Ken Howard (born Kenneth Joseph Howard, Jr. on March 28, 1944 in El Centro, California) is a Tony-winning actor who is best known for his role in the television show The White Shadow as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player, Ken Reeves. He also had a role as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (both the Broadway musical and the 1972 film). Image File history File links TheOffice-edtruck. ... Image File history File links TheOffice-edtruck. ... Sarah Blue and Orange 04 by Ken Howard. ... Ken Howard (born December 26, 1939, London) is a successful composer, lyricist and television director. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... El Centro is the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. ... The White Shadow was a U.S. television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... 1776 is the title of a 1969 Broadway musical and its 1972 film adaptation. ...

Howard most recently appeared in the (2006) feature film, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, co-starring Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson and Elisabeth Shue. He also played Jill Hennessy's character's father on NBC's crime drama, Crossing Jordan. Hannah Dakota Fanning[1] (born February 23, 1994) is an American child actress. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Elisabeth Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. ... Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as the crime-solving medical examiner, Jordan Cavanaugh. ...

He has been married to Linda Fetters, a stuntwoman, since 1992 and they reside in the Los Angeles, California area. Prior to that he was married to Margo Coleman, known professionally as Margo Howard, the daughter of Ann Landers, from 1977 - 1991, and before that to TV soap opera actress, Louise Sorel, from 1973 - 1976, when they divorced. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Margo Coleman Margo Coleman (often called Margo Howard; born Margo Lederer in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer. ... Ann Landers, 1961 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Ann Landers Esther Eppie Pauline Friedman Lederer, better known as Ann Landers (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), was best known for writing the famous syndicated advice column Ann Landers. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louise Sorel Louise Sorel (born August 6, 1940 in New York City) is best known as villainess Vivian Alamain on the NBC daytime serial, Days of Our Lives. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Howard is very active and supportive of the National Kidney Foundation. He had a Kidney transplant in 2000.

He stands approximately 6'6" (1.98 m).

Howard wore a blonde toupee during the white shadow. It was very convincing for the 1970s. He was balding at the time and is completely bald in many of his post white shadow work.

External links

• TV Tome
• Ken Howard at the Internet Movie Database