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Noel Howlett (1902–1984)

Actor

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Benevolent-looking, balding British character actor, who usually played clergymen and academics. He became best known as the ineffectual headmaster Cromwell of TV's 'Please Sir'. While in his youth, Howlett had himself considered - but decided against - a teaching career. From the early 1930's, he acted on stage and was later involved with ENSA during World War II... See more trivia »

Born:

Arthur Noel Howlett
in Maidstone, England, UK

Died:

(age 81) in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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1984 John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Archbishop Sudbury
 
1979 A Moment in Time (TV series)
Vicar
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Vicar
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Vicar
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Vicar
 
1979 Happy Ever After (TV series)
Lucy's suitor
– Special: The Go Between (1979) … Lucy's suitor
 
1979 Mr. Selkie
Grandpa Ross
 
1976 The Duchess of Duke Street (TV series)
Sterling
– A Matter of Honour (1976) … Sterling
 
1976 Good Neighbors (TV series)
Mr. Wakeley
– I Talk to the Trees (1976) … Mr. Wakeley
 
1974 Sykes (TV series)
– The Band (1974)
 
1973 Pardon My Genie (TV series)
Mr. Luke / Vicar
– The Shoddy Bodyguard (1973) … Vicar
– Luck Is No Lady (1973) … Mr. Luke
 
1968-1972 Please Sir! (TV series)
Mr. Cromwell
– The Fixer (1972) … Mr. Cromwell
– The Price War (1972) … Mr. Cromwell
– Blodwyn All Over (1972) … Mr. Cromwell
– Please Give Generously (1972) … Mr. Cromwell
– Cup Fever (1972) … Mr. Cromwell
See all 55 episodes »
 
1971 Misleading Cases (TV series)
Mr. Loover
– The Usual Channel (1971) … Mr. Loover
 
1971 Please Sir!
Mr. Cromwell
 
1970 Some Will, Some Won't
Endicott - Solicitor
 
1969 The Bushbaby
Rev. Barlow
 
1969 The First Lady (TV series)
– I Don't Like Him (1969)
 
1969 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
Dr. Harshom
– Random Quest (1969) … Dr. Harshom
 
1968 The Root of All Evil? (TV series)
James Benton
– Money for Change (1968) … James Benton
 
1968 The Jazz Age (TV series)
Professor Tiverton
– Black Exchange (1968) … Professor Tiverton
 
1968 Sexton Blake (TV series)
Sir Miles Murray
– Sexton Blake v. The Organisation: Part 6 - No Escape (1968) … Sir Miles Murray
– Sexton Blake v. The Organisation: Part 5 - The Secret of Hoodoo House (1968) … Sir Miles Murray
– Sexton Blake v. The Organisation: Part 3 - Up Against It (1968) … Sir Miles Murray
– Sexton Blake v. The Organisation: Part 2 - The Danger Sign (1968) … Sir Miles Murray
– Sexton Blake v. The Organisation: Part 1 - Blake Meets His Match (1968) … Sir Miles Murray
 
1968 Softly Softly (TV series)
Yeardley
– Major Incident (1968) … Yeardley
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Dr. Evans / Lord Chief Justice
– An Officer of the Court (1967) … Lord Chief Justice
– Fall of the Goat (1967) … Dr. Evans
 
1967 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Reverend Simon Blanding
– Dead Man's Shoes (1967) … Reverend Simon Blanding
 
1967 Vanity Fair (TV mini-series)
Mr. Sedley
– The Famous Little Becky Puppet (1967) … Mr. Sedley
 
1967 The Avengers (TV series)
Prof. L. T. Rushton
– Mission... Highly Improbable (1967) … Prof. L. T. Rushton
 
1967 Mogul (TV series)
Sir Thomas Hewitt
– A Nice White Girl - Is She for Sale? (1967) … Sir Thomas Hewitt
 
1967 Five Million Years to Earth
Abbey Librarian
 
1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (TV series)
Coroner
– The Black Doctor (1967) … Coroner
 
1967 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series)
Vicar
– Swan Song (1967) … Vicar
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Bishop
 
1965 Tomorrow at Ten
Brain specialist
 
1964 Secret Agent (TV series)
Dr. McKenna
– Fair Exchange (1964) … Dr. McKenna
 
1964 Diary of a Young Man (TV series)
Chief Lord Justice
– Life, or a Girl Called Fred (1964) … Chief Lord Justice
 
1964 A Choice of Coward (TV series)
David Lancaster
– The Vortex (1964) … David Lancaster
 
1958-1964 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
David Lancaster / Dr. Libbard / Mr. Witherspoon
– A Choice of Coward #3: The Vortex (1964) … David Lancaster
– The Gioconda Smile (1963) … Dr. Libbard
– Barchester Towers (1961)
– The Patchwork Quilt (1960)
– Arsenic and Old Lace (1958) … Mr. Witherspoon
 
1964 Silas Marner (TV series)
Mr. Lammeter
– Father and Daughter (1964) … Mr. Lammeter
– A Gleam of Gold (1964) … Mr. Lammeter
– A Strange Disappearance (1964) … Mr. Lammeter
– A Marriage Concealed (1964) … Mr. Lammeter
 
1964 Woman of Straw
Assistant Solicitor
 
1963 The Kiss of the Vampire
Father Xavier
 
1963 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Mannering
– Ticket for the Nudes (1963) … Mannering
 
1963 Murder at the Gallop
Mr. Trundell
 
1963 Jezebel ex UK (TV series)
– Slow Boat to Niniveh (1963)
 
1963 Suspense (TV series)
Dr. Godard
– The Tourelle Skull (1963) … Dr. Godard
 
1963 Ghost Squad (TV series)
Rev. J. Crichton
– Death of a Sportsman (1963) … Rev. J. Crichton
 
1963 The Launching (short)
Father
 
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
Vicar at St. Paul's (uncredited)
 
1961 Maigret (TV series)
– The Winning Ticket (1961)
– Death of a Butcher (1961)
– The Simple Case (1961)
 
1961 Call Oxbridge 2000 (TV series)
Dr. Richard Graham
– Episode #1.3 (1961) … Dr. Richard Graham
 
1959-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Face Sr. / Mr. Finnemore
– The Rose Affair (1961) … Mr. Face Sr.
– My Guess Would Be Murder (1959) … Mr. Finnemore
 
1961 Victim
Patterson
 
1961 Mary Had a Little...
Pottle
 
1961 Hancock (TV series)
The Vicar
– The Lift (1961) … The Vicar
 
1961 Boyd Q.C. (TV series)
Mr. Corby QC
– Out of the Frying Pan (1961) … Mr. Corby QC
 
1961 Jango (TV series)
Harkness
– Seven Swords of Haversham (1961) … Harkness
 
1960 Sheep's Clothing (TV movie)
Ulrich Panssard
 
1960 Golden Girl (TV series)
Barstow
– Snatch (1960) … Barstow
– Sniper (1960) … Barstow
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Pauncefort Quentin
– Twentieth Century Theatre: The Vortex (1960) … Pauncefort Quentin
 
1955-1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Doctor / Manservant
– The Man Who Could Find Things (1960) … Doctor
– The Last Reunion (1955) … Manservant
 
1959 The Battle of the Sexes
Mr. White
 
1959 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Mr. Bodley
– A Toast for Sandy Brownrigg (1959) … Mr. Bodley
 
1959 The Four Just Men (TV series)
President
– The Deserter (1959) … President
 
1959 Dancers in Mourning (TV series)
William Faraday
– Part 6 (1959) … William Faraday
– Part 5 (1959) … William Faraday
– Part 4 (1959) … William Faraday
– Part 3 (1959) … William Faraday
– Part 2 (1959) … William Faraday
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1959 The Scapegoat
Dr. Aloin
 
1959 Serious Charge
Mr. Peters
 
1950-1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Lewis Appleby / Mr. Mendham / Mr. Morland / …
– Mary Rose (1959) … Mr. Morland
– Television World Theatre: The Government Inspector (1958) … The Judge
– The Leader of the House (1955) … Lewis Appleby
– The Wonderful Visit (1952) … Mr. Mendham
– Rope (1950) … Sir Johnstone Kentley
 
1959 Quatermass and the Pit (TV series)
Vicar Gilpin
– Hob (1959) … Vicar Gilpin
– The Wild Hunt (1959) … Vicar Gilpin
– The Enchanted (1959) … Vicar Gilpin
 
1959 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
Spenlow
– David and Dora (1959) … Spenlow
 
1958 Nowhere to Go
Uncle Tom Howard (uncredited)
 
1958 Good Wives (TV series)
Mr. Lawrence
– Part 5 (1958) … Mr. Lawrence
– Part 4 (1958) … Mr. Lawrence
– Part 3 (1958) … Mr. Lawrence
– Part 2 (1958) … Mr. Lawrence
– Part 1 (1958) … Mr. Lawrence
 
1958 Charlesworth at Large (TV series)
The Scribe
– Where Angels Fear to Tread (1958) … The Scribe
 
1958 Little Women (TV series)
Mr. Laurence
– Episode #1.6 (1958) … Mr. Laurence
– Episode #1.5 (1958) … Mr. Laurence
– Episode #1.3 (1958) … Mr. Laurence
– Episode #1.2 (1958) … Mr. Laurence
– Episode #1.1 (1958) … Mr. Laurence
 
1956 Lust for Life
Commissioner Van Den Berghe
 
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)
Phillipe Verdaux
– The Brothers (1956) … Phillipe Verdaux
 
1955 Richard of Bordeaux (TV movie)
Archbishop of Canterbury
 
1955 Patrol Car (TV series)
Jeremiah Rugeley / The Vicar
– The Executioner (1955) … The Vicar
– Nell Gwynn's Tear (1955) … Jeremiah Rugeley
– The King's Hat (1955) … Jeremiah Rugeley
 
1955 One Good Turn
Jeweller
 
1955 Handcuffs, London
Jeremiah Rugeley
 
1954 Montserrat (TV movie)
Father Coronil
 
1954 The Detective
Auctioneer
 
1952 The Broken Horseshoe (TV series)
Walter Briggs
– Mr. Ernest Carrel (1952) … Walter Briggs
 
1951 Scrooge
First Collector
 
1951 Laughter in Paradise
Clerk of the Court
 
1951 Cloudburst
Johnson
 
1950 Over the Odds (TV movie)
Henry Phelps
 
1950 The Inheritance
 
1950 Lady Precious Stream (TV movie)
Su
 
1950 Eye Witness
Martin Foxglove K.C. - Sam's Barrister
 
1949 The Perfect Woman
Scientist
 
1949 Once Upon a Dream
Solicitor
 
1948 This Was a Woman
Chief Surgeon Barclay
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic
First Questioner
 
1948 The Winslow Boy
Mr. Williams (uncredited)
 
1948 The Blind Goddess
Court Usher (uncredited)
 
1948 Saraband
Count Platen
 
1948 The Calendar
Lawyer
 
1948 Good-Time Girl
Clerk
 
1948 Corridor of Mirrors
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
 
1947 The Mark of Cain
Judge
 
1947 When the Bough Breaks
Judge
 
1947 Bad Sister
Sir Humphrey Webster (uncredited)
 
1947 Jassy
Court Usher (uncredited)
 
1940 George and Margaret
Malcolm
 
1940 The Proud Valley
Company clerk (uncredited)
 
1938 Hay Fever (TV movie)
Richard Greatham
 
1938 A Yank at Oxford
Tom Craddock
 
1936 Men Are Not Gods
Cashier (uncredited)
 

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(1954) He acted in Ronald Millar's play, "Waiting for Gillian," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with Googie Withers, Frank Lawton, and John McCallum in the cast. See more »

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Trivia:

Benevolent-looking, balding British character actor, who usually played clergymen and academics. He became best known as the ineffectual headmaster Cromwell of TV's 'Please Sir'. While in his youth, Howlett had himself considered - but decided against - a teaching career. From the early 1930's, he acted on stage and was later involved with ENSA during World War II... See more »

Star Sign:

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