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Ken Howard

Born Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr.
March 28, 1944 (1944-03-28) (age 64)
El Centro, California

Kenneth Joseph Howard, Jr. (born March 28, 1944) is an American Tony Award- and Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor known for his role in the television show The White Shadow as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves, a basketball major with a minor in life.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Howard appeared on Broadway in Seesaw and as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (a role he reprised in the 1972 film). In 1981 he won a Daytime Emmy Award for his performance as the ideal father in the CBS afternoon special The Body Human: Facts for Boys. Additional credits include Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels 1983 and the 2000 miniseries Perfect Murder, Perfect Town and the feature film Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, both co-starring Kris Kristofferson. He was a regular on the television series White Shadow and Crossing Jordan.

[edit] Personal life

Howard was born in El Centro, California, the son of Martha Carey (née McDonald) and Kenneth Joseph Howard, Sr.[1] He grew up in the Long Island community of Manhasset, New York,[2] and attended Manhasset High School, where he started on the basketball team.[3] He is a graduate of Amherst College. He has been married to Linda Fetters, a stuntwoman, since 1992 and they reside in the Los Angeles, California area. Prior to that he was married to Margo Coleman, known professionally as Margo Howard, the daughter of Ann Landers, from 1977 - 1991, and before that to TV soap opera actress, Louise Sorel, from 1973 - 1976, when they divorced.

Howard is very active and supportive of the National Kidney Foundation. He had a kidney transplant in 2000. He stands approximately 6'6" (1.98 m).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ken Howard Biography (1944-)
  2. ^ Tarshis, Alex. "Hanging Out in the NBA TV Green Room With ... Ken Howard", NBA.com. Accessed November 23, 2007. "A native of Manhasset, N.Y., Howard had basketball in his blood well before the "The White Shadow" debuted, having played in both high school and college, serving as the captain on his Amherst College team before he attended the Yale School of Drama."
  3. ^ Ken Howard profile, The New York Times. Accessed November 23, 2007.

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NAME Howard, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jr., Kenneth Joseph Howard
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1944-3-28
PLACE OF BIRTH El Centro, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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