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Peter Howard

Overview

  • Born
    December 20, 1908 · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    February 25, 1965 · Lima, Peru (viral pneumonia)
  • Birth name
    Peter Dunsmore Howard

Biography

  • Peter Howard was born on December 20, 1908 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK. Peter was a writer, known for Mr. Brown Comes Down the Hill (1965), Decision at Midnight (1965) and Voice of the Hurricane (1964). Peter was married to Doris 'Doe' Metaxa. Peter died on February 25, 1965 in Lima, Peru.

Family

  • Spouse
      Doris 'Doe' Metaxa(1932 - February 25, 1965) (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Philip Howard
      Anne Wolrige Gordon
      Anthony Howard

Trivia

  • A British journalist and war veteran who worked for newspaper magnate Lord Beaverbrook and was also a leading proponent of the far-right Moral Re-Armament movement. All his plays and film scripts were conceived as deliberate propaganda for this group.
  • As a young man, he played rugby for England and was, for a time, a supporter of the British Union of Fascists.
  • His eldest son Philip followed him into journalism, but although there was a famous journalist called Anthony Howard of a similar age, his younger son Anthony actually was a TV producer.

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