Karl Howman

Karl Howman

Birthday: 1952-12-13

Place of Birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK

Biography: Karl Howman is a British actor best known for the films The Long Good Friday, Babylon, That'll Be The Day and Stardust, and for playing the charming painter and decorator Jacko in the classic 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes. Most recently, he has been a regular on EastEnders.

Movies

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal in...

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Party Party
Party Party

It's New Year's Eve. Larry's parents are at the vicarage dance leaving Larry in charge of the house....

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Exposé
Exposé

A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his tr...

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Up Line
Up Line

Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to fin...

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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of hi...

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Babylon
Babylon

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he ha...

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S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board....

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The Truth About Love
The Truth About Love

As part of a drunken bet with her sister Felicity, happily married Alice sends an anonymous Valentin...

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The Flipside of Dominick Hide
The Flipside of Dominick Hide

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980....

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Fox
Fox

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in Sout...

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The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate propert...

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Porridge
Porridge

Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Be...

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Stardust
Stardust

Jim MacLaine is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he ach...

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That'll Be The Day
That'll Be The Day

Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-l...

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The Death of Glory
The Death of Glory

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading...

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A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymo...

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Christine
Christine

Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk ...

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Frankenstein: The True Story
Frankenstein: The True Story

Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr...

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Safety and the Supervisor
Safety and the Supervisor

Using a case study, the film examines the causes and effects of an industrial accident, highlighting...

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What's a Carry On?
What's a Carry On?

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips a...

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