Edward Howard

Edward Mills Howard was born Friday, September 2, 1910 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, the eighth of ten children born to James Robert Howard (1853-1937) and Lula Monica Mills (1871-1952). Edward's father began as a farmer, moved into being a carpentry foreman for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and later became a building contractor. Edward had six brothers and three sisters. Following his sophomore year at Tuscaloosa Senior High School the 1930 U. S. Census identifies his occupation as a bricklayer. He married Bernyce Eva Bell (October 26, 1915 - December 16, 2009), a legal secretary, in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 1935. They were living in Santa Monica in 1940 and Edward was working as a route man for a laundry. They divorced in the early 1940's. His acting career began with six minor uncredited roles in 1942, 1943 and 1944. In 1945 he had a variety of roles in fifteen B-westerns. In his three final movies in 1946 his most prominent role was as Dunc Rankin in Thunder Town in his next to last film appearance. Edward passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday, September 16, 1946 after an illness of several months. The funeral service and burial were held on Friday, September 20, 1946 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery in that community.