Karl Howman | |
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Born |
Woolwich, London |
13 December 1953
Occupation | Actor, performer |
Spouse(s) | Clare Lightfoot (1976 - ?) (divorced) |
Children | Katy-Jo Howman Chloe Howman |
Karl Howman (born 13 December 1953) is an English actor and voice-over artist. He is known for his role in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders as Buster Briggs which he played from 2014 to 2016.
Born in Woolwich, London, he is best known to television viewers for his work as Jacko in Esmonde and Larbey's late-1980s BBC TV sitcom Brush Strokes and as the title character in the series Mulberry (also by Esmonde and Larbey).
However, Howman first worked with the two comedy scriptwriters on the final series of Thames TV sitcom Get Some In! in 1978 replacing Robert Lindsay (who left after the fourth series to star in Citizen Smith at the BBC) in the role of Jakey Smith. Howman co-starred with Lindsay in Claude Whatham's That'll Be the Day (1973), and also appeared in the sequel Stardust (1974).
Howman's other films include Exposé (1976), a film described as a video nasty, S.O.S. Titanic (1979), The Long Good Friday (1980), Babylon (1981), Party Party (1983), The Truth About Love (2005), and in the Porridge feature film (1979).