Howland Chamberlain

Howland Chamberlain

Born: August 2, 1911
Died: September 1, 1984

Movies for Howland Chamberlain...

Electric Dreams
Title: Electric Dreams
Character: Neighbor
Released: July 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
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Barbarosa
Title: Barbarosa
Character: Emil
Released: February 19, 1982
Type: Movie
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
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Kramer vs. Kramer
Title: Kramer vs. Kramer
Character: Judge Atkins
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
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Freedom Road
Title: Freedom Road
Character: Isaac Went
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
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A Touch of the Poet
Title: A Touch of the Poet
Character: Patch Riley
Released: January 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Park Attendant
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Fisher / Dr. Albert Schumann
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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High Noon
Title: High Noon
Character: Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
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The Big Night
Title: The Big Night
Character: Flanagan
Released: December 7, 1951
Type: Movie
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Roy Higgins (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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Pickup
Title: Pickup
Character: 'The Professor', tramp
Released: July 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Jan Horak is a middle-aged railroad dispatcher stationed at a forsaken spot in the desert, within driving distance of the nearest town. A widower, he has saved his money and goes to town to buy a dog, meets Betty, a flashy blonde who gains his confidence and marries him to acquire his $7,000 "fortune."
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No Questions Asked
Title: No Questions Asked
Character: Beebe (as Howland Chamberlin)
Released: June 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
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Mister 880
Title: Mister 880
Character: Duff (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1950
Type: Movie
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
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Surrender
Title: Surrender
Character: The Casino Manager
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of bigamy. She has an affair with gambler Gregg Delaney but marries his best friend, Johnny Hale, when she discovers Hale is the richest man in Texas. This loses her the respect of her sister, Janet, who loves Hale, and Delaney, who loves Violet. Meanwhile, town sheriff Bill Howard is working hard to get Delaney to confess to a murder.
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Edge of Doom
Title: Edge of Doom
Character: Mr. Murray
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
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House by the River
Title: House by the River
Character: D.A.-prosecutor at inquest
Released: March 25, 1950
Type: Movie
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.
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Francis
Title: Francis
Character: Major Nadel
Released: February 8, 1950
Type: Movie
The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually...
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Thieves' Highway
Title: Thieves' Highway
Character: Mr. Faber (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1949
Type: Movie
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
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Force of Evil
Title: Force of Evil
Character: Freddie Bauer
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
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Angel in Exile
Title: Angel in Exile
Character: J. H. Higgins
Released: October 20, 1948
Type: Movie
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.
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A Song Is Born
Title: A Song Is Born
Character: Mr. Setter
Released: October 19, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Title: Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Character: Doc Overholt
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
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The Web
Title: The Web
Character: James Nolan (as Howard Chamberlin)
Released: June 4, 1947
Type: Movie
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Thorpe
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.