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'''Noel Howlett''' (22 December 1902 – 26 October 1984) was an English actor,<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba377a185|title=Noel Howlett}}</ref> principally remembered as the incompetent headmaster, Morris Cromwell, in the ITV 1970s cult television programme ''[[Please Sir!]]'' |
'''Noel Howlett''' (22 December 1902 – 26 October 1984) was an English actor,<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba377a185|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014029/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba377a185|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2012|title=Noel Howlett}}</ref> principally remembered as the incompetent headmaster, Morris Cromwell, in the ITV 1970s cult television programme ''[[Please Sir!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-denyer-actor-who-played-the-slow-but-lovable-dennis-in-please-sir-1793529.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-denyer-actor-who-played-the-slow-but-lovable-dennis-in-please-sir-1793529.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Peter Denyer: Actor who played the slow but lovable Dennis in 'Please|date=26 September 2009}}</ref> He was the subject of infatuation by Deputy Head Doris Ewell, played by [[Joan Sanderson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/please_sir.htm|title=PLEASE SIR! – A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW|first=laurence|last=marcus|publisher=televisionheaven.co.uk}}</ref> |
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Howlett was born in [[Bexley]], Kent,<ref name=bfi/> and began his career as Richard Greatham in [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]''. At Northampton Repertory Theatre in 1930 he played [[Sherlock Holmes]]. He also appeared as Mr Williams in the 1948 film ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'', starring [[Robert Donat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6baec3a9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921213111/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6baec3a9|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2017|title=The Winslow Boy (1948)}}</ref> At [[Stratford-on-Avon]] in 1953, he played Old Gobbo (father to [[Donald Pleasence]]'s Launcelot Gobbo) in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', Edward IV (brother to [[Marius Goring]]'s [[Richard III of England|Richard III]]), Baptista in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' and Gloucester in ''[[King Lear]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2h4/noel-howlett/past|title=Noel Howlett|publisher=theatricalia.com}}</ref> |
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An early TV role was portraying a vicar in the 1958/59 BBC series ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/438573/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59) Credits|publisher=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He appeared as Professor Rushton in a one-off 1967 edition ("Mission Highly Improbable") of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' and as the Reverend Simon Blanding in a one-off 1967 edition ("Dead Man's Shoes") of ''[[Man in a Suitcase]]''.<ref name=bfi/> Other screen appearances include the 1960s TV shows ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]''. He also appeared in one 1976 episode ("[[List of The Good Life episodes#Series three .281976.29|I Talk to the Trees]]") of the BBC situation comedy ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' as slightly eccentric allotment gardener Mr Wakeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bae2505|title=I Talk to the Trees (1976)}}</ref> |
An early TV role was portraying a vicar in the 1958/59 BBC series ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/438573/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59) Credits|publisher=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> He appeared as Professor Rushton in a one-off 1967 edition ("Mission Highly Improbable") of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' and as the Reverend Simon Blanding in a one-off 1967 edition ("Dead Man's Shoes") of ''[[Man in a Suitcase]]''.<ref name=bfi/> Other screen appearances include the 1960s TV shows ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'' and ''[[Danger Man]]''. He also appeared in one 1976 episode ("[[List of The Good Life episodes#Series three .281976.29|I Talk to the Trees]]") of the BBC situation comedy ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' as slightly eccentric allotment gardener Mr Wakeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bae2505|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012214616/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bae2505|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2017|title=I Talk to the Trees (1976)}}</ref> |
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He also frequently broadcast and did a spell for the BBC as a member of their Drama Repertory Company (now the Radio Drama Company), one of his appearances being as Inspector Walter Neider in the 1965 [[Paul Temple]] radio episode, "Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a2de6d1bf8de47c39d8fc2b8346b0dc4|title=Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery|date=28 October 1965|issue=2190|pages=62|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> |
He also frequently broadcast and did a spell for the BBC as a member of their Drama Repertory Company (now the Radio Drama Company), one of his appearances being as Inspector Walter Neider in the 1965 [[Paul Temple]] radio episode, "Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a2de6d1bf8de47c39d8fc2b8346b0dc4|title=Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery|date=28 October 1965|issue=2190|pages=62|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948) – First Questioner |
* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948) – First Questioner |
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* ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' (1949) – Solicitor |
* ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' (1949) – Solicitor |
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* ''[[The Perfect Woman]]'' (1949) – Scientist |
* ''[[The Perfect Woman (1949 film)|The Perfect Woman]]'' (1949) – Scientist |
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* ''[[Your Witness (film)|Your Witness]]'' (1950) – Martin Foxglove K.C. – Sam's Barrister |
* ''[[Your Witness (film)|Your Witness]]'' (1950) – Martin Foxglove K.C. – Sam's Barrister |
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* ''[[The Reluctant Widow (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]'' (1950) |
* ''[[The Reluctant Widow (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]'' (1950) |
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* ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1955) – Jeweller |
* ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' (1955) – Jeweller |
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* ''Handcuffs, London'' (1955) – Jeremiah Rugeley |
* ''Handcuffs, London'' (1955) – Jeremiah Rugeley |
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* ''[[Lust for Life (film)|Lust for Life]]'' (1956) – Commissioner Van Den Berghe |
* ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]'' (1956) – Commissioner Van Den Berghe |
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* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) – Uncle Tom Howard (uncredited) |
* ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' (1958) – Uncle Tom Howard (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Serious Charge]]'' (1959) – Mr. Peters |
* ''[[Serious Charge]]'' (1959) – Mr. Peters |
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* ''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]'' (1961) – Patterson |
* ''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]'' (1961) – Patterson |
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* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) – Vicar at St. Paul's (uncredited) |
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) – Vicar at St. Paul's (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Tomorrow at Ten]]'' ( |
* ''[[Tomorrow at Ten]]'' (1962) – Brain Specialist |
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* ''[[Murder at the Gallop]]'' (1963) – Mr. Trundell |
* ''[[Murder at the Gallop]]'' (1963) – Mr. Trundell |
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* ''[[The Kiss of the Vampire]]'' (1963) – Father Xavier |
* ''[[The Kiss of the Vampire]]'' (1963) – Father Xavier |
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* ''[[John Wycliffe: The Morning Star]]'' (1984) – Archbishop Sudbury |
* ''[[John Wycliffe: The Morning Star]]'' (1984) – Archbishop Sudbury |
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Noel Howlett | |
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Born | Bexley, Kent, England | 22 December 1902
Died | 26 October 1984 Hammersmith, London, England | (aged 81)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1936–1984 |
Noel Howlett (22 December 1902 – 26 October 1984) was an English actor,[1] principally remembered as the incompetent headmaster, Morris Cromwell, in the ITV 1970s cult television programme Please Sir![2] He was the subject of infatuation by Deputy Head Doris Ewell, played by Joan Sanderson.[3]
Howlett was born in Bexley, Kent,[1] and began his career as Richard Greatham in Noël Coward's Hay Fever. At Northampton Repertory Theatre in 1930 he played Sherlock Holmes. He also appeared as Mr Williams in the 1948 film The Winslow Boy, starring Robert Donat.[4] At Stratford-on-Avon in 1953, he played Old Gobbo (father to Donald Pleasence's Launcelot Gobbo) in The Merchant of Venice, Edward IV (brother to Marius Goring's Richard III), Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew and Gloucester in King Lear.[5]
An early TV role was portraying a vicar in the 1958/59 BBC series Quatermass and the Pit.[6] He appeared as Professor Rushton in a one-off 1967 edition ("Mission Highly Improbable") of The Avengers and as the Reverend Simon Blanding in a one-off 1967 edition ("Dead Man's Shoes") of Man in a Suitcase.[1] Other screen appearances include the 1960s TV shows Softly, Softly and Danger Man. He also appeared in one 1976 episode ("I Talk to the Trees") of the BBC situation comedy The Good Life as slightly eccentric allotment gardener Mr Wakeley.[7]
He also frequently broadcast and did a spell for the BBC as a member of their Drama Repertory Company (now the Radio Drama Company), one of his appearances being as Inspector Walter Neider in the 1965 Paul Temple radio episode, "Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery".[8]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Men Are Not Gods (1936) – Cashier (uncredited)
- A Yank at Oxford (1938) – Tom Craddock
- The Proud Valley (1940) – Company Clerk (uncredited)
- George and Margaret (1940) – Malcolm
- Jassy (1947) – Court Usher (uncredited)
- The White Unicorn (1947) – Sir Humphrey Webster (uncredited)
- When the Bough Breaks (1947) – Judge
- The Mark of Cain (1947) – Judge (uncredited)
- This Was a Woman (1948) – Chief Surgeon Barclay
- Corridor of Mirrors (1948) – Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- The Calendar (1948) – Lawyer
- Good-Time Girl (1948) – Clerk
- The Winslow Boy (1948) – Mr. Williams (uncredited)
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) – Count Platen
- The Blind Goddess (1948) – Court Usher
- Scott of the Antarctic (1948) – First Questioner
- Once Upon a Dream (1949) – Solicitor
- The Perfect Woman (1949) – Scientist
- Your Witness (1950) – Martin Foxglove K.C. – Sam's Barrister
- The Reluctant Widow (1950)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951) – Clerk of the Court
- Cloudburst (1951) – Johnson
- Scrooge (1951) – First Collector
- Father Brown (1954) – Auctioneer
- One Good Turn (1955) – Jeweller
- Handcuffs, London (1955) – Jeremiah Rugeley
- Lust for Life (1956) – Commissioner Van Den Berghe
- Nowhere to Go (1958) – Uncle Tom Howard (uncredited)
- Serious Charge (1959) – Mr. Peters
- The Scapegoat (1959) – Dr. Aloin
- The Battle of the Sexes (1960) – Mr. White
- Mary Had a Little... (1961) – Pottle
- Victim (1961) – Patterson
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Vicar at St. Paul's (uncredited)
- Tomorrow at Ten (1962) – Brain Specialist
- Murder at the Gallop (1963) – Mr. Trundell
- The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) – Father Xavier
- Woman of Straw (1964) – Assistant Solicitor
- The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) – Bishop
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967) – Abbey Librarian
- The Bushbaby (1969) – Rev. Barlow
- Some Will, Some Won't (1970) – Endicott
- Please Sir! (1971) – Mr. Cromwell
- Mr. Selkie (1979) – Grandpa Ross
- John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984) – Archbishop Sudbury
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Noel Howlett". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Peter Denyer: Actor who played the slow but lovable Dennis in 'Please". 26 September 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
- ^ marcus, laurence. "PLEASE SIR! – A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW". televisionheaven.co.uk.
- ^ "The Winslow Boy (1948)". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Noel Howlett". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "I Talk to the Trees (1976)". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery". 28 October 1965. p. 62 – via BBC Genome.
External links[edit]
- Noel Howlett at IMDb