Name	Rex Ross (Dr. Rex Ross)
Build	Athletic
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Other
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

[Describing one of his Gone with the Wind (1939) costumes]: I look like that sissy doorman at the Beverly Wilshire, a fine thing at my age.

Trivia

In 1934, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" on behalf of Charles Laughton, who was not present at the awards ceremony.

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His death was mentioned in the World War II film Bright Victory (1951).

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Humphrey Bogart was so grateful at Howard`s insistence that he repeat his stage performance in the film of The Petrified Forest (1936), the role that proved to be his big break in movies, that he named his daughter Leslie in Howard`s honor.

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Uncle of actor Alan Howard.

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Father of Leslie Ruth Dale-Harris (b. 1924). 17 years old she married Robert Dale-Harris, a chartered accountant. They lived in Toronto, Canada, with three children. In 1960 she published a biography of her father, "A Quite Remarkable Father".

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Nephew of director Wilfred Noy.

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Oldest of five siblings: Dorice Howard; casting director Irene Howard; Jimmy Howard; and actor Arthur Howard.

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Father of actor Ronald Howard, who appeared with him in `Pimpernel` Smith (1941).

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Died when the 1936 Douglas aircraft «Isis» he was in, with 4 crew members and 12 other passengers, KLM flight #777 of the regular line Bristol - Lisbon, was shot down by Luftwaffe fighter planes over the Bay of Biscay.

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Spouse: Ruth Evelyn Martin (March 1916 - 1 June 1943) (his death) 2 children

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• Rex Ross and Merle Oberon
• Rex Ross and Hazel Brooks

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