Trevor Howard
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-09-29
Day of Death
1988-01-07 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Trevor Howard
Biography
Howard 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
Acting
(1988)
The Dawning
as Grandfather
(1988)
The Unholy
as Father Silva
(1987)
White Mischief
as Jack Soames
(1987)
Hand in Glove
as Vicar
(1986)
Foreign Body
as Dr Stirry
(1986)
Christmas Eve
as Maitland
(1986)
Time After Time
as Brigadier Croshawe
(1985)
Dust
as Father
(1985)
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
as Georg Friedrich Handel
(1985)
Memory of the Camps
as Narrator
(1984)
(1984)
The Bengal Lancers!
as Uncle George
(1982)
Gandhi
as Judge Broomfield
(1982)
Inside the Third Reich
as Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
(1982)
The Deadly Game
as Gustave Kummer
(1982)
The Missionary
as Lord Henry Ames
(1982)
(1981)
Light Years Away
as Yoshka Poliakeff
(1980)
Superman II
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1980)
The Sea Wolves
as Jack Cartwright
(1980)
Windwalker
as Windwalker
(1980)
The Shillingbury Blowers
as Saltie
(1980)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
(1980)
Staying On
as Col. Tusker Smalley
(1980)
Flashpoint Africa
as Program Controller
(1979)
Meteor
as Sir Michael Hughes
(1979)
Hurricane
as Father Malone
(1979)
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
as Riviere
(1978)
Superman
as 1st Elder
(1978)
Stevie
as The Man
(1978)
Slavers
as Alec Mackenzie
(1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sir Hector
(1976)
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
as Capt. Foster Fyans
(1976)
Aces High
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
(1976)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Squire Western
(1976)
Death in the Sun
as Johannes
(1975)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Abbé Faria
(1975)
Hennessy
as Comdr. Rice
(1975)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Colonnello Benjamin Strang
(1974)
11 Harrowhouse
as Clyde Massey
(1974)
Craze
as Supt. Bellamy
(1974)
Who?
as Colonel Azarin
(1974)
Persecution
as Paul Bellamy
(1973)
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
(1973)
The Catholics
as The Abbot
(1973)
The Offence
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
(1973)
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
(1972)
Pope Joan
as Pope Leo
(1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots
as William Cecil
(1971)
Catch Me a Spy
as Trevor Dawson
(1971)
The Night Visitor
as Inspector
(1971)
Kidnapped
as Lord Advocate
(1970)
Twinky
as Twinky's Grandfather
(1970)
Ryan's Daughter
as Father Collins
(1969)
Battle of Britain
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
(1968)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Cardigan
(1967)
The Long Duel
as Freddie Young
(1967)
Pretty Polly
as Robert Hook
(1966)
Triple Cross
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
(1966)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Sam Lincoln
(1965)
Operation Crossbow
as Professor Lindemann
(1965)
Morituri
as Colonel Statter
(1965)
Von Ryan's Express
as Major Eric Fincham
(1965)
Eagle in a Cage
as Napoleon
(1965)
The Liquidator
as Mostyn
(1964)
Father Goose
as Commander Frank Houghton
(1964)
Man in the Middle
as Major Kensington
(1963)
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
(1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Capt. William Bligh
(1962)
The Lion
as John Bullit
(1962)
Hedda Gabler
as Ejlert Lövborg
(1960)
Sons and Lovers
as Walter Morel
(1960)
Moment of Danger
as John Bain
(1958)
The Roots of Heaven
as Morel
(1958)
The Key
as Capt. Chris Ford
(1957)
Manuela
as James Prothero
(1957)
Interpol
as Frank McNally
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Denis Fallentin
(1956)
Run for the Sun
as Browne
(1955)
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Captain Thompson
(1955)
Lovers' Net
as Inspector Lewis
(1954)
The Stranger's Hand
as Major Roger Court
(1953)
The Heart of the Matter
as Harry Scobie
(1952)
Gift Horse
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
(1951)
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
(1951)
Outcast of the Islands
as Peter Willems
(1950)
The Clouded Yellow
as Maj. David Somers
(1950)
Odette
as Captain Peter Churchill
(1950)
Golden Salamander
as David Redfern
(1949)
The Third Man
as Major Calloway
(1949)
The Passionate Friends
as Prof. Steven Stratton
(1947)
So Well Remembered
as Dr. Richard Whiteside
(1947)
They Made Me a Fugitive
as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
(1946)
Green for Danger
as Dr. Barnes
(1946)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Lt. David Bayne
(1945)
Brief Encounter
as Dr. Alec Harvey
(1945)
The Way to the Stars
as Squadron Leader Carter
(1944)
The Way Ahead
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
(1944)
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
as Briefing Officer
(1941)