Leslie Howard (1893 - 1943)

English actor, nominated twice for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was killed when his plane was shot over the Bay of Biscay in WW2.

* April 3, 1893 Forest Hill, London, England, UK
 as Leslie Howard Steiner
 June 1, 1943 Bay of Biscay



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, October 1931
Photoplay, October 1931
Photoplay, April 1932

Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, August 1932

Photoplay, August 1932
Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, January 1933


Books with substantial mentioning of Leslie Howard

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965


The Film Story of Gone With the Wind
London, 1948

Frank Arnau (Hrsg.)
Universal Filmlexikon 1932
Berlin/London, 1932

Books with an entry on Leslie Howard

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Leslie Howard

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975