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
Major Calloway
The Third Man
Judge Broomfield
Gandhi
Dr. Alec Harvey
Brief Encounter
Richard Wagner
Ludwig
1st Elder
Superman
Denis Fallentin
Around the World in Eighty Days
Dr Stirry
Foreign Body
Abbé Faria
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
Triple Cross
Commander Frank Houghton
Father Goose
Capt. William Bligh
Mutiny on the Bounty
Major Eric Fincham
Von Ryan's Express
The King
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Battle of Britain
Lord Advocate
Kidnapped
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
The Offence
Mostyn
The Liquidator
Lt. David Bayne
I See a Dark Stranger
Sir Michael Hughes
Meteor
Dr. Barnes
Green for Danger
Lord Cardigan
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Professor Lindemann
Operation Crossbow
Jack Soames
White Mischief
Colonel Statter
Morituri
The Abbot
The Catholics
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Aces High
Maj. David Somers
The Clouded Yellow
Frank McNally
Interpol
William Cecil
Mary, Queen of Scots
Father Collins
Ryan's Daughter
Brigadier Croshawe
Time After Time
Captain Thompson
The Cockleshell Heroes
Browne
Run for the Sun
Squaring the Circle
George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
They Made Me a Fugitive
Captain Peter Churchill
Odette
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Prof. Steven Stratton
The Passionate Friends
Jack Cartwright
The Sea Wolves
Lord Henry Ames
The Missionary
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Gift Horse
Inspector
The Night Visitor
Father
Dust
Comdr. Rice
Hennessy
Walter Morel
Sons and Lovers
Father Malone
Hurricane
Sir Hector
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Morel
The Roots of Heaven
Trevor Dawson
Catch Me a Spy
Colonel Azarin
Who?
John Bullit
The Lion
Father Silva
The Unholy
Peter Willems
Outcast of the Islands
Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Conduct Unbecoming
Twinky's Grandfather
Twinky
Freddie Young
The Long Duel
David Redfern
Golden Salamander
Yoshka Poliakeff
Les Années lumière
Paul Bellamy
Persecution
Capt. Chris Ford
The Key
Supt. Bellamy
Craze
Inspector Lewis
Les Amants du Tage
Ejlert Lövborg
Hedda Gabler
Major Kensington
Man in the Middle
Sam Lincoln
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Harry Scobie
The Heart of the Matter
Grandfather
The Dawning
Alec Mackenzie
Slavers - Die Sklavenjäger
John Bain
Moment of Danger
Dr. Rank
A Doll's House
Dr. Richard Whiteside
So Well Remembered
Major Roger Court
La mano dello straniero
Clyde Massey
11 Harrowhouse
Georg Friedrich Handel
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
The Man
Stevie
Saltie
The Shillingbury Blowers
Capt. Foster Fyans
Eliza Fraser
Narrator
Memory of the Camps
Johannes
Der flüsternde Tod
Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
Inside the Third Reich
Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Windwalker
Windwalker
James Prothero
Manuela
Maitland
Christmas Eve
Vicar
Hand in Glove
Squadron Leader Carter
The Way to the Stars
Gustave Kummer
The Deadly Game
Squire Western
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Pope Leo
Pope Joan
Col. Tusker Smalley
Staying On
Robert Hook
Pretty Polly
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Officer on Ship (uncredited)
The Way Ahead
Program Controller
Flashpoint Africa
Benjamin Disraeli
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Riviere
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Uncle George
The Bengal Lancers!
Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superman II
Napoleon
Eagle in a Cage
Briefing Officer
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-09-29
Place of Birth
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Also Known As
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith