Ken Howard (March 28, 1944 — March 23, 2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles in 1776 and on White Shadow. He was the National President of The Screen Actors Guild from 2009 until his death in 2016.

Filmography

• 2015Joy — Mop Executive
• 2015The Wedding Ringer — Ed Palmer
• 2014Better Living Through Chemistry — Walter Bishop
• 2014The Judge — Judge Warren
• The McCarthys — Coach Colwell
• 2013A.C.O.D. — Gary
• Fairly Legal — Charles Pease
• 2011J. Edgar — Harlan Fiske Stone
• 2010A Numbers Game — Harold
• Blue Bloods — Malcolm
• 20092:13 — Sheriff Sedgewick
• 2009Grey Gardens — Phelan Beale
• 2009The Beacon — Oficer Ford
• Eli Stone — Thomas Hayes
• 2008Rambo — Arthur Marsh
• 2008Smother — Gene Cooper
• 2008Under Still Waters — Conrad
• Cane — Joe Samuels
• Dirty Sexy Money
• 2007Michael Clayton — Don Jeffries
• 2007Sacrifices of the Heart — Thane Weston
• 30 Rock — Hank Hooper
• 2006Arc — Santee
• Brothers and Sisters — Boyd Taylor
• Conviction — Judge Hanford
• 2005Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story — William Ford
• Ghost Whisperer — Rachel Fisher
• 2005In Her Shoes — Michael Feller
• The Closer — Wes Durant
• The Office — Ed Truck
• Boston Legal — Judge Walter Yardley
• Cold Case — Harry Kemp Jr. (1958)
• George Lopez — Dr. Woodson
• Crossing Jordan — Max Cavanaugh
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Ken Abbot
• Perfect Murder, Perfect Town — Alex Hunter
• 2000Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder — Alex Hunter
• 1999A Vow to Cherish — John Brighton
• 1999At First Sight — Virgil's Father
• Family Law — Reardon
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dr. Arlen Rieff
• The West Wing — Judge Peyton Cabot Harrison III
• 1998Tactical Assault — General Horace White
• 1997Something Borrowed, Something Blue — Senator John Farrell
• The Practice — Frank Patanki
• Arli$$ — Coach Rusty Kraft
• 1995Her Hidden Truth — Jack Devereaux
• 1995OP Center — The President
• OP Center — The President
• 1995The Net — Bergstrom
• 1994Clear and Present Danger — Committee Chairman
• 1994Moment of Truth: To Walk Again — Ed Keating
• One West Waikiki
• Diagnosis: Murder — Special Agent Dunleavy, David Clarke
• 1993Ulterior Motives — Malcolm Carter
• Batman: The Animated Series — Hartness (voice)
• 1992Mastergate — Secretary of State Courtleigh Bishop
• Melrose Place — George Andrews
• Memories of Midnight — Kirk Reynolds
• 1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story — Bill Smart
• 1991Oscar — Kirkwood
• 1989The Man in the Brown Suit — Gordon Race
• 1988Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide — Self, Host
• Strange Interlude — Sam Evans
• 1986Rage of Angels: The Story Continues — Adam J. Warner
• Rage of Angels: The Story Continues — Adam J. Warner
• The Colbys — Garrett Boydston
• The Golden Girls — Jerry
• Glitter
• 1984He's Not Your Son — Michael Saunders
• Murder, She Wrote — Hank Shipton, Bill Boyle, Max Hagen, Matt Kinkaid, Barnes
• It's Not Easy — Jack Long
• Rage of Angels — Adam Warner
• 1983Second Thoughts — John Michael
• The Hitchhiker — Dubois
• The Thorn Birds — Rainer Hartheim
• American Playhouse — Pudd'nhead Wilson, Sam Evans
• Hotel — Bill Tillery
• 1982The Country Girl — Bernie Dodd
• 1982Victims — Joe Buckley
• Dynasty — Garrett Boydston
• 1980Damien: The Leper Priest — Father Damien
• 1978A Real American Hero — Danny Boy Mitchell
• 1978Superdome — Dave Walecki
• The Critical List — Nels Freiberg
• The White Shadow — Ken Reeves
• 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer — Major Asa B. Gandiner - Prosecuting Attorney
• 1976Independence — Thomas Jefferson
• 1974Manhunter — Dave Barrett
• The Manhunter — Dave Barrett
• Adam's Rib — Adam Bonner
• 19721776 — Thomas Jefferson
• 1972The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie — Virgil
• 1971Such Good Friends — Cal
• 1970Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon — Arthur
• Medical Center
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Defense Attorney

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2004Double Dare — Self
• Pet Star — Self - Judge
• The View — Self
• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self
• 1985Amazing Masters of Martial Arts — Self - Host
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary — Self (archive footage)