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Acting

Ken Howard

Career: Active from 1970 to 2013, busiest in 1978 and 1995 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: Grey Gardens
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ken Howard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Wonder
2.2, average 3.4
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Psychological Thriller 5
Psychological Drama 4
Social Commentary 4
True Crime 3
Slow-Burn Tension 3
Quirky 2
Contemporary 2
Biographical Drama 2
Emotional Resonance 2
Infamous Case 2
Vigilante Justice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

10 titles · average score 54

Joy

61

as Mop Executive

The Wedding Ringer

47

as Ed Palmer

The Judge

60

as Judge Warren

Better Living Through Chemistry

43

as Walter Bishop

The McCarthys

59

TV show · as Coach Colwell

A.C.O.D.

49

as Gary

Fairly Legal

61

TV show · as Charles Pease

J. Edgar

55

as Harlan Fiske Stone

A Numbers Game

29

as Harold

Blue Bloods

73

TV show · as Malcolm

2000s

27 titles · average score 62

Grey Gardens

80

as Phelan Beale

Smother

35

as Gene Cooper

Michael Clayton

78

as Don Jeffries

Sacrifices of the Heart

62

as Thane Weston

Arc

54

as Santee

30 Rock

79

TV show · as Hank Hooper

The Office

80

TV show · as Ed Truck

In Her Shoes

65

as Michael Feller

Ghost Whisperer

50

TV show · as Rachel Fisher

The Closer

77

TV show · as Wes Durant

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as Judge Walter Yardley

Curb Your Enthusiasm

87

TV show · as Ken Abbot

1990s

24 titles · average score 59

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Dr. Arlen Rieff

At First Sight

46

as Virgil's Father

A Vow to Cherish

65

as John Brighton

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Judge Peyton Cabot Harrison III

The Practice

76

TV show · as Frank Patanki

The Net

52

as Bergstrom

Her Hidden Truth

67

as Jack Devereaux

OP Center

54

TV show · as The President

Moment of Truth: To Walk Again

as Ed Keating

Diagnosis: Murder

46

TV show · as Special Agent Dunleavy / David Clarke

Batman: The Animated Series

90

TV show · as Hartness (voice)

Melrose Place

53

TV show · as George Andrews

1980s

20 titles · average score 65

The Man in the Brown Suit

57

as Gordon Race

Strange Interlude

TV show · as Sam Evans

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

as Adam J. Warner

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Jerry

He's Not Your Son

as Michael Saunders

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Hank Shipton / Barnes

Rage of Angels

60

TV show · as Adam Warner

TV show · as Jack Long

Second Thoughts

as John Michael

The Country Girl

as Bernie Dodd

Victims

as Joe Buckley

Damien: The Leper Priest

as Father Damien

1970s

13 titles · average score 53

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as Ken Reeves

A Real American Hero

50

as Danny Boy Mitchell

The Critical List

TV show · as Nels Freiberg

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Major Asa B. Gandiner - Prosecuting Attorney

Independence

as Thomas Jefferson

The Manhunter

TV show · as Dave Barrett

Manhunter

as Dave Barrett

Adam's Rib

TV show · as Adam Bonner

1776

72

as Thomas Jefferson

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

57

as Virgil

Such Good Friends

50

as Cal

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

32

as Arthur

1960s

1 title · average score 67

Medical Center

67

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Defense Attorney