Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Howard, Jr. (born March 28, 1944) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow. He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in September 2009 and elected to a second term in September 2011.
March 23, 2016, Valencia, California, United States
Place Of Birth
El Centro, California, USA
Height
6' 6" (1.98 m)
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Education
Amherst College, Yale School of Drama
Nationality
American
Spouse
Annabelle Keating
Parents
Kenneth Joseph Howard, Sr., Martha Carey Howard
Siblings
Don Howard
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In Children's Programming
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Movies
Michael Clayton, Rambo, The Wedding Ringer, Grey Gardens, In Her Shoes, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Clear and Present Danger, 1776, Joy, At First Sight, The Net, Dreamer, A.C.O.D., Better Living Through Chemistry, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Smother, Such Good Friends, The Beacon, Murder...
TV Shows
Crossing Jordan, The Colbys, The Thorn Birds, The White Shadow, The Manhunter, It's Not Easy, Adam's Rib, The Body Human: Facts for Boys
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Ken Howard served as the president of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) from his election in 2009 until his death in 2016.
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Howard was nicknamed "the White Shadow" in high school. The nickname was given to him in 1961 by the Long Island press when he was the only Caucasian starter on the Manhasset High School varsity basketball team.
Wife, Linda Fetters Howard, is a retired stuntwoman and former President of the Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures, Inc.
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Chancellor of the National Kidney Foundation.
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National Spokesperson and Executive Board Member of the Onyx and Breezy Foundation. An organization that grants financial aid to individuals and qualified rescues that benefit the welfare of animals.
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Like his father, he is 6' 6" tall, which in high school earned him the nicknames, "Stork" and "The Big K.".
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Howard was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in September 2009 for a two-year term and got re-elected in 2011, for a second term.
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Portrayed Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway stage version of "1776" and reprised his role in the movie 1776 (1972).
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While attending Amherst College in Massachussets (Class of '66), Ken was an active member of their choral group, the Zumbyes. He even would record at least two albums with them, one of which featured him as an emcee during a Live show at a Florida college in May of 1965 (released in 1966) as well as a featured soloist.
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Won Broadway's 1970 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Child's Play."
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Studied at the Yale School of Drama and became a lecturer at Harvard.
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Has a dog named Shadow.
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Had to have a kidney transplant in 2000 due to a blockage that was misdiagnosed.
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