Bobby Howes

Bobby Howes

Born: August 4, 1895
Died: April 27, 1972

Movies for Bobby Howes...

Watch It, Sailor!
Title: Watch It, Sailor!
Character: Drunk
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
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The Good Companions
Title: The Good Companions
Character: Jimmy Nunn
Released: April 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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Happy Go Lovely
Title: Happy Go Lovely
Character: Charlie
Released: March 6, 1951
Type: Movie
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting backers. Bruno meets several of the leading ladies of the show; through a misunderstanding he doesn't correct they think that he's a newspaper reporter. He falls in love with one of the women, who reciprocates; he grows more lively and friendly, to the surprise of his employees. After a series of mishaps and comic incidents comes a happy ending: a successful show and true love.
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The Trojan Brothers
Title: The Trojan Brothers
Character: Benny Castelli
Released: February 4, 1946
Type: Movie
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
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Yes, Madam?
Title: Yes, Madam?
Character: Bill Quinton
Released: November 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance.
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Sweet Devil
Title: Sweet Devil
Character: Tony Brent
Released: January 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets her go before he proposes to her, the woman confused woman tries to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Complications ensue.
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Please Teacher
Title: Please Teacher
Character: Tommy Deacon
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to pose as the elder brother of Anne, one of the pupils. His arrival in the school results in a variety of escapades, but Tommy resolutely persists in his search for the missing legacy...
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Over the Garden Wall
Title: Over the Garden Wall
Character: Bunny
Released: June 20, 1934
Type: Movie
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic consequences...
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For the Love of Mike
Title: For the Love of Mike
Character: Booby Seymour
Released: December 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.
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Lord Babs
Title: Lord Babs
Character: Lord Basil 'Babs' Drayford
Released: February 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
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Third Time Lucky
Title: Third Time Lucky
Character: Rev. Arthur Fear
Released: February 26, 1931
Type: Movie
Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who also wrote "The Ghost Train", and later went on to star in "Dad's Army", "Third time lucky" tells the story of a timid parson (Howes) who steps in to protect his ward from blackmail at the hands of Garry Marsh and Gordon Harker.
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The Guns of Loos
Title: The Guns of Loos
Character: Danny
Released: February 28, 1928
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).