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Howland Chamberlain in the role of Miles Harding's neighbor, Howard.
Howland Chamberlin was born on August 2, 1911, in Bronx, New York City. He moved in the 1930s from New York to California. He worked at a Federal Theatre Project, and at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in the 1946 drama The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Oscars.
Mr. Chamberlain was best known for his role as Judge Atkins in the 1979 movie "Kramer vs. Kramer", as Thorpe in the 1946 movie "The Best Years of Our Lives", and as Freddie Bauer in 1948's, "Force of Evil".
He starred in several films throughout the 1940's and early 1950's, as a supporting actor.
Performing as Judge Atkins in the movie "Kramer vs. Kramer"
In the following video, you will see a key scene from Abraham Polonsky's 1948 film noir, "Force of Evil". After Joe Morse (John Garfield) masterminds a hostile takeover of the small-time bookmaking organization run by his brother Leo (Thomas Gomez), Leo's long-time bookkeeper, Freddie Bauer (Howland Chamberlain), decides he wants to move on, but Joe exhibits his superior management skills and persuades Bauer to stay.
Although Chamberlain's appearance was not credited in the film, he was memorable as the cynical hotel receptionist in 1952's "High Noon". In the following video, we see him acting opposite Grace Kelly.
"High Noon" remained Mr. Chamberlin's last motion picture for 27 years because he was blacklisted by the House of Un-American Activities, and, as a result, did not get any film role offers. But he managed to remain active with acting roles for television. He starred in an episode of the Adventures of Superman in 1952.
He returned to New York, where he worked as a stage actor and continued acting on television. He acted in an episode of Hawk in 1966. Then, in 1974, he made his movie comeback in the TV film "A Touch of the Poet". He continued with his television acting in six episodes of Ryan's Hope in 1976, and an episode of Kojak, also in 1976. And then, in 1979, acted in the TV movie "Freedom Road".
Mr. Chamberlain made his motion picture return in the 1979 film "Kramer vs. Kramer". This was Chamberlain's third film in which a fellow cast member won the Oscar for Best Actor. Then, he starred in the movie "Barbarosa" in 1982.
Mr. Howland Chamberlin died in Oakland, California on September 1, 1984. "Electric Dreams" marked his last movie role.
For a list of movies and television programs featuring Howland Chamberlain, view his profile at IMDb.
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