Howard Wendell

Howard Wendell

Birth : 1908-01-25,

Death : 1975-08-11

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Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell

Movies

My Blood Runs Cold
Mayor
Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther.
How to Murder Your Wife
The Trial Judge
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband.
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Mr. Simmons (uncredited)
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Dr. George Bradford
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
A Stranger in My Arms
Congressman
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
Winter Dreams
Mr. Hedrich
A successful young man announces his recent engagement, only to be forced to reconsider his future following the sudden reappearance of a girl he has loved for years.
Storm Center
Sen. Bascomb
Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.
A Day of Fury
Yanryzin
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade, a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been settled between "his" people (i.e. the saloon-keepers, gamblers, etc.) and the righteous, "respectable" folk.
Never Say Goodbye
Harry
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
The Fighting Chance
Lucky Jim Morrison
A horse trainer and his friend, a jockey, fall in love with the same girl. Complications ensue.
The View from Pompey's Head
John Duncan
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?
Wiretapper
Prison Chaplain
A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.
Athena
Mr. Grenville
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
The Black Dakotas
Judge Horatio Baker
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh, the secret leader of a Confederate spy ring, who wants to keep the treaty from being signed and to also get his hands on the gold. Ruth Lawrence and Mike Daugherty work together against the machinations of Marsh
Prince Valiant
Morgan Todd
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
Captain Scarface
Mr. Dilts
A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and are traveling by steamship to the coast of South America. Luckily for western civilization, the hard-nosed ship's captain, played by Barton MacLane, has other ideas.
The Big Heat
Police Commissioner Higgins
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Watson
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
John H. Harris
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Affair in Trinidad
Anderson
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
You for Me
Oliver Wherry
A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.