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Howard St. John

Howard St. John

Born: 1905-10-09 • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Howard St. John (October 9, 1905 – March 13, 1974) was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway, film and television. He is probably best remembered for his bombastic General Bullmoose, which he played in the stage and screen versions of the 1956 musical Li'l Abner.

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Filmography
Don't Drink the Water poster
Don't Drink the Water
1969 • Ambassador Magee
Managing Time poster
Managing Time
1968
Banning poster
Banning
1967 • J. Pallister Young
Matchless poster
Matchless
1967 • General Shapiro
Strange Bedfellows poster
Strange Bedfellows
1965 • Julius L. Stevens
Quick, Before It Melts poster
Quick, Before It Melts
1965 • Harvey T. Sweigert
Sex and the Single Girl poster
Sex and the Single Girl
1964 • George Randall
Fate Is the Hunter poster
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 • Mark Hutchins
Strait-Jacket poster
Strait-Jacket
1964 • Raymond Fields
No Image
The Patriots
1963 • George Washington
Lafayette poster
Lafayette
1962 • George Washington
Lover Come Back poster
Lover Come Back
1961 • Mr. John Brackett
One, Two, Three poster
One, Two, Three
1961 • Wendell P. Hazeltine
Sanctuary poster
Sanctuary
1961 • Gov. Drake
Madison Avenue poster
Madison Avenue
1961 • J.D. Jocelyn
Cry for Happy poster
Cry for Happy
1961 • Vice Adm. Junius B. Bennett
Li'l Abner poster
Li'l Abner
1959 • General Bullmoose
The Gift of the Magi poster
The Gift of the Magi
1958 • Mr. Spiegel
World in My Corner poster
World in My Corner
1956 • Harry Cram
I Died a Thousand Times poster
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 • Doc Banton
The Tender Trap poster
The Tender Trap
1955 • Mr. Sayers
Illegal poster
Illegal
1955 • E.A. Smith
Three Coins in the Fountain poster
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954 • Burgoyne
Stop, You're Killing Me poster
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952 • Commissioner Mahoney
Starlift poster
Starlift
1951 • Steve Rogers
The Big Night poster
The Big Night
1951 • Al Judge
Close to My Heart poster
Close to My Heart
1951 • E. O. "Frosty" Frost
Strangers on a Train poster
Strangers on a Train
1951 • Police Capt. Turley
Goodbye, My Fancy poster
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 • Claude Griswold
Saturday's Hero poster
Saturday's Hero
1951 • Belfrage
Born Yesterday poster
Born Yesterday
1950 • Jim Devery
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard poster
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950 • David Harding
The Sun Sets at Dawn poster
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 • The Warden
Mister 880 poster
Mister 880
1950 • Chief
The Men poster
The Men
1950 • Ellen's Father
David Harding, Counterspy poster
David Harding, Counterspy
1950 • David Harding
711 Ocean Drive poster
711 Ocean Drive
1950 • Lieutenant Pete Wright
Customs Agent poster
Customs Agent
1950 • Charles Johnson
The Undercover Man poster
The Undercover Man
1949 • Joseph S. Horan
Shockproof poster
Shockproof
1949 • Sam Brooks