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Biography
Howard St. John was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway, film and television. Among his best-remembered roles are the bombastic General Bullmoose in the stage and screen versions of the 1956 musical Li'l Abner, and his supporting roles in the classic comedies Born Yesterday (1950) and One, Two, Three (1961).
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Filmography20 titles

Strangers on a Train
1951as Captain Turley
1951as Captain Turley

Born Yesterday
1950as Jim Devery
1950as Jim Devery

Mister 880
1950as Chief
1950as Chief

Lover Come Back
1961as Mr. John Brackett
1961as Mr. John Brackett

The Men
1950as Ellen's Father
1950as Ellen's Father

The Big Night
1951as Al Judge
1951as Al Judge

Lux Video Theatre
1950as Judge Ogden
1950as Judge Ogden

Sex and the Single Girl
1964as George Randall
1964as George Randall

Close to My Heart
1951as E. O. "Frosty" Frost
1951as E. O. "Frosty" Frost

Strait-Jacket
1964as Raymond Fields
1964as Raymond Fields

Illegal
1955as E.A. Smith
1955as E.A. Smith

Goodbye, My Fancy
1951as Claude Griswold
1951as Claude Griswold

711 Ocean Drive
1950as Lieutenant Pete Wright
1950as Lieutenant Pete Wright

The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950as The Warden
1950as The Warden

I Died a Thousand Times
1955as Doc Banton
1955as Doc Banton

The Tender Trap
1955as Mr. Sayers
1955as Mr. Sayers

Strange Bedfellows
1965as Julius L. Stevens
1965as Julius L. Stevens

Three Coins in the Fountain
1954as Burgoyne
1954as Burgoyne

Cavalcade of America
1952as Benjamin Franklin
1952as Benjamin Franklin

Matchless
1967as General Shapiro
1967as General Shapiro