Howard St. John

Personal Info

Birthday

October 9, 1905

Day of Death

1974-03-13

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Also Known As

Howard Sidney St. John

Howard St. John

Biography

Howard St. John (October 9, 1905 – March 13, 1974) was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway, film and television. He is probably best remembered for his bombastic General Bullmoose, which he played in the stage and screen versions of the 1956 musical Li'l Abner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard St. John, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

The Defenders

Cavalcade of America

Lux Video Theatre

Profiles in Courage

Strangers on a Train

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Filmography

1969
Don't Drink the Water
as Ambassador Magee
1967
Banning
as J. Pallister Young
Matchless
as General Shapiro
1965
Strange Bedfellows
as Julius L. Stevens
Quick, Before It Melts
as Harvey T. Sweigert
1964
Sex and the Single Girl
as George Randall
Fate Is the Hunter
as Mark Hutchins
Strait-Jacket
as Raymond Fields
1963
The Patriots
as George Washington
1962
Lafayette
as George Washington
1961
Lover Come Back
as Mr. John Brackett
One, Two, Three
as Wendell P. Hazeltine
Sanctuary
as Gov. Drake
Madison Avenue
as J.D. Jocelyn
Cry for Happy
as Vice Adm. Junius B. Bennett
1959
Li'l Abner
as General Bullmoose
1958
The Gift of the Magi
as Mr. Spiegel
1956
World in My Corner
as Harry Cram
1955
I Died a Thousand Times
as Doc Banton
The Tender Trap
as Mr. Sayers
Illegal
as E.A. Smith
1954
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Burgoyne
1952
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Commissioner Mahoney
1951
Starlift
as Steve Rogers
The Big Night
as Al Judge
Close to My Heart
as E. O. "Frosty" Frost
Strangers on a Train
as Police Capt. Turley
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Claude Griswold
Saturday's Hero
as Belfrage
1950
Born Yesterday
as Jim Devery
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
as David Harding
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Warden
Mister 880
as Chief
The Men
as Ellen's Father
David Harding, Counterspy
as David Harding
711 Ocean Drive
as Lieutenant Pete Wright
Customs Agent
as Charles Johnson
1949
The Undercover Man
as Joseph S. Horan
Shockproof
as Sam Brooks