Charles J. Dunphie of Commons. Charles Dunphie was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Coming to London, he studied medicine at King's College Hospital, where he was a favourite pupil of Sir William Fergusson, but soon took to literature and journalism. For some years he was on "The Times" staff, and when the Crimean War broke out in 1853 he was offered the post of its special correspondent. But having lately married, he persuaded his colleague and countryman, William Howard Russell, to go in his stead. During the war, he was one of the founders of the "Patriotic Fund Journal" (1854-55), a weekly miscellany
Russell Howard involved him and his mother Ninette travelling through America. On 29 November 2016, it was announced that Howard would write and star in a 14-part weekly comedy series entitled "The Russell Howard Hour" on Sky 1 in 2017, as part of a two-year deal with Sky. The series began on 21 September 2017. A show from his 2007 "Adventures" tour was released on DVD on 17 November 2008, under the title "Russell Howard Live". The show on the DVD was recorded at The Bloomsbury Theatre. Howard started touring for his show "Dingledodies" in September 2008 and played various dates through