Peter Howard — The Wooden Horse Character Profile

About Peter Howard

Flight Lieutenant and one of the three main Allied prisoners who devise the escape plan. He helps conceal the tunnel with a vaulting horse and successfully escapes to Lübeck and later Sweden alongside John Clinton.

Peter Howard — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Leo Genn

Appears in

The Wooden Horse (1950)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Peter Howard — Alliance Escape Partner — Phil (David Tomlinson)

  Allied escapees with a shared goal.

• Peter Howard — Alliance Co-Conspirator — John Clinton (Anthony Steel)

  Strategic partners in the escape plot.

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