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Biography

Born Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr, Ken made his Broadway debut as Karl Kubelik in "Promises, Promises" in 1968. He also originated the roles of…more

Born

3/28/1944, El Centro, California, USA

Birth Name

Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr.

Gender

Male

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Star (9)

Role
- Crossing Jordan
  Ret. Detective Lt. Max Cavanaugh
  - S 3: Ep 13 Oh, Brother Where Art Thou, Part III
    6/6/04
  - S 3: Ep 12 Dead in the Water
    5/23/04
  - S 3: Ep 1 Devil May Care
    3/7/04
  - S 2: Ep 22 Pandora's Trunk, Part II
    5/5/03
  - S 2: Ep 21 Pandora's Trunk, Part I
    4/28/03
  - + 43 More Credits
- The Colbys
  Garrett Boydston
  - S 2: Ep 2 No Exit
    9/25/86
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Gathering Storm
    9/24/86
  - S 1: Ep 24 Checkmate
    5/22/86
  - S 1: Ep 23 Anniversary Waltz
    5/15/86
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Reckoning
    5/1/86
  - + 21 More Credits
- Dynasty
  Garrett Boydston
  - S 6: Ep 31 The Vendetta
    5/21/86
  - S 6: Ep 29 The Rescue
    4/30/86
  - S 6: Ep 28 The Cry
    4/16/86
  - S 6: Ep 26 The Vote
    4/2/86
  - S 6: Ep 22 Masquerade
    3/5/86
  - + 8 More Credits
- It's Not Easy
  Jack Long
  - S 1: Ep 5 Teacher Pets
    10/27/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Betrayal
    10/20/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Jack Kills Sharon's Grandmother
    10/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Did He or Didn't He?
    10/6/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/29/83
  - + 6 More Credits
- Thorn Birds
  Rainer Hartheim
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    3/28/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    3/27/83
- The White Shadow
  Ken Reeves
  - S 3: Ep 15 A Day in the Life
    3/16/81
  - S 3: Ep 14 Burnout
    3/9/81
  - S 3: Ep 13 Cops
    3/2/81
  - S 3: Ep 12 Psyched Out
    2/23/81
  - S 3: Ep 11 Car Repo
    2/16/81
  - + 49 More Credits
- Manhunter
  Dave Barrett
  - S 1: Ep 22 Trial by Terror
    3/5/75
  - S 1: Ep 21 To Kill a Tiger
    2/26/75
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Death Watch
    2/19/75
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Wrong Man
    2/5/75
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Seventh Man
    1/29/75
  - + 18 More Credits
- Adam's Rib
  Adam Bonner
  - S 1: Ep 13 Too Many Cooks
    12/28/73
  - S 1: Ep 12 The First Hurrah
    12/7/73
  - S 1: Ep 11 Friend of the Family
    11/30/73
  - S 1: Ep 10 Murder!
    11/16/73
  - S 1: Ep 9 For Richer, For Poorer
    11/9/73
  - + 8 More Credits
- What Happened?
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 9 Puerto Rican/Elevator
  - S 1: Ep 8 Hyatt/Tacoma
  - S 1: Ep 7 TMI/Motor Home
  - S 1: Ep 6 Piper Alpha/James Dean
  - S 1: Ep 5 JFK/DuPont
  - + 4 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Hank Hooper
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Shower Principle
    3/29/12
  - S 6: Ep 11 Standards and Practices
    3/8/12
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell
    1/26/12
  - S 5: Ep 21 100, Part 2
    4/21/11
  - S 5: Ep 20 100, Part 1
    4/21/11
  - + 2 More Credits
- Cane
  Joe Samuels
  - S 1: Ep 13 Open and Shut
    12/18/07
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Perfect Son
    12/11/07
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Exile
    11/20/07
  - S 1: Ep 8 All Bets Are Off
    11/13/07
  - S 1: Ep 7 One Man Is An Island
    11/6/07
  - + 6 More Credits
- Melrose Place
  Mr. George Andrews
  - S 7: Ep 15 Fiddling on the Roof
    11/16/98
  - S 5: Ep 15 Escape From L.A.
    1/13/97
  - S 5: Ep 10 Nice Work if You Can Get It
    11/25/96
  - S 3: Ep 2 It's a Bad World After All
    9/19/94
- Melrose Place
  Mr. Andrews
  - S 6: Ep 5 Desperately Seeking Samantha
    10/20/97
Guest Star (52)

Role
- The Young and the Restless
  George Summers
  - S 39: Ep 237 Ep. #9852
    2/27/12
  - S 39: Ep 236 Ep. #9851
    2/24/12
  - S 39: Ep 235 Ep. #9850
    2/23/12
  - S 39: Ep 233 Ep. #9848
    2/21/12
- Fairly Legal
  Charlie Pease
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/20/11
- Cold Case
  Harry Kemp Jr. (1958)
  - S 6: Ep 19 Libertyville
    3/29/09
- Dirty Sexy Money
  Evan Connello
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Summer House
    12/3/08
- Boston Legal
  Judge Walter Yardley
  - S 5: Ep 9 Kill, Baby, Kill
    11/17/08
- Eli Stone
  Thomas Hayes
  - S 2: Ep 2 Grace
    10/21/08
- Brothers & Sisters
  Boyd Taylor
  - S 2: Ep 14 Double Negative
    4/27/08
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Dr. Arlen Rieff
  - S 8: Ep 8 Cage
    11/21/06
- I Love the 70s: Volume 2
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 1973
    7/11/06
- Huff
  Walt Callahan
  - S 2: Ep 5 Used, Abused and Unenthused
    4/23/06
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sweet Release
    4/16/06
- Ghost Whisperer
  Judge Merrick
  - S 1: Ep 19 Fury
    3/31/06
- George Lopez
  Dr. Woodson
  - S 5: Ep 14 The Kidney Stays in the Picture
    2/8/06
- The Office
  Ed Truck
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Carpet
    1/26/06
- I Love the ‘80s: 3D
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 1985
    10/26/05
- Crossing Jordan
  Max
  - S 4: Ep 15 It Happened One Night
    3/20/05
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Ken Abbot
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Car Pool Lane
    2/8/04
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Waspy interviewer #1
  - S 4: Ep 5 The 5 Wood
    2/1/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 182 June 4, 2003
    6/4/03
- E! True Hollywood Story
  (himself)
  - S 6: Ep 33 Liza Minnelli
    7/21/02
- Arli$$
  Coach Dreyfuss
  - S 6: Ep 7 Of Cabbages and Kings
    7/22/01
- Family Law
  Reardon
  - S 2: Ep 12 Film at Eleven
    1/15/01
- The Practice
  Defense Atty. Bradford
  - S 4: Ep 15 Race Ipsa Loquitor
    2/20/00
- The West Wing
  Judge Peyton Cabot Harrison III
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Short List
    11/24/99
- The Practice
  Senator
  - S 2: Ep 11 Hide and Seek
    11/29/97
- Diagnosis Murder
  David Clarke
  - S 5: Ep 5 Slam-Dunk Dead
    10/16/97
- Arli$$
  Rocky
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
    10/16/96
- The Cape (1997)
  Congressman Woods
  - S 1: Ep 5 Just A Rumor
    9/30/96
- Diagnosis Murder
  Special Agt. Dunleavy
  - S 4: Ep 2 Murder Can Be Contagious
    9/26/96
- The Client
  Charlie Braxton
  - S 1: Ep 21 Money Talks
    4/16/96
- Murder, She Wrote
  Matt Kinkaid
  - S 11: Ep 4 Death in Hawaii
    10/16/94
- One West Waikiki
  Ronald Markham
  - S 1: Ep 2 'Til Death Do Us Part (2)
    8/4/94
  - S 1: Ep 1 'Til Death Do Us Part (1)
    8/4/94
- Hart To Hart
  Dr. Paul Menard
  - S 6: Ep 1 Hart to Hart Returns (TV Movie)
    11/5/93
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Hartness
  - S 1: Ep 56 See No Evil
    2/24/93
- Murder, She Wrote
  Maxwell Hagen
  - S 9: Ep 3 The Mole
    10/4/92
- The Golden Girls
  Jerry
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Commitments
    1/25/92
- P.S.I. Luv U
  Jack Packer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/15/91
- The Hitchhiker
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 14 Homecoming
    1/11/91
- Murder, She Wrote
  Bill Boyle
  - S 6: Ep 5 Jack And Bill
    10/29/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Hank Shipton
  - S 5: Ep 22 Mirror. Mirror, On the Wall Part 2
    5/21/89
  - S 5: Ep 21 Mirror. Mirror, On the Wall Part 1
    5/14/89
- Hotel
  Malcolm Taylor
  - S 3: Ep 1 Missing Pieces
    9/25/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Det. Sgt. Barnes
  - S 1: Ep 21 Murder at the Oasis
    4/7/85
- American Playhouse
  Pudd'nhead Wilson
  - S 3: Ep 2 Pudd'nhead Wilson
    1/24/84
- Hotel
  Bill Tillery
  - S 1: Ep 16 Passages
    1/18/84
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 114 February 28, 1980
    2/28/80
  - S 11: Ep 210 Week of June 25, 1973
    6/25/73
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 56 November 29, 1979
    11/29/79
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 54 March 12-18, 1979 (2)
    3/12/79
  - S 9: Ep 8 September 30-October 4, 1974 (NBC-TV)
    9/30/74
  - S 8: Ep 47 February 18-24, 1974 (2)
    2/18/74
  - S 8: Ep 22 November 19-23, 1973 (NBC-TV)
    11/19/73
- Medical Center
  Kevin Morgan
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Outcast
    11/22/72
- Bonanza
  Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain
  - S 14: Ep 7 The 26th Grave
    10/31/72
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 62 December 3, 1971
    12/3/71
- The Nine
  Alvy Munson
  - S 1: Ep 11 Man of the Year
- The Avengers
  Powell
  - S 6: Ep 25 Who Was That Man I Saw You With?
    3/19/69
- N.Y.P.D.
  Rick Crossfield
  - S 2: Ep 22 Everybody Loved Him
    3/18/69
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Closer
  Wes Durant
  - S 7: Ep 9 Star Turn
    9/5/11

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- In the 1980's, Howard became very selective in his works stating that he would only do the acting job if it felt right to him.
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- Howard was raised in the Long Island community of Manhasset, New York.
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- His dad passed away due to Alzheimer's disease in 1995.
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