Chris Howland (30 July 1928 – 29 November 2013) was a British radio and television presenter, schlager singer and actor who was active in Germany for most of his career.

[3] In 1948, Howland began to work for the BFN, the broadcaster of the British army,[2] in Hamburg, Germany, and was promoted to chief speaker and head of the music department.

[2] Later in his career, he worked as a radio moderator,[6] including the series Spielereien mit Schallplatten for WDR 4,[4] and continued till three days before his death.

Two years later he returned to Germany, where he got a show called Musik aus Studio B [de], which featured pop stars in a new, often humorous way.

[6] From 1954, Howland acted in more than twenty films, including Witwer mit fünf Töchtern (Widower with Five Daughters) with Heinz Erhardt.

[2][4] Tom Buhrow called him a legend and said that Germans of the 1950s became familiar with new international hits through him, he made them laugh and dance, writing WDR history, with his personal accent, his British humour and his exquisite music selection.