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Ken Howard

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Birth Name: Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr.
Birth Place: El Centro, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/28/1944, Aries
Profession: Actor; writer; producer; voiceover artist; college instructor; restaurateur

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Ken Howard Fast Facts:

Was the only white starter his senior year on the Manhasset High School basketball team and was nicknamed "The White Shadow."
Sang in an a capella group called the Zumbyes at Amherst College.
Once married to advice columnist Ann Landers' daughter, Margo.
On Broadway, played a gym teacher at a Catholic boys' school in Child's Play; on TV, played a gym teacher-basketball coach on The White Shadow.
Taught Acting and Oral Argument at Harvard in 1986.
Has appeared on ESPN promos with Byron Stewart, who costarred as Coolidge on The White Shadow.
Had a kidney transplant in 2000.
Wife Linda Fetters is a retired stuntwoman.
Has lent his voice to more than 30 books on tape.
Participates in the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic.
Owns two restaurants in the Boston area.

Ken Howard Relationships:
Don Howard - Brother
Kenneth Joseph Howard Sr. - Father
Linda Fetters - Wife
Louise Sorel - Ex-wife
Margo Coleman Howard - Ex-wife
Martha McDonald Carey - Mother
Ken Howard Awards:
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
College:
Amherst College, Amherst, MA (1966); attended Yale School of Drama, New Haven, CT