Jack Howarth MBE
Born John Aubrey Conway Howarth
(1896-02-19)19 February 1896
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Died 31 March 1984(1984-03-31) (aged 88)
Llandudno, Wales
Occupation Actor

Jack Howarth MBE, (Born John Aubrey Conway Howarth; 19 February 1896 – 31 March 1984) was a British actor best known for his role as Albert Tatlock in Coronation Street between 1960 and 1984.

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Early life [link]

Born at 96 Mitchell Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, Howarth was the son of comedian Bert Howarth, and went to school with the singer and actress Gracie Fields.

As a child he sold theatre programmes at the Theatre Royal, Rochdale and in 1908 at the age of twelve he began playing juvenile roles on stage.

He married Sarah E Murgatroyd at St Mary and St Peter Parish Church, Hull, Yorkshire,[1] in 1929. They were married until his death 55 years later.[2] They had a son, John junior (born 1930), and a daughter, Anne (born 1939).[3]

Career [link]

Howarth ran a small cinema after the outbreak of World War I, having been a member of the Lancashire Fusiliers during that war. Howarth also ran his own theatre in Colwyn Bay, taking most of the male roles himself, due to the lack of men available to play the parts.

Howarth toured the country in theatre performances where he met and married his wife Betty in Hull in July 1929. He made over a hundred television appearances in all after 1947, having run a theatre in Wales from 1935 onwards. He also appeared in a number of films including The Man in the White Suit (1951) and Hobson's Choice (1954).

Coronation Street [link]

Howarth made his Coronation Street debut in the first episode in December 1960 and appeared in over 1,700 episodes until his final appearance on 25 January 1984. He hadn't been written out, but was having a spell of time away and was due to return to the set in late April 1984. He never got the chance to do so. Jack Howarth died in Llandudno General Hospital from a liver complaint on the evening of 31 March 1984, aged 88, with his wife and son John at his bedside. He was cremated six days later at Colwyn Bay.

Howarth was made an MBE in 1983 for his charity work - especially for supporting the disabled and children with general learning difficulties.

Coronation Street bosses made the decision to kill off Albert Tatlock soon after Howarth's real-life death, and it was revealed that Tatlock had died in the episode that was aired on 14 May 1984.

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Jack Howarth

Jack Howarth may refer to:

  • Jack Howarth (actor) (1896–1984), British actor
  • Jack Howarth (footballer) (born 1945), English footballer

  • Jack Howarth (footballer)

    Jack Howarth (born 27 February 1945) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Active in England and the United States, Howarth made over 500 appearances in the Football League, scoring nearly 200 goals. His 171 league goals for Aldershot is a club record.

    Career

    Born in Crook, County Durham, Howarth began his career with local side Stanley United. He signed professional forms with Chelsea in 1963, but never made an appearance for them, and moved to Swindon Town a year later. Howarth also played in the Football League for Aldershot, Rochdale, Bournemouth and Southport, before moving to the United States to play for the Southern California Lazers.

    He has a place in the history of the original Aldershot side (which was founded in 1926 and went bankrupt in 1992, having been Football League members since 1932), having scored a record 196 goals for the club in all competitions.

    Howarth later returned to England to play non-league football with Basingstoke Town, Andover and Romsey Town.

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