Howard's Second World War activities included acting and filmmaking. He was active in anti-German propaganda and reputedly involved with British or Allied Intelligence, which may have led to his death in 1943 when an airliner on which he was a passenger was shot down over the Bay of Biscay, sparking conspiracy theories regarding his death.
Early life
Howard was born Leslie Howard Steiner to a British mother, Lilian (née Blumberg), and a Hungarian-Jewish father, Ferdinand Steiner, in Forest Hill, London. Lilian had been brought up as a Christian, but was also of partial Jewish ancestry—her paternal grandfather Ludwig Blumberg, a Jewish merchant originally from East Prussia, had married into the English upper middle classes. Howard was educated at Alleyn's School, London. Like many others around the time of the First World War, the family changed their name, using "Stainer" as less German-sounding. He worked as a bank clerk before enlisting at the outbreak of the First World War. He served in the British Army as a subaltern in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, but suffered shell shock, which led to his relinquishing his commission in May 1916.
Leslie Burr-Howard (born 1 October 1956) is an equestrian from the United States and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in show jumping with the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles riding Albany, and a silver medal in 1996 aboard the Dutch warmblood mare Extreme. Burr-Howard is also well known as the second of the three primary riders for the legendary showjumper Gem Twist.
Leslie John Howard (born 29 April 1948) is an Australian pianist and composer. He is best known for being the only pianist to have recorded the complete solo piano works of Franz Liszt, a project which included more than 300 premiere recordings. He has been described by The Guardian as "a master of a tradition of pianism in serious danger of dying out".
Biography
Howard was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1948, the eldest of four children. His brother William is a cellist.
Howard's ability to recall anything by ear, and perfect pitch, was first cited in The Herald, Melbourne, when he was 5 years old. At the age of 5, he performed for Fox Movietone News, and at the age of 9 on Australian national television. His mature debut as a pianist came at the age of 13, with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. He learned the oboe at an early age, and has even performed Mozart’s Oboe Concerto.
He attended Monash University in Melbourne to study English, but by the end of his first year had been invited to lecture the post-graduate students on advanced counterpoint and theory. His post-graduate music studies were completed in Italy, where he studied with Guido Agosti.
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An extract from it - Leslie was devoted to Ronald and Doodie. He explained that after the birth of his children, he was never free from worry about what they were doing, wondering if they were safe, happy, in the right environment and getting what they should from life etc. "I don't particularly like the Hollywood atmosphere for them. They are not so well here, and I feel that there is a certain aridity about it, and that children need a soil, richer in tradition." Leslie intended to spend his life in England someday, so thought he had better bring them up where they and he belonged. They spanned the distance between them, by frequent phone calls and cab...
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Clip of his daughter talking as an adult, Leslie by the pool, color footage from Romeo and Juliet movie and some still photos.
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Clip of his daughter talking as an adult, Leslie by the pool, color footage from Romeo and Juliet movie and some still photos.
See the latest book on Amazon - "LESLIE HOWARD ACTOR. WRITER. SOLDIER. SPY?" and check out the Facebook page under the same title, for more exclusive content.
GWTW biographies available on Amazon - "They Shone with the Wind."
Clip of his daughter talking as an adult, Leslie by the pool, color footage from Romeo and Juliet movie and some still photos.
See the latest book on Amazon - "LESLIE HOWARD ACTOR. WRITER. SOLDIER. SPY?" and check out the Facebook page under the same title, for more exclusive content.
GWTW biographies available on Amazon - "They Shone with the Wind."
Clip from documentary on William Randolph Hearst. The latest Leslie Howard biography is on Amazon, titled - THEY SHONE WITH THE WIND BOOK 3: LESLIE HOWARD, HOW...
Clip from documentary on William Randolph Hearst. The latest Leslie Howard biography is on Amazon, titled - THEY SHONE WITH THE WIND BOOK 3: LESLIE HOWARD, HOWARD C. HICKMAN, JANE DARWELL, HARRY DAVENPORT, MARY YOUNG, BEN CARTER AND LAURA HOPE CREWS
Clip from documentary on William Randolph Hearst. The latest Leslie Howard biography is on Amazon, titled - THEY SHONE WITH THE WIND BOOK 3: LESLIE HOWARD, HOWARD C. HICKMAN, JANE DARWELL, HARRY DAVENPORT, MARY YOUNG, BEN CARTER AND LAURA HOPE CREWS
Ronald was a writer who became an actor. There is more on him in this great book on Amazon - LESLIE HOWARD: ACTOR, WRITER, SOLDIER, SPY?
An extract from it - L...
Ronald was a writer who became an actor. There is more on him in this great book on Amazon - LESLIE HOWARD: ACTOR, WRITER, SOLDIER, SPY?
An extract from it - Leslie was devoted to Ronald and Doodie. He explained that after the birth of his children, he was never free from worry about what they were doing, wondering if they were safe, happy, in the right environment and getting what they should from life etc. "I don't particularly like the Hollywood atmosphere for them. They are not so well here, and I feel that there is a certain aridity about it, and that children need a soil, richer in tradition." Leslie intended to spend his life in England someday, so thought he had better bring them up where they and he belonged. They spanned the distance between them, by frequent phone calls and cables. "Each of us knows what the other is doing every day and every night. They are not interested in me as a picture actor. They give it very little thought. That, they consider, is a necessary evil and of no more significance, no more to be talked about, than if I were in trade." Sometimes when he was on-set, and trying to get into the proper feel of the scene, he'd be gripped by a thought: "What am I doing here? What do I mean by being here, making silly faces in front of a camera, while the children are over there and their precious, fleeting years are going by, without me?" He estimated that his children were about 95 percent of his life, but the remaining 5 percent was for other things.
The latest book with a lot of new detail on the making of GWTW is "Clark Gable Hollywood's King" - available on Amazon. Similar in "Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen Hollywood Neighbours."
Ronald was a writer who became an actor. There is more on him in this great book on Amazon - LESLIE HOWARD: ACTOR, WRITER, SOLDIER, SPY?
An extract from it - Leslie was devoted to Ronald and Doodie. He explained that after the birth of his children, he was never free from worry about what they were doing, wondering if they were safe, happy, in the right environment and getting what they should from life etc. "I don't particularly like the Hollywood atmosphere for them. They are not so well here, and I feel that there is a certain aridity about it, and that children need a soil, richer in tradition." Leslie intended to spend his life in England someday, so thought he had better bring them up where they and he belonged. They spanned the distance between them, by frequent phone calls and cables. "Each of us knows what the other is doing every day and every night. They are not interested in me as a picture actor. They give it very little thought. That, they consider, is a necessary evil and of no more significance, no more to be talked about, than if I were in trade." Sometimes when he was on-set, and trying to get into the proper feel of the scene, he'd be gripped by a thought: "What am I doing here? What do I mean by being here, making silly faces in front of a camera, while the children are over there and their precious, fleeting years are going by, without me?" He estimated that his children were about 95 percent of his life, but the remaining 5 percent was for other things.
The latest book with a lot of new detail on the making of GWTW is "Clark Gable Hollywood's King" - available on Amazon. Similar in "Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen Hollywood Neighbours."
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Clip of his daughter talking as an adult, Leslie by the pool, color footage from Romeo and Juliet movie and some still photos.
See the latest book on Amazon - "LESLIE HOWARD ACTOR. WRITER. SOLDIER. SPY?" and check out the Facebook page under the same title, for more exclusive content.
GWTW biographies available on Amazon - "They Shone with the Wind."
Clip from documentary on William Randolph Hearst. The latest Leslie Howard biography is on Amazon, titled - THEY SHONE WITH THE WIND BOOK 3: LESLIE HOWARD, HOWARD C. HICKMAN, JANE DARWELL, HARRY DAVENPORT, MARY YOUNG, BEN CARTER AND LAURA HOPE CREWS
Ronald was a writer who became an actor. There is more on him in this great book on Amazon - LESLIE HOWARD: ACTOR, WRITER, SOLDIER, SPY?
An extract from it - Leslie was devoted to Ronald and Doodie. He explained that after the birth of his children, he was never free from worry about what they were doing, wondering if they were safe, happy, in the right environment and getting what they should from life etc. "I don't particularly like the Hollywood atmosphere for them. They are not so well here, and I feel that there is a certain aridity about it, and that children need a soil, richer in tradition." Leslie intended to spend his life in England someday, so thought he had better bring them up where they and he belonged. They spanned the distance between them, by frequent phone calls and cables. "Each of us knows what the other is doing every day and every night. They are not interested in me as a picture actor. They give it very little thought. That, they consider, is a necessary evil and of no more significance, no more to be talked about, than if I were in trade." Sometimes when he was on-set, and trying to get into the proper feel of the scene, he'd be gripped by a thought: "What am I doing here? What do I mean by being here, making silly faces in front of a camera, while the children are over there and their precious, fleeting years are going by, without me?" He estimated that his children were about 95 percent of his life, but the remaining 5 percent was for other things.
The latest book with a lot of new detail on the making of GWTW is "Clark Gable Hollywood's King" - available on Amazon. Similar in "Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen Hollywood Neighbours."
Howard's Second World War activities included acting and filmmaking. He was active in anti-German propaganda and reputedly involved with British or Allied Intelligence, which may have led to his death in 1943 when an airliner on which he was a passenger was shot down over the Bay of Biscay, sparking conspiracy theories regarding his death.
Early life
Howard was born Leslie Howard Steiner to a British mother, Lilian (née Blumberg), and a Hungarian-Jewish father, Ferdinand Steiner, in Forest Hill, London. Lilian had been brought up as a Christian, but was also of partial Jewish ancestry—her paternal grandfather Ludwig Blumberg, a Jewish merchant originally from East Prussia, had married into the English upper middle classes. Howard was educated at Alleyn's School, London. Like many others around the time of the First World War, the family changed their name, using "Stainer" as less German-sounding. He worked as a bank clerk before enlisting at the outbreak of the First World War. He served in the British Army as a subaltern in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, but suffered shell shock, which led to his relinquishing his commission in May 1916.