Ronald Howard

Ronald Howard

Рождение : 1918-04-07, England, UK

Смерть : 1996-12-19

История

Ronald Howard was an English actor and writer who starred in a number of British B movie sin the forties and fifties, before moving into television, most notably in the 1954 version of Sherlock Holmes. He was the son of actor Leslie Howard.

Профиль

Ronald Howard

Фильмы

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Documentary looking at the life and career of 1930s film star Leslie Howard. It features exclusive home movie footage, including footage from the Gone with the Wind set. The film includes extensive interviews with Howard's daughter, Leslie Ruth "Doodie" Howard, and contributions from friends and colleagues.
Многоликий Шерлок Холмс
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Этот документальный фильм исследует становление кинематографической династии Шерлока Холмсов и включает интервью и архивные видеоклипы, в которых показан оригинальный боец с преступностью во всех его воплощениях.
Выбери трудный путь
Halsey
Если ты кому-то что-то пообещал, будь готов выполнить свое обещание во что бы то ни стало. Даже если ты пообещал перевезти через пустыню $86 тыс.
Persecution
Dr. Ross
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).
Охота
Watt Nelson
Лихой разбойник Фрэнк Колдер крадет жену богача Брэндта Ругера - Мелиссу и увозит в пыльные прерии Дикого Запада. Строптивая девушка очаровывает бандита, и они страстно влюбляются друг в друга. Тем временем, Ругер идет по пятам и решает хитроумным образом истребить банду, охотясь на людей, точно на дикого зверя. Жестокости и хитрости этого охотника за головами нет предела. Он готов завладеть «добычей» даже ценою собственной жизни...
Run a Crooked Mile
Inspector Huntington
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
Koroshi
Sanders
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceived as part of the fourth season of the "Secret Agent" TV series. However, this was the first episode of the season and Patrick McGoohan quit shortly after filming it. Thus it was decided to package a double-episode from a TV show as a full-length movie. Patrick McGoohan quit "Secret Agent" to create "The Prisoner" TV series. - The original individual episodes of "Danger Man" that made up this movie were released for the first time on video in the 1990s. - The original two one-hour episodes that made up this film were broadcast in limited fashion in the UK in 1968.
Africa: Texas Style!
Hugo Copp
Two American cowboys are hired by a British rancher to oversee his estate in Kenya. Shot on location in Africa, this film led to the TV show Cowboy in Africa starring Chuck Connors.
Уик-энд в Зюйдкоте
le capitaine Robinson
1940-й год, два июньских дня из жизни французских солдат, брошенных собственными генералами и союзниками-англичанами у берега Ла-Манша под Дюнкерком. Их нещадно расстреливают мессеры, мочат из дальнобойных орудий, а они пытаются спасти свою, нужную только им самим жизнь! Не многие могут остаться людьми до конца…
Проклятие гробницы мумии
John Bray
Египет. 1900 год. Археологи Аннетт Дюбуа и Джон Грей находят гробницу фараона, убитого три тысячи лет назад своим братом — колдуном. По просьбе американского предпринимателя Александра Кинга они привозят мумифицированное тело фараона в Англию, где оно исчезает с выставки. После чего мумия начинает одного за другим убивать членов экспедиции…
Siege of the Saxons
Edmund of Cornwall
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
The Bay of St. Michel
A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.
Nurse on Wheels
Dr. Harold Golfrey
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.
Wuthering Heights
Lockwood
Adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.
The Skin Game
Inspector Gordon
A scrap dealer is making a profit out of wrecked cars, but trouble starts when one of his men demands more money.
The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Uncle Dick
The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.
Bomb in the High Street
Captain Manning
Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.
Fate Takes a Hand
Tony
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.
В 16-50 из Паддингтона
Brian Eastley
Мисс Марпл невольно становится свидетелем убийства в купе проходящего мимо поезда. Она сообщает об этом в полицию, но так как никакого тела не найдено, полиция не предпринимает ничего. Приходится старушке самой заняться расследованием этого странного дела…
Приходи в сентябре
Spencer
Каждый год в сентябре нью-йоркский бизнесмен приезжает на свою виллу в Италии, чтобы отдохнуть и провести время со своей римской подругой. Но однажды в июле, когда он появляется без предупреждения, его ждет огромный сюрприз! За время его отсутствия роскошная вилла превратилась в гостиницу. Более того, в списке гостей, проживающих в ней, значится компания юных американок и настойчиво ухаживающих за ними парней. Отчаянно пытаясь взять ситуацию под контроль, Хадсон в результате теряет свое право на частную жизнь, свою подружку и едва ли не рассудок. До тех пор, пока ему не удается выработать собственный план.
The Malpas Mystery
After Audrey leaves prison after being framed for jewel theft, she gets a job offer from the mysterious Mr. Malpas, triggering a plot involving a missing heir, diamonds and kidnapping.
Compelled
Paul Adams
An ex-convict who's built a respectable post-prison life for himself as an engineer discovers that a past is a hard thing to shake. When old "friends" contact the former prisoner, it's not long before the gone-straight baddie finds himself being blackmailed into taking part in a major jewelry theft.
Паутина
Jeremy
Когда в ее доме убит злоумышленник, удобная жизнь Клариссы Хейлшем-Браун перевернута вверх дном.
Man Accused
Bob Jenson
Soon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh), engineer Bob Jensen (Ronald Howard) is accused by an insurance investigator of being a notorious -- and murderous -- jewel thief. Can Bob restore his reputation and regain Kathy's trust? Desperate to prove his innocence, Bob engineers a daring jailbreak and pursues the real culprit. Montgomery Tully directs this crime drama.
Бабетта идет на войну
Fitzpatrick
В начале Второй мировой войны юная и прелестная француженка Бабетта устраивается на работу в бордель. Но все его обитательницы в спешке собирают пожитки и эвакуируются в Англию. Там Бабетта попадает в штаб британской разведки, уже в качестве секретарши, а потом и во вражеский тыл. Ее ждут новая, не менее интересная работа, новые знакомства и даже любовь. Франция покоряется немцам и освободить родину может только великолепная Бабетта. И ей удается не только очаровать весь боевой состав армии, от рядовых до офицеров, но и внести свой, не совсем обычный, но от этого не менее весомый вклад в борьбу с фашистами.
No Trees in the Street
Frank
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
Moment of Indiscretion
John Miller
Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potentially lethal motive, which lead them to suspect her of committing the crime. Their suspicions increase when Janet is less than forthcoming about a visit she paid to a former beau. Happily, her loyal husband (Ronald Howard) swears by her innocence and quickly leaps into motion to find the real killer.
Gideon's Day
Paul Delafield
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
I Accuse!
Captain Avril
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
The House in the Woods
Spencer Rowland
A novelist and his wife go to stay at a cottage owned by a painter whose wife has just died.
Light Fingers
Michael Lacey
Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.
Drango
Clay Allen
A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the obstility.
The Hide-Out
Robert Grant
An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.
Flannelfoot
Det. Sgt. Fitzgerald
Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.
Glad Tidings
Cpl Nicholas Brayne
An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children.
Noose for a Lady
Dr. Evershed
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
Street Corner
David Evans
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
Black Orchid
Dr.John Winnington
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
Wide Boy
Inspector Carson
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.
Night Was Our Friend
John Harper
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
The Browning Version
Gilbert
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Убийца по найму
Detective Inspector Carson
Притворяясь торговцем редкими марками, мужчина преданно поддерживает жену и музыкально одаренного младшего брата как профессионального наемного убийцу.
Flesh and Blood
Purley
Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
Portrait of Clare
Ralph Hingston
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Double Confession
Hilary Boscombe
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
Now Barabbas
Roberts Bank cashier
A humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Пиковая дама
Andrei
Единственная западная экранизация повести Александра Сергеевича Пушкина «Пиковая дама». За карточной игрой один из офицеров рассказывает друзьям о своей престарелой родственнице - графине Раневской (Эдит Эванс), которой некогда сам граф Сен-Жермен открыл тайну трёх верных карт, выигрывающих кряду. Герман (Антон Уолбрук), который никогда не садится за игровой стол из боязни проиграть, загорается идеей выведать у графини эту тайну. Для этого он знакомится с воспитанницей графини Лизой (Ивонн Митчелл). Девушка влюбляется в него и даёт ему ключ от дома. Ночью Герман проникает в дом графини, чтобы выпытать у старухи тайну трёх карт. Графиня отказывается отвечать и умирает. Следующей ночью Герману является призрак графини и называет «верные» карты - это тройка, семёрка и туз. Герман ставит на кон всё своё состояние, выигрывает первые две ставки на тройке и семёрке, но затем открывает вместо туза пиковую даму и сходит с ума...
Bond Street
Steve Winter
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
My Brother Jonathan
Harold Dakers
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Nightbeat
Andy Kendall
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
While the Sun Shines
Earl of Harpenden
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
'Pimpernel' Smith
Minor Role
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.