Vince Howard is probably best-known for his role as Pete Butler on the television series Mr. Novak (1963), with fellow "Man Trap" guest star Jeanne Bal and Bill Zuckert, and as Officer Vince Howard on Emergency! (1972), with Kevin Tighe and Randy Mantoopth. He was also a regular on Barnaby Jones (1973) during the show's first season (1973), playing Lieutenant Joe Tayler. He has also made guest appearances in a number of other television shows, including Get Smart (1965), The Time Tunnel (1966), I Dream of Jeannie (1965), Bewitched (1964), Mission: Impossible (1966), The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), The Rockford Files (1974), McCloud (1970), Fantasy Island (1977), Quincy M.E. (1976), and Murder, She Wrote (1984). He made his film debut in the comedy The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), in which he had an uncredited role. He followed this with an appearance in I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968), in which he played a patrolman. Howard's film credits since then have included The Barefoot Executive (1971), The Man (1972), Trouble Man (1972), Moving Violations (1985), and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). He has also appeared in several made-for-TV movies, including Company of Killers (1970), Quarantined (1970), The Hunted Lady (1977), Love Is Not Enough (1978), Better Late Than Never (1979), CBS Schoolbreak Special: Welcome Home, Jellybean (1984), and Never Forget (1991). Throughout his career, he often portrayed a police officer or some other type of law enforcement figure.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Matlock (1986)
Guest starring as Detective Savage
- Episode 5x18: The Trial (1) (Feb 19, 1991) [Co-Star]
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Guest starring as Second Guard
- Episode 1x08: We're Off to Kill the Wizard (Dec 9, 1984) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Blanton
- Episode 3x12: The Corpse Flew First Class (Jan 18, 1987) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Projectionist
- Episode 6x17: Murder -- According to Maggie (Mar 4, 1990)
Guest starring as College Professor
- Episode 11x06: The Murder Channel (Nov 6, 1994)
Guest starring as The Real Dr. Swope
- Episode 10x13: Portrait of Death (Jan 16, 1994)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Guest starring as Airport Manager
- Episode 4x21: A Matter of Choice (May 21, 1987)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
Guest starring as Sheriff Bill Jenkins
- Episode 1x04: Goin' Nowhere Fast (Oct 9, 1983)
Cheers (1982)
Guest starring as Heppel
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x25: Backseat Becky, Up Front (May 5, 1988)
- Episode 6x20: The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit (Mar 3, 1988)
Knight Rider (1982)
Guest starring as CHP Officer
- Episode 3x06: K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R. (Nov 4, 1984) [Co-Star]
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Guest starring as Workman
- Episode 2x06: The Beast in Black (Dec 9, 1981) [Co-Star]
Hill Street Blues (1981)
Guest starring as Mr. Johnson
- Episode 5x07: Blues for Mr. Green (Nov 15, 1984)
Project U.F.O. (1978)
Guest starring as Gordon Sandler
- Episode 1x04: Sighting 4004: The Howard Crossing Incident (Mar 19, 1978)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Guest starring as Mark
- Episode 2x22: The Quiet Room (May 11, 1979) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Security Guard
- Episode 1x05: Of Guilt, Models, and Murder (Mar 24, 1978)
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Guest starring as Lieutenant
- Episode 2x21: Arson and Old Lace (Mar 31, 1978)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Guest starring as Hardee
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Snake Eyes (2) (Feb 4, 1977) [Credit Only]
- Episode 2x01: Snake Eyes (1) (Feb 4, 1977)
Guest starring as Sgt. Kramer
- Episode 3x06: Tissue of Truth (Oct 28, 1977)
Guest starring as Dr. Shiner
- Episode 7x21: The Unquiet Grave (Apr 7, 1982)
Guest starring as Judge James Parker
- Episode 8x11: The Law Is a Fool (Jan 5, 1983)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Guest starring as Charlie the bartender
- Episode 1x19: The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (Mar 7, 1976)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Guest starring as Police Officer
- Episode 2x09: Chicken Little is a Little Chicken (Nov 14, 1975) [Uncredited]
Guest starring as Billy Mayhue
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: The House on Willis Avenue (2) (Feb 24, 1978)
- Episode 4x21: The House on Willis Avenue (1) (Feb 24, 1978)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Lt. Joe Taylor
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x17: Dangerous Summer (Feb 11, 1975)
- Episode 1x11: To Denise, with Love and Murder (Apr 22, 1973) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x09: See Some Evil...Do Some Evil (Apr 8, 1973) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x03: Sunday: Doomsday (Feb 25, 1973) [Co-Star]
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Guest starring as Charlie Johnson
(8 episodes)
- Episode 4x15: Police Buff (Jan 8, 1976)
- Episode 4x02: The Glass Dart Board (Sep 18, 1975)
- Episode 3x13: The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague (Dec 12, 1974)
- Episode 3x02: The Most Deadly Species (Sep 19, 1974)
- Episode 2x16: Chapel of the Damned (Jan 17, 1974)
- Episode 2x15: Commitment (Jan 3, 1974)
- Episode 2x07: Harem (Oct 25, 1973)
- Episode 2x06: The Stamp of Death (Oct 18, 1973)
Guest starring as Stan
- Episode 1x21: Trail of the Serpent (Feb 22, 1973)
Emergency! (1972)
Guest starring as Police Officer Vince
(48 episodes)
- Episode 6x24: All Night Long (May 28, 1977) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x23: Limelight (Apr 23, 1977) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x22: Hypochondri-Cap (Apr 16, 1977) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x20: Isolation (Mar 19, 1977)
- Episode 6x19: The Boat (Mar 12, 1977)
- Episode 6x17: Bottom Line (Feb 26, 1977)
- Episode 6x14: Insanity Epidemic (Feb 5, 1977)
- Episode 6x12: Loose Ends (Jan 15, 1977)
- Episode 6x09: Computer Terror (Dec 4, 1976)
- Episode 6x08: Captain Hook (Nov 20, 1976) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x06: Rules of Order (Nov 6, 1976) [Co-Star]
- Episode 6x05: Fair Fight (Oct 30, 1976) [Co-Star]
- Episode 5x22: The Nuisance (Mar 6, 1976) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x19: Grateful (Feb 7, 1976) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x17: Involvement (Jan 24, 1976) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x14: To Buy or Not to Buy (Dec 20, 1975) [Uncredited]
- Episode 5x09: The Lighter-Than-Air Man (Nov 15, 1975) [Co-Star]
- Episode 5x07: Pressure 165 (Oct 25, 1975) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x20: The Mouse (Feb 8, 1975) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x19: It's How You Play the Game (Feb 1, 1975) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x16: Smoke Eater (Jan 11, 1975) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x14: The Bash (Dec 28, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x12: Details (Dec 7, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x10: Camera Bug (Nov 23, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x09: Foreign Trade (Nov 16, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x08: Quicker Than the Eye (Nov 9, 1974) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x04: Nagging Suspicion (Oct 5, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x03: Gossip (Sep 28, 1974) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x20: Floor Brigade (Feb 9, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x18: How Green Was My Thumb? (Jan 26, 1974) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x17: Fools (Jan 19, 1974) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x16: Messin' Around (Jan 12, 1974) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x12: Body Language (Dec 8, 1973)
- Episode 3x09: Inheritance Tax (Nov 17, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x05: Heavyweight (Oct 20, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x04: An English Visitor (Oct 13, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x01: Frequency (Sep 22, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x20: Rip-Off (Mar 10, 1973) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x19: Boot (Mar 3, 1973)
- Episode 2x17: Honest (Feb 17, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x15: The Professor (Feb 3, 1973) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x12: Helpful (Dec 16, 1972)
- Episode 2x08: Trainee (Nov 11, 1972) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x07: Fuzz Lady (Nov 4, 1972) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x05: Peace Pipe (Oct 14, 1972) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x04: Virus (Oct 7, 1972) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x10: Hang-up (Apr 8, 1972) [Co-Star]
- Episode S06 Special: The Steel Inferno (Jan 7, 1978) [Co-Star]
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1972)
Guest starring as Polceman
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Primal Scream (Jan 17, 1975) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x12: Mr. R.I.N.G. (Jan 10, 1975) [Co-Star]
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)
Guest starring as Airport Mechanic
- Episode 1x06: Men Who Care (begun on Marcus Welby, 19 Oct 71) (Oct 21, 1971)
Cannon (1971)
Guest starring as Lt. Marty Driscoll
- Episode 4x11: The Sounds of Silence (Dec 4, 1974) [Co-Star]
The Smith Family (1971)
Guest starring as Ed Thomas
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: Lost Lady (Oct 6, 1971)
- Episode 1x09: The Desk Job (Mar 17, 1971)
- Episode 1x01: Cindy (Jan 20, 1971)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Guest starring as Dr. Kenneth Blair
- Episode 1x15: The Soft Phrase of Peace (Jan 6, 1970)
Bracken's World (1969)
Guest starring as Reporter
- Episode 2x13: Will Freddy's Real Father Please Stand Up? (Dec 11, 1970)
Guest starring as Bill
- Episode 1x15: Focus on a Gun (Jan 2, 1970)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Phil Jackson
- Episode 2x12: In This Corner -- Sol Albert (Dec 16, 1969)
Guest starring as John Marshall
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: The Connection (2) (Sep 14, 1972)
- Episode 5x01: The Connection (1) (Sep 14, 1972)
Mannix (1967)
Guest starring as Doctor
- Episode 4x15: What Happened to Sunday? (Jan 9, 1971) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Gil Whitney
- Episode 6x13: See No Evil (Dec 10, 1972) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Dr. Jackson
- Episode 5x07: Run Till Dark (Oct 27, 1971)
Ironside (1967)
Guest starring as Detective
- Episode 6x03: Programmed for Panic (Sep 28, 1972) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Deputy Watson
- Episode 6x13: Cold Hard Cash (Dec 14, 1972) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Mr. Perkins
- Episode 7x15: Two Hundred Large (Jan 10, 1974)
Guest starring as Security Guard
- Episode 1x03: Dead Man's Tale (Sep 28, 1967) [Uncredited]
The Monkees (1966)
Guest starring as Captain
- Episode 1x02: Monkee See, Monkee Die (Sep 19, 1966) [Uncredited]
Love on a Rooftop (1966)
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 1x02: 117 Ways to Cool Hamburger (Sep 13, 1966)
Guest starring as Rodgers
- Episode 1x30: One Too Many Crooks (Mar 30, 1967)
The FBI (1965)
Guest starring as Carter Graham
- Episode 6x18: The Eye of the Needle (Jan 24, 1971)
Guest starring as Wayne Newman
- Episode 2x06: The Plague Merchant (Oct 30, 1966)
Guest starring as S.A.
- Episode 3x18: The Homecoming (Feb 11, 1968)
Guest starring as Roy
- Episode 4x13: The Hero (Dec 8, 1968)
Guest starring as Dr. Adams
- Episode 4x17: A Life in the Balance (Jan 19, 1969)
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 9x05: The Exchange (Oct 21, 1973)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Guest starring as Conway
- Episode 3x12: Jeannie and the Great Bank Robbery (Dec 5, 1967)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Guest starring as Bartender
- Episode 4x02: The Night of the Doomsday Formula (Oct 4, 1968)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
Guest starring as Policeman
- Episode 1x02: How About Two Gorillas? (Sep 21, 1965)
Guest starring as Photographer
- Episode 2x01: The Purple Avenger (Sep 17, 1966)
Bewitched (1964)
Guest starring as Museum Guard
- Episode 4x17: Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma (Dec 28, 1967)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Vince Howard
- Episode 4x05: Sep 11, 1964 (Sep 11, 1964)
My Three Sons (1960)
Guest starring as Cabbie
- Episode 11x19: Dodie Goes Downtown (Feb 6, 1971)
Guest starring as Police Officer
- Episode 8x21: Ernie and Zsa Zsa (Jan 27, 1968)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Officer Dan
- Episode 17x05: The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City (2) (Oct 25, 1970) [Uncredited]