Howard Banks is a fictional character who appeared on the TV-series, "Wings." He was played by actor Richard Erdman.
Bio[]
Howard Banks was a retired hat salesman with a hat shop in New Bedford, but in 1988, he closed his shop and began travelling around the world in his Sterrman two-seater.
Stopping in Nantucket, Howard turned up in the passenger terminal at Tom Nevers Field one day and stayed, appearing to never want to leave. When the guys became curious as to who he was, they learned that Lowell had befriended the man somewhat and learned that: “He’s a retired hat salesman who is flying around the world in that Sterrman two-seater. He’s an Aries with his moon in Scorpio, and his favorite color is blue.”
Howard had left his hat business two years ago to start his trip around the world, but now, forty minutes away from completing his trip, he finds himself afraid to return home because of a pact he made with god in which he said if he was allowed to complete his trip, then god could take him.
After a brief romantic fling with Fay she convinces him to finish the trip, only instead he returns to tell her of his plan to fool god by flying his entire trip in reverse, that way he never will have completed his journey. Fay wishes him well and he leaves to continue his trip.
Trivia[]
- According to Lowell, Howard's favorite color is blue, and he's an Aries with his moon in Scorpio.