Arthur Howell

Acting
1920-01-05
Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography24 Titles

#1Star Wars

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Stormtrooper (uncredited)

8.2 / 10
AdventureActionSci-Fi

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

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#2The Protectors

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Fencing Master

6.1 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.

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#3The Guns of Navarone

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as German Officer (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
ActionAdventureDrama

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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#4Night of the Demon

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
FantasyHorrorMystery

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.

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#5Carry On Constable

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Constable (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
Comedy

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sgt. Wilkins will be transferred.

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#6Above Us the Waves

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as German Navy Officer (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
War

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.

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#7The Oblong Box

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Fighting Man in Tavern (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
Horror

Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.

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#8The Long Arm

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.9 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

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#9Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Body in Glass Case (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
HorrorSci-Fi

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

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#10Doctor in Love

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Constable (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
Comedy

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.

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#11Who Done It?

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Police Constable in Gun Shop (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
ComedyCrime

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

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#12One Good Turn

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Man in Fairground / Man in Train Station (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
Comedy

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

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#13The Love Match

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.7 / 10
Comedy

After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.

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#14Rag Doll

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Police Officer in Search Operation

5.5 / 10
DramaCrime

A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.

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#15The Breaking Point

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Colly

5.8 / 10
CrimeThriller

A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.

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#16The Informers

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Police Officer (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Crime

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.

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#17Go to Blazes

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Policeman

6.3 / 10
Comedy

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.

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#18The Painted Smile

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Police Officer at St. Pancras (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
Thriller

Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....

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#19Up in the World

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Police Driver (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand

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#20The Third Alibi

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as P.C. Williams (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
ThrillerDrama

A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.

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#21Whirlpool

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Pilot

6.3 / 10
DramaCrime

The ex-girlfriend of a German fugitive hides with the captain and crew of a ship on the Rhine.

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#22Police Dog

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.

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#23Dead Lucky

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Gambler

6.5 / 10
Crime

Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. But when he and his columnist girlfriend, Jenny Drew, finally manage to infiltrate one of them, it leads quickly to trouble. The party's organiser is found murdered the next morning, and a number of suspects begin to emerge. But which of them killed Lucky Lewis?

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#24Stranger in the City

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryDrama

Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.

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