Background
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.
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John Aubrey Conway "Jack" Howarth, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire was an English television actor best known for his role as Albert Tatlock in the television series Coronation Street between 1960 and 1984; before this he had a lengthy career in theatre, and in the radio soap opera Mistress Dale"s Diary.
Career
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. 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. 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 Manitoba in the White Suit (1951) and Hobson"s Choice (1954).
Coronation Street 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 southern He was cremated six days later at Colwyn Bay.
Howarth was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1974 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews on the set of Coronation Street.
Achievements
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Howarth was made an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire 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.
Membership
Howarth ran a small cinema after the outbreak of the First World War, having been a member of the Lancashire Fusiliers during that war.
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