 Strasberg invited Howard to study with him, and soon he was asked to become a member of the Actors Studio.Howard began a long career of hundreds of roles on stage and screen, including Odets' "The Country Girl" on Broadway and the film "The Men" with Marlon Brando.Acting led to directing and, in 1952, to teaching, when Sidney Lumet asked Howard to replace him at the High School of Performing Arts.