Trevor Howard
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Trevor Howard (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was a British actor. He was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. He was educated at Clifton College (to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), acting on the London stage for several years before World War II. His first paid work was in the play Revolt in a Reformatory (1934), before he left RADA in 1935 to take small roles. Although stories of his courageous wartime service in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals earned him much respect among fellow actors and fans alike, files held in the Public Record Office reveal that he had actually been discharged from the British Army in 1943 for mental instability and having a "psychopathic personality". The story, which surfaced in Terence Pettigrew's biography of the actor, published by Peter Owen in 2001, was initially denied by Howard's widow, actress Helen Cherry. Later, confronted with official records, she told the Daily Telegraph (24 June 2001) that his mother had claimed he was a holder of the Military Cross. She added that Howard had an honourable military record and "had nothing to be ashamed of".
Known for
Credits
Superman (1978)
as 1st Elder
Superman II (1980)
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Third Man (1949)
as Major Calloway
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Denis Fallentin
Gandhi (1982)
as Judge Broomfield
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Abbé Faria
Brief Encounter (1945)
as Dr. Alec Harvey
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
as Capt. William Bligh
The Offence (1973)
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
as Major Eric Fincham
Father Goose (1964)
as Commander Frank Houghton
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as The King
Meteor (1979)
as Michael Hughes
Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Professor Lindemann
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
as Father Collins
White Mischief (1987)
as Jack Soames
Ludwig (1973)
as Richard Wagner
Triple Cross (1966)
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Jack Cartwright
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Lord Cardigan
The Unholy (1988)
as Father Silva
The Passionate Friends (1949)
as Prof. Steven Stratton
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Sam Lincoln
Albino (1976)
as Johannes
Manuela (1957)
as James Prothero
Aces High (1976)
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Morituri (1965)
as Colonel Statter
Hennessy (1975)
as Comdr. Rice
Slavers (1978)
as Alec Mackenzie
The Missionary (1982)
as Lord Henry Ames
The Key (1958)
as Capt. Chris Ford
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sir Hector
The Night Visitor (1971)
as Inspector
Pretty Polly (1967)
as Robert Hook
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as William Cecil
The Liquidator (1965)
as Mostyn
Kidnapped (1971)
as Lord Advocate
The Long Duel (1967)
as Freddie Young
Interpol (1957)
as Frank McNally
Man in the Middle (1964)
as Major Kensington
Pope Joan (1972)
as Pope Leo
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Captain Thompson
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Walter Morel
Green for Danger (1946)
as Dr. Barnes
Golden Salamander (1950)
as David Redfern
Gift Horse (1952)
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Colonel Benjamin Strang
Flashpoint Africa (1980)
as Program Controller
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960)
as Robert Wilson
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
as Morel
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Trevor Dawson
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Twinky (1970)
as Twinky's Grandfather
Windwalker (1980)
as Windwalker
Odette (1950)
as Captain Peter Churchill
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
as Peter Willems
Christmas Eve (1986)
as Maitland
The Catholics (1973)
as The Abbot
Run for the Sun (1956)
as Browne
A Doll's House (1973)
as Dr. Rank
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
as Maj. David Somers
The Lion (1962)
as John Bullit
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
as Clyde Massey
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Narrator
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
Hurricane (1979)
as Father Malone
Persecution (1974)
as Paul Bellamy
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
The Dawning (1988)
as Grandfather
Moment of Danger (1960)
as John Bain
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
as Lt. David Bayne
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976)
as Capt. Foster Fyans
Who? (1974)
as Colonel Azarin
Time After Time (1986)
as Brigadier Croshawe
Craze (1974)
as Supt. Bellamy
The Stranger's Hand (1954)
as Major Roger Court
Hedda Gabler (1962)
as Ejlert Lövborg
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Uncle George
The Way to the Stars (1945)
as Squadron Leader Carter
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
as Harry Scobie
Lovers' Net (1955)
as Inspector Lewis
So Well Remembered (1947)
as Dr. Richard Whiteside
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
as Squire Western
Light Years Away (1981)
as Yoshka Poliakeff
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
Foreign Body (1986)
as Dr Stirry
God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)
as Georg Friedrich Handel
Dust (1985)
as Father
Staying On (1980)
as Col. Tusker Smalley
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963)
as Benjamin Disraeli
April in Portugal (1956)
as Self
Stevie (1978)
as The Man
Eagle in a Cage (1965)
as Napoleon
Hand in Glove (1987)
as Vicar
The Deadly Game (1982)
as Gustave Kummer
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Saltie
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979)
as Riviere
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal (1944)
as Briefing Officer
Squaring the Circle (1941)
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