Bobby Howes
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Bobby Howes.
Born: August 4, 1895
Known For
The Guns of Loos
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).
Watch It, Sailor!
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
Lord Babs
A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
Happy Go Lovely
Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.
Over the Garden Wall
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.
Third Time Lucky
Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who also wrote "The Ghost Train", and later went on to star in "Dad's Army", "Third time lucky" tells the story of a timid parson (Howes) who steps in to protect his ward from blackmail at the hands of Garry Marsh and Gordon Harker.
The Good Companions
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
For the Love of Mike
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.
Yes, Madam?
The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance.
Sweet Devil
Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets her go before he proposes to her, the woman confused woman tries to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Complications ensue.
Filmography
as Drunk
as Jimmy Nunn
as Charlie
as Bill Quinton
as Tony Brent
as Bunny
as Booby Seymour
as Lord Basil 'Babs' Drayford
as Rev. Arthur Fear
as Danny