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)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Denis Fallentin
The Third Man (1949)
as Major Calloway
Brief Encounter (1945)
as Dr. Alec Harvey
Gandhi (1982)
as Judge Broomfield
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
as Abbé Faria
The Unholy (1988)
as Father Silva
Golden Salamander (1950)
as David Redfern
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
as Capt. William Bligh
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Jack Cartwright
Manuela (1957)
as James Prothero
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
as Major Eric Fincham
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
as Father Collins
White Mischief (1987)
as Jack Soames
Persecution (1974)
as Paul Bellamy
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
as Lord Cardigan
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sir Hector
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Meteor (1979)
as Sir Michael Hughes
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Sam Lincoln
Triple Cross (1966)
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
The Missionary (1982)
as Lord Henry Ames
The Night Visitor (1971)
as Inspector
Morituri (1965)
as Colonel Statter
Aces High (1976)
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as Colonel Benjamin Strang
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Captain Thompson
Albino (1976)
as Johannes
Ludwig (1973)
as Richard Wagner
Slavers (1978)
as Alec Mackenzie
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
as Peter Willems
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as William Cecil
The Offence (1973)
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Flashpoint Africa (1980)
as Program Controller
Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Professor Lindemann
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
as Morel
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
Pretty Polly (1967)
as Robert Hook
Twinky (1970)
as Twinky's Grandfather
Man in the Middle (1964)
as Major Kensington
The Passionate Friends (1949)
as Prof. Steven Stratton
Windwalker (1980)
as Windwalker
Odette (1950)
as Captain Peter Churchill
The Key (1958)
as Capt. Chris Ford
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
as Harry Scobie
The Long Duel (1967)
as Freddie Young
Hennessy (1975)
as Comdr. Rice
Kidnapped (1971)
as Lord Advocate
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place (1960)
as Robert Wilson
The Liquidator (1965)
as Mostyn
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Narrator
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
as Lt. David Bayne
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Uncle George
Run for the Sun (1956)
as Browne
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976)
as Capt. Foster Fyans
Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Trevor Dawson
Craze (1974)
as Supt. Bellamy
God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985)
as Georg Friedrich Handel
Eagle in a Cage (1965)
as Napoleon
Gift Horse (1952)
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as The King
Father Goose (1964)
as Commander Frank Houghton
Foreign Body (1986)
as Dr Stirry
Hurricane (1979)
as Father Malone
The Lion (1962)
as John Bullit
Moment of Danger (1960)
as John Bain
Hedda Gabler (1962)
as Ejlert Lövborg
Green for Danger (1946)
as Dr. Barnes
The Catholics (1973)
as The Abbot
Who? (1974)
as Colonel Azarin
The Clouded Yellow (1950)
as Maj. David Somers
Lovers' Net (1955)
as Inspector Lewis
The Stranger's Hand (1954)
as Major Roger Court
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Walter Morel
So Well Remembered (1947)
as Dr. Richard Whiteside
The Deadly Game (1982)
as Gustave Kummer
A Doll's House (1973)
as Dr. Rank
The Way to the Stars (1945)
as Squadron Leader Carter
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
Light Years Away (1981)
as Yoshka Poliakeff
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
Pope Joan (1972)
as Pope Leo
Interpol (1957)
as Frank McNally
Time After Time (1986)
as Brigadier Croshawe
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
as Clyde Massey
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
as Squire Western
Hand in Glove (1987)
as Vicar
Stevie (1978)
as The Man
Christmas Eve (1986)
as Maitland
Squaring the Circle (1941)
Actor
Dust (1985)
as Father
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal (1944)
as Briefing Officer
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Saltie
The Dawning (1988)
as Grandfather
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979)
as Riviere
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963)
as Benjamin Disraeli
April in Portugal (1956)
as Self
Staying On (1980)
as Col. Tusker Smalley