Noel Howlett
Biography
Noel Howlett was an English actor whose stage career began at Folkestone in 1925 with The Second Mrs Tanqueray. In 1930 he played Sherlock Holmes at the Northampton Repertory Theatre, and in 1948 he appeared in The Winslow Boy as Mr Williams, with Robert Donat in the lead. At Stratford-on-Avon in 1953 he took the parts of Old Gobbo, Edward IV, Baptista and Gloucester. His best known role was Morris Cromwell, the incompetent headmaster of the cult television program Please Sir! Among his other screen appearances were a vicar in the BBC series Quatermass and the Pit, a professor in a 1967 episode of The Avengers, a reverend in Man in a Suitcase, and an allotment gardener in a 1976 episode of The Good Life. He also broadcast frequently and spent a period as a member of the BBC Drama Repertory Company, appearing in a 1965 Paul Temple radio episode.
81years old at death
- Born Maidstone
- Died Hammersmith
- Star sign: CapricornFirst day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 36 years1948 to 1984
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First role
In 1925, Howlett began his stage career with a debut at Folkestone, appearing in a production of The Second Mrs Tanqueray.
Beyond film
Howlett was a member of the BBC Drama Repertory Company, now the Radio Drama Company, and played Inspector Walter Neider in a 1965 Paul Temple radio episode.
Noel Howlett movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Basil Dearden directed three of these films. Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Basil DeardenDirector, 3 films, 1948 to 1964
All films by Basil Dearden
Also two films together7 more actors
- Flora RobsonMurder at the Gallop (1963) and Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
- James DonaldFive Million Years to Earth (1967) and Lust for Life (1956)
- Peter CopleyFive Million Years to Earth (1967) and Victim (1961)
- Duncan LamontFive Million Years to Earth (1967) and Murder at the Gallop (1963)
- Pamela BrownThe Scapegoat (1959) and Lust for Life (1956)
- David HorneLust for Life (1956) and Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
- Peter MaddenWoman of Straw (1964) and The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.