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Acting

Alan Howard

Career: Active from 1968 to 2003, with a break from 1969 to 1983, busiest in 1989 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Playing Shakespeare
96/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alan Howard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Tech & Humanity
0.4, average 1.6
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 2
Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

6 titles · average score 78

Death in Holy Orders

70

TV show · as Father Sebastian Morell

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

91

as The Ring (voice)

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Stephen Beck

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

90

as The Ring (voice)

David Copperfield

66

as Francis Spenlow

David Copperfield

70

TV show · as Francis Spenlow

1990s

12 titles · average score 80

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Owen August

Anna Lee: Headcase

as Mr. Hahn

The Secret Rapture

as Tom French

Da Vinci's War

as Governor

Witchcraft

TV show · as Alan Oakfield

as Alan Brandon

Jute City

TV show · as Lord Muircross

Antigone/Rites of Passion

as Haemon & Polynices (voice)

A Little Piece of Sunshine

as Sam McCready

Death Has a Bad Reputation

as Sam McCready

The Price of the Bride

as Sam McCready

Pride and Extreme Prejudice

as Sam McCready

1980s

20 titles · average score 69

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

76

as Michael

Frederick Forsyth Presents

TV show · as Sam McCready

The Dog It Was That Died

as Purvis

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Benedict Farley / Hugo Cornworthy

Strapless

43

as Mr. Cooper

A Perfect Spy

69

TV show · as Jack Brotherhood

Life Story

68

as Maurice Wilkins

as Clement Scott

Oxford Blues

28

as Simon Rutledge

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

as Coriolanus

Playing Shakespeare

96

TV show

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as The Duke of Holdernesse

1970s

4 titles · average score 55

Life Begins at Forty

TV show · as Dr Payne

Royal Flash

55

as Duchy Chamberlain

The Way of the World

as Mirabell

Churchill's People

TV show · as King Alfred

1960s

7 titles · average score 73

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

as Reverend Mort

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

TV show · as Theophilus St. James

The Heroes of Telemark

65

as Oli

The Americanization of Emily

68

as Port Ensign

Heart to Heart

as Parliamentary Private Secretary

Victim

85

as Frank

Maigret

74

TV show

1950s

1 title

ITV Play of the Week

TV show · as Det. Con. Morton