Ken Howard

Ken Howard
Howard at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
1st National President of the SAG-AFTRA
In office March 30, 2012 – March 23, 2016
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gabrielle Carteris
28th President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office September 24, 2009 – March 30, 2012
Preceded by	Alan Rosenberg
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (1944-03-28)March 28, 1944 El Centro, California, U.S.
Died	March 23, 2016(2016-03-23) (aged 71) Valencia, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Louise Sorel ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1975)​ Margo Lederer ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1991)​ Linda Fetters ​ (m. 1992)​
Education	Amherst College (BA) (1966) Yale University Kent State University (MFA) (1999)
Occupation	Actor comedian politician
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
1966–2015

Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (1972) and as high school basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow (1978–1981). Howard won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1970 for his performance in Child's Play, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his work in Grey Gardens (2009).

Howard had co-starring roles in the films Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), Such Good Friends (1971), and The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972). In the 1980s, he worked mostly in television, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for the CBS afternoon special The Body Human: Facts for Boys (1980). He later appeared in numerous character parts in films such as Clear and Present Danger (1994), The Net (1995), Michael Clayton (2007), and The Judge (2014).

Howard was elected president of the actors' union, Screen Actors Guild (SAG), in September 2009^[1] and reelected to a second term, in September 2011.^[2] He was the last president of the Screen Actors Guild and the first president of the newly combined SAG-AFTRA union, after the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) voted to merge in 2012. He was reelected in 2015.^[3]