A Thanhouser Company player, in 4 films you can watch free online.
Biography
Ernest Howard was a Thanhouser actor from about 1915 to 1917, playing character leads and “heavies”, and in the spring of 1916 he directed Falstaff comedies at the studio in Jacksonville, Florida.
Born Ernest Ladd in Falls Village, Connecticut, in 1875, he spent 18 years on the stage in vaudeville, drama and stock before his screen career began at Thanhouser. In the summer of 1917 he was one of the few players left in the stock company. He died in Brooklyn in 1940.
A short summary written from the encyclopedia.Read Bowers’ full biography on this page ↓
Filmography
22:25The Picture of Dorian Gray
11:44The Twins of the G.l. Ranch
31:12Fires of Youth
25:18The Man Without a CountryThese have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
From the encyclopedia
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 189 words.
Ernest Howard was an actor with Thanhouser, circa 1915-1917. In 1916 he was directing Falstaff comedies at Thanhouser’s Jacksonville studio.
Ernest Howard was the professional name of Ernest Ladd, who was born in Falls Village, Connecticut in 1875. He was educated in schools in New England. His first stage appearance was in the 1890s with Julie Arthur. He spent 18 years before the footlights, in vaudeville, drama, and stock. Among his stage successes were roles in Lysistrata, The Bat, and Hamlet. His vaudeville sketch, Friday Evening at Home, drew favorable notices. His screen career commenced with Thanhouser, for whom he played character leads and heavies. In the spring of 1916 he was directing Falstaff comedies for Thanhouser in Jacksonville, Florida.
Directory listings 1916-1918 noted that he weighed 150 pounds and had gray hair and brown eyes. At the time he lived in New Rochelle, New York. In the summer of 1917 he was one of just a few players remaining in the Thanhouser stock company. Ernest Howard died in Brooklyn, New York on November 8, 1940. He was survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, and 12 grandchildren.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “HOWARD, Ernest.” thanhouser.org/research/people/ernest-howard/
