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
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Gandhi (1982)
as Judge Broomfield
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Denis Fallentin
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
White Mischief (1987)
as Jack Soames
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
as Major Eric Fincham
Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Professor Lindemann
The Offence (1973)
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Father Goose (1964)
as Commander Frank Houghton
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as William Cecil
Meteor (1979)
as Sir Michael Hughes
The Key (1958)
as Capt. Chris Ford
The Unholy (1988)
as Father Silva
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Jack Cartwright
Triple Cross (1966)
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
as Father Collins
Aces High (1976)
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as The King
Gift Horse (1952)
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Morituri (1965)
as Colonel Statter
The Missionary (1982)
as Lord Henry Ames
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Lord Cardigan
Ludwig (1973)
as Richard Wagner
Man in the Middle (1964)
as Major Kensington
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Captain Thompson
Kidnapped (1971)
as Lord Advocate
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976)
as Capt. Foster Fyans
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Narrator
Pretty Polly (1967)
as Robert Hook
The Catholics (1973)
as The Abbot
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Manuela (1957)
as James Prothero
Hennessy (1975)
as Comdr. Rice
The Long Duel (1967)
as Freddie Young
Odette (1950)
as Captain Peter Churchill
Albino (1976)
as Johannes
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Trevor Dawson
Windwalker (1980)
as Windwalker
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Sam Lincoln
Twinky (1970)
as Twinky's Grandfather
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Walter Morel
The Lion (1962)
as John Bullit
Pope Joan (1972)
as Pope Leo
Christmas Eve (1986)
as Maitland
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
as Clyde Massey
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
as Morel
Interpol (1957)
as Frank McNally
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Colonel Benjamin Strang
The Night Visitor (1971)
as Inspector
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Uncle George
Hurricane (1979)
as Father Malone
The Passionate Friends (1949)
as Prof. Steven Stratton
The Dawning (1988)
as Grandfather
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
The Liquidator (1965)
as Mostyn
Craze (1974)
as Supt. Bellamy
Run for the Sun (1956)
as Browne
Green for Danger (1946)
as Dr. Barnes
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
as Lt. David Bayne
Foreign Body (1986)
as Dr Stirry
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sir Hector
Persecution (1974)
as Paul Bellamy
Moment of Danger (1960)
as John Bain
Who? (1974)
as Colonel Azarin
Time After Time (1986)
as Brigadier Croshawe
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
as Peter Willems
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960)
as Robert Wilson
A Doll's House (1973)
as Dr. Rank
Golden Salamander (1950)
as David Redfern
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
as Squire Western
Hedda Gabler (1962)
as Ejlert Lövborg
Lovers' Net (1955)
as Inspector Lewis
God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)
as Georg Friedrich Handel
The Way to the Stars (1945)
as Squadron Leader Carter
Dust (1985)
as Father
Flashpoint Africa (1980)
as Program Controller
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
as Harry Scobie
Staying On (1980)
as Col. Tusker Smalley
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
as Maj. David Somers
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963)
as Benjamin Disraeli
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Saltie
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
Slavers (1978)
as Alec Mackenzie
So Well Remembered (1947)
as Dr. Richard Whiteside
Stevie (1978)
as The Man
The Stranger's Hand (1954)
as Major Roger Court
Hand in Glove (1987)
as Vicar
The Deadly Game (1982)
as Gustave Kummer
April in Portugal (1956)
as Self
Eagle in a Cage (1965)
as Napoleon
Light Years Away (1981)
as Yoshka Poliakeff
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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