Richard Howard nació el 8 de marzo de 1944 en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra. Fue un actor, conocido por Poirot (1989), TECX (1990) y Call Red (1996). Murió el 26 de enero de 2024 en Inglaterra.
He was part of the Stables Theatre Club in Manchester, and Brian Friel and Stephen Rea's theatre company Field Day. He also acted and directed with the Jill Freud Theatre Company for many seasons, and was a member of the London Shakespeare Group.