Alan Howard, a celebrated English actor whose regal bearing and imposing voice gave life to a spate of Shakespearean kings, died on Feb. 14 in London. He was 77.
His death, following a recent bout of pneumonia, was announced on the website of the Royal Shakespeare Company, of which he was a mainstay in the 1960s, ’70s and early ’80s.
In his years with the company, Mr. Howard played Richards II and III; Henrys IV, V and VI; Lear; and Macbeth, among others. He was known to New York audiences for his acclaimed performance in the title role of the company’s production of “Henry V” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1976.
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“They only wanted to work in an elitist space the size of a lavatory and be seen by two people,” Mr. Howard told The Independent, the British newspaper, in 1992. “That was the way they would redeem the world. Well, that’s bollocks.”
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