Alan Howard CBE

About:

Alan Howard was born in 1937 into a theatrical dynasty. His mother’s family had been acting for five generations begun by his great-great grandfather Henry MacKenzie who defected from the family tradition of Scottish Ministry to escape to London and become Henry Compton playing, amongst many other roles, the gravedigger to Irving’s Hamlet. Others in the clan have included Compton MacKenzie and Leslie Howard.

His career began, as family tradition demanded as an Assistant Stage Manager sweeping the stage at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, but fairly swiftly rose to a prominence in the English theatre enjoyed by very few actors.

Amongst his many film roles have been Cromwell in The Return of the Musketeers (1989), Michael in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), Tom French in The Secret Rapture (1993) and the voice of the ring in the recent Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Selected Filmography:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Voice)
Foyle’s War (TV Series)
Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Voice)
Witchcraft (TV Series)