Howard St. John

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born

October 09, 1905

Died

March 13, 1974

Filmography

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Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Ambassador Magee

J. Pallister Young

Matchless (1967)

General Shapiro

Strange Bedfellows (1965)

Quick, Before It Melts (1965)

Harvey T. Sweigert

Sex and the Single Girl (1964)

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Big Night, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Make A Wish

Big Night, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Not That Kind Of Doctor

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Ambassador Magee

J. Pallister Young

Matchless (1967)

General Shapiro

Strange Bedfellows (1965)

Quick, Before It Melts (1965)

Harvey T. Sweigert

Sex and the Single Girl (1964)

Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

Strait-Jacket (1964)

Lafayette (1963)

George Washington

Madison Avenue (1962)

Lover Come Back (1961)

Cry for Happy (1961)

Admiral Bennett

One, Two, Three (1961)

Sanctuary (1961)

Li'l Abner (1959)

General Bullmoose

World in My Corner (1956)

The Tender Trap (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Stop, You're Killing Me (1953)

Commissioner Mahoney

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Claude Griswold

Saturday's Hero (1951)

Close to My Heart (1951)

E. O. "Frosty" Frost

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1951)

The Sun Sets at Dawn (1951)

The Big Night (1951)

Starlift (1951)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Lt. Pete Wright

Mister 880 (1950)

David Harding, Counterspy (1950)

Customs Agent (1950)

Charles Johnson

Born Yesterday (1950)

The Undercover Man (1949)

Joseph S. Horan

Shockproof (1949)

Cast (Special)

An Apartment in Rome (1964)

The Patriots (1963)

Brief Encounter (1961)

Gift of the Magi (1958)

Meet Corliss Archer (1956)

Mr Pringle; Mildred'S Father

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954)

Best Foot Forward (1954)

Life Events

Videos

Big Night, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Make A Wish Downtrodden from the opening frame, still-teenaged John Barrymore Jr. as Georgie, bullied then consoled by bartender Flanagan (Howland Chamberlin) and his dad, Preston Foster, in The Big Night, 1951, screenplay by director Joseph Losey and Stanley Ellin, from his novel, with uncredited contributions from Ring Lardner Jr. and Hugo Butler.

Big Night, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Not That Kind Of Doctor Joseph Losey directs John Barrymore Jr. as teen Georgie, at a prize-fight, who doesn’t realize he got conned out of the money he got for his father’s ticket, counseled by Cooper (Philip Bourneuf), who bought the ticket, aiming to chase columnist Judge (Howard St. John) who beat up the father earlier that night, in The Big Night, 1951.

Shockproof (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Change Your Brand Of Men Nifty opening by director Douglas Sirk and co-screenwriters Helen Deutsch and Samuel Fuller, introducing female lead Patricia Knight, who joins her then-husband Cornel Wilde, who reveals the nature of their character's business, in Shockproof, 1949.

Strait-Jacket (1964) -- (Movie Clip) She's Dying To Meet You After an edgy return to family after serving 20-years, axe-murderess Lucy (Joan Crawford), with roast beef, brother and wife (Leif Erickson, Rochelle Hudson) and daughter Carol (Diane Baker), who witnessed her crime, getting ready to meet beau Michael (John Anthony Hayes), early in William Castle’s Strait-Jacket, 1964.

Shockproof (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Put That In Your Test Tube Parole officer Griff (Cornel Wilde) who, with parolee Jenny (Patricia Knight, also Mrs. Wilde), has just seen one of her peers commit suicide, sends her to a doctor (Ann Shoemaker) who isn't just a physician, Douglas Sirk directing the eavesdropping, early in Shockproof, 1949.

Stop, You're Killing Me -- (Movie Clip) Nut Like You At his Saratoga Springs estate, now-legit bootlegger Marko (Broderick Crawford) schmoozing the crooked "Commissioner"(Howard St. John), wife (Claire Trevor) helping, orphan-guest Donnie (Louis Lettieri) not, in Stop, You're Killing Me, 1953.

Born Yesterday (1950) -- (Movie Clip) No Rough Language Big-shot Harry (Broderick Crawford) summons girlfriend Billie (Judy Holliday) to sign another suspicious document, his tipsy D.C. lawyer Devery (Howard St. John) then offering social advice, in George Cukor's Born Yesterday, 1950.

One, Two, Three -- (Movie Clip) German Measles Coca-Cola exec MacNamara (James Cagney) does his routine with Schlemmer (Hanns Lothar) and the Berlin office staff, then has to cut a quick deal with secretary Ingeborg (Lilo Pulver), in Billy Wilder's anti-communist comedy One, Two, Three, 1961.

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