Trevor Howard
Known for: Acting
Born: September 29, 1913
Died: January 7, 1988
Place of birth: Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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".
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Filmography
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5.9
The Dawning
1988
5.4
The Unholy
1988
6.1
White Mischief
19879.0
Hand in Glove
1987
6.8
Christmas Eve
1986
7.2
Shaka Zulu
1986
4.6
Foreign Body
1986
7.9
Peter the Great
1986
10.0
Time After Time
1986
4.0
Time for Murder
1985
4.5
Dust
1985
4.5
Memory of the Camps
1985
5.5
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985
5.2
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
1.0
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
7.7
George Washington
1984
6.5
Frontline
1983
7.6
Gandhi
1982
5.6
The Missionary
1982
7.2
The Deadly Game
1982
8.0
Inside the Third Reich
1982
6.8
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
7.1
Light Years Away
1981
9.4
Ludwig
1981
7.0
Staying On
1980
6.3
Windwalker
1980
6.8
Superman II
1980
7.0
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
5.9
The Sea Wolves
1980
7.5
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980
8.0
Flashpoint Africa
1980
5.2
Meteor
1979
4.7
Hurricane
1979
10.0
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
1979
7.2
Superman
1978
7.2
Stevie
1978
7.3
Scorpion Tales
1978
4.0
Slavers
1978
5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
5.1
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
8.0
Origins of the Mafia
1976
3.5
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
5.9
Aces High
1976
4.0
Albino
1976
5.1
Hennessy
1975
6.9
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
5.9
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
3.6
Persecution
1974
5.8
11 Harrowhouse
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
5.1
Craze
1974
5.0
Who?
1974
6.1
The Catholics
1973
4.9
A Doll's House
1973
7.4
Ludwig
1973
6.8
The Offence
1973
6.1
Pope Joan
1972
6.2
Kidnapped
1971
6.7
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
5.0
Catch Me a Spy
1971
6.5
The Night Visitor
1971
7.1
Ryan's Daughter
1970
4.6
Twinky
1970
6.8
Battle of Britain
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
4.2
Pretty Polly
1967
5.2
The Long Duel
1967
6.1
Triple Cross
1966
6.1
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
6.3
The Liquidator
19659.0
Eagle in a Cage
1965
6.8
Morituri
1965
7.0
Von Ryan's Express
1965
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
7.0
Father Goose
1964
6.5
Man in the Middle
1964
8.0
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
7.1
Hedda Gabler
1962
7.1
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.6
The Lion
1962
6.5
Sons and Lovers
1960
NR
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
10.0
Moment of Danger
1960
6.2
The Roots of Heaven
1958
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.1
The Key
19587.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.3
Manuela
1957
6.4
Interpol
1957
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.0
Run for the Sun
1956
9.0
April in Portugal
1956
5.9
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.0
Lovers' Net
1955
6.8
The Stranger's Hand
1954
6.8
The Heart of the Matter
1953
6.6
Gift Horse
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.8
Outcast of the Islands
1951
5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
6.3
The Clouded Yellow
1950
6.4
Odette
1950
6.2
Golden Salamander
1950
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
7.9
The Third Man
1949
6.8
The Passionate Friends
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
5.2
So Well Remembered
1947
6.6
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
6.7
Green for Danger
1946
6.5
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
7.7
Brief Encounter
1945
6.0
The Way to the Stars
1945
6.5
The Way Ahead
1944NR
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
1944NR
Squaring the Circle
1941