Anecdotes

Has one son, Oliver Howson (b. 1991), with his ex-wife, Lynn Howson, of whom she was his second wife and whom he divorced ca. 1997.

Howson, with Peter Boyle, helped establish Boulevard Films which produced thirteen films from Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988) to Flynn; besides producing for Boulevard Films, Howson often wrote scripts and directed.

Howson and Allan Zavod wrote Time Can't Keep Us Apart which won the 1987 Asian Popular Song contest performed by Kate Ceberano to an estimated TV audience of 500 million.

He started in show business when he was seven.

He directed Flynn (1996) on the early life of Errol Flynn.

Howson was an Australian theatre and film director, screenwriter, and singer.

DJ Stan Rofe signed Howson to a recording deal and produced his first single: "Seventeen Ain't Young" (written by Jeff Barry) / Hide and seek (Richie Adams, Mark Barkan) performed by "Frankie Howson" (1969)[7] who was seventeen during recording, it became a Top 40 hit in Melbourne.

Promoted to panel operator, he worked on John McMahon's popular weekly show Radio Auditions (see 3UZ). Whenever not enough acts showed up, young Frank was summoned to perform under made up names. During this period Howson was nicknamed 'Magical Frank' when asked to perform on a pilot for a TV talent show by 3UZ's Jimmy Hannan.

Howson was manager of the Australian branch of German-based I.C. Records to publish musical works (including his own) distributed by EMI.

In the early 1970s, Howson met fellow actor Barry Ferrier while they were both appearing in the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the two men subsequently collaborated on a number of theatre-related projects. The first of these was a children's musical entitled The Faraway Land of Magical Frank, which was produced at the Toral Theatre in Melbourne in January 1976.

Frank Howson created two children's musicals, without Ferrier's involvement: Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (music by Robert Gavin, 1981) and Sinbad the Sailor: The Last Adventure (music by Ian McKean, 1982). Both were initially staged at the Alexander Theatre at Monash University.

After leaving school, Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda (1963-1967), Howson's first job was with Melbourne radio station 3UZ as office boy.

He co-wrote John Paul Young's 1984 album One Foot in Front.

He signed New romantic band Pseudo Echo and co-wrote their songs Autumnal Park and Destination Unknown with Tony Lugton,[3] they later had a 1987 No. 1 hit in Australia with their version of Funky Town.

Frank Howson began his career as stage actor, singer and dancer, and appeared in 21 major productions (including the Australian production of Oliver!) before turning 21.