 1955: The Tender Trap
- 1955: Against All Violence (I Died A Thousand Times)
- 1959: Li'l Abner
- 1961: One, Two, Three (One, Two, Three)
- 1961: A pajama for two (Lover Come Back)
- 1962: Madison Avenue
- 1964: The Strait Jacket
- 1964: ... and single girls (Sex and the Single Girl)
- 1964: Conqueror of Death (Fate Is the Hunter)
- 1965: stranger Bedfellows (Strange Bedfellows)
- 1965–1966: Hank (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 1967: $ 25,000 for a man (Banning)
Web links
- Howard St. John in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | St. John, Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1974 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |