Bert Howard

born: 07 August 1878
Salmon Falls, New Hampshire,
United States of America
died: 27 October 1958
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(coronoary thrombosis, age 80)

American actor. There was another "Bert Howard" in vaudeville at the same time who was a popular juggler. "Our" Bert Howard was a very popular and successful vaudeville act, especially his piano playing, with his wife, Leona Bland. In 1909, after a 2 year battle with cancer she died. I speculate that the bills caused his 1911 bankruptcy ( real name Albert H. Prescott) but he found a new partner, had continued success and eventually married her. By 1923 he settled permanently in Hollywood and continued in movies.

Height: 5'11"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1939
Zenobia
Townsman

DEATH CERTIFICATE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Acknowledgements:
1909 Aug 15 "Billboard": wife dies of cancer after 2 years
1911 Feb 13 Chicago "Inter Ocean" declares bankruptcy: real name Albert H. Prescott
1923 June 09 "Camera" Photo: bio
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3V-YVZV?lang=en (1958 Oct 27 Death Cert LA)
Jim Jarvis (information)

This page was last updated on: 23 August 2025