Thomas Howes (born 16 July 1986) is an English film and television actor and musician. He trained at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...
.
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Accessed January 2011.
Career
He is best known for having played the role of
William Mason William, Willie, or Willy Mason may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*William Mason (poet) (1724–1797), English poet, editor and gardener
*William Mason (architect) (1810–1897), New Zealand architect
*William Mason (composer) (1829–1908), Ame ...
, the second
footman
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Etymology
Originally in the 14th century a footman denoted a soldier or any pedestrian, later it indicated a foot servant. A running footman deli ...
in
ITV
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ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
's ''
Downton Abbey
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'', and played the role of
Manchester United
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player
Mark Jones in the 2011 TV film of the
Munich air disaster, ''
United
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* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
''. He also has performed on the stage in the roles of Dickie in ''
The Winslow Boy
''The Winslow Boy'' is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.
Background
Set against the strict c ...
'' (
The Theatre Royal, Bath) and Scripps in ''
The History Boys
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'' (The UK tour of the
National Theatre), and on radio in the role of Joseph Prado in ''Tulips in Winter''.
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Accessed January 2011.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
English male radio actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
People from Woodlands, South Yorkshire
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Male actors from Yorkshire
English male film actors
English pianists
Actors from Doncaster
English composers
Musicians from Yorkshire
21st-century English male actors
21st-century British musicians
21st-century pianists