FrameThrower · Actors · John Howard
John Howard
3 films · 439 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–2024
Born 14 April 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · died 19 February 1995
John Howard was an American screen and television actor. He made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramount's One Hour Late (1934) before moving up the Hollywood ladder to featured parts and ultimately landing his own series, the Bulldog Drummond mysteries. Decades later, when offers of work began to slow down, Howard went into teaching.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 439 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–2024
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945
- Navy Cross
How their films are shot
Measured across 439 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 56% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work John takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 439 frames from John Howard's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.