Ken Howard
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Howard at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Born |
Kenneth Joseph Howard, Jr. March 28, 1944 El Centro, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 23, 2016 (aged 71) Valencia, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, politician |
| Years active | 1966–2015 |
| Awards |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1970: Child's Play Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming 1981: The Body Human Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 2009: Grey Gardens |
| President of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) | |
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In office 2012 – March 23, 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Gabrielle Carteris |
| President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) | |
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In office 2009–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Rosenberg |
| Succeeded by | Merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Howard, Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow. Howard won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1970 for his performance in Child's Play, and later won the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his work in Grey Gardens.
Howard was elected president of the actors' union, Screen Actors Guild (SAG), in September 2009 and reelected to a second term, in September 2011. He was the last president of the Screen Actors Guild and the first president of the newly formed union, SAG-AFTRA, after the Screen Actors Guild and another union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), voted to merge in 2012. He was reelected in 2015.
Howard was born in El Centro, California, the son of Martha Carey (née McDonald) and Kenneth Joseph Howard, Sr., the elder of their two sons. His younger brother, the late Don Howard, was also an actor. His approximately 6-foot 6-inch (1.98 m) stature earned him the nickname "Stork" as a high school student.
He grew up in Manhasset, New York. Howard had basketball in his blood well before The White Shadow debuted. The nickname "The White Shadow" was given to him by the Long Island press in 1961, as Howard was the only white starter on the Manhasset High School varsity basketball team.
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