Trevor Howard
Acting • Born 1913-09-29 – Died 1988-01-07
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".
Filmography
121 credits
The Third Man
Movie • 1949
Major Calloway
Gandhi
Movie • 1982
Judge Broomfield
Brief Encounter
Movie • 1945
Dr. Alec Harvey
Ludwig
Movie • 1973
Richard Wagner
Superman
Movie • 1978
1st Elder
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 1956
Denis Fallentin
Foreign Body
Movie • 1986
Dr Stirry
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Movie • 1975
Abbé Faria
Triple Cross
Movie • 1966
Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
Father Goose
Movie • 1964
Commander Frank Houghton
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1962
Capt. William Bligh
Von Ryan's Express
Movie • 1965
Major Eric Fincham
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1984
The King
Battle of Britain
Movie • 1969
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Kidnapped
Movie • 1971
Lord Advocate
The Offence
Movie • 1973
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
The Liquidator
Movie • 1965
Mostyn
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie • 1946
Lt. David Bayne
Meteor
Movie • 1979
Sir Michael Hughes
Green for Danger
Movie • 1946
Dr. Barnes
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie • 1968
Lord Cardigan
Operation Crossbow
Movie • 1965
Professor Lindemann
White Mischief
Movie • 1987
Jack Soames
Morituri
Movie • 1965
Colonel Statter
The Catholics
Movie • 1973
The Abbot
Aces High
Movie • 1976
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
The Clouded Yellow
Movie • 1950
Maj. David Somers
Interpol
Movie • 1957
Frank McNally
Mary, Queen of Scots
Movie • 1971
William Cecil
Ryan's Daughter
Movie • 1970
Father Collins
Time After Time
Movie • 1986
Brigadier Croshawe
The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie • 1955
Captain Thompson
Run for the Sun
Movie • 1956
Browne
Squaring the Circle
Movie • 1941
They Made Me a Fugitive
Movie • 1947
George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Odette
Movie • 1950
Captain Peter Churchill
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Movie • 1980
Sir Henry Rawlinson
The Passionate Friends
Movie • 1949
Prof. Steven Stratton
The Sea Wolves
Movie • 1980
Jack Cartwright
The Missionary
Movie • 1982
Lord Henry Ames
Gift Horse
Movie • 1952
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
The Night Visitor
Movie • 1971
Inspector
Dust
Movie • 1985
Father
Hennessy
Movie • 1975
Comdr. Rice
Sons and Lovers
Movie • 1960
Walter Morel
Hurricane
Movie • 1979
Father Malone
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Movie • 1977
Sir Hector
The Roots of Heaven
Movie • 1958
Morel
Catch Me a Spy
Movie • 1971
Trevor Dawson
Who?
Movie • 1974
Colonel Azarin
The Lion
Movie • 1962
John Bullit
The Unholy
Movie • 1988
Father Silva
Outcast of the Islands
Movie • 1951
Peter Willems
Conduct Unbecoming
Movie • 1975
Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Twinky
Movie • 1970
Twinky's Grandfather
The Long Duel
Movie • 1967
Freddie Young
Golden Salamander
Movie • 1950
David Redfern
Light Years Away
Movie • 1981
Yoshka Poliakeff
Persecution
Movie • 1974
Paul Bellamy
The Key
Movie • 1958
Capt. Chris Ford
Craze
Movie • 1974
Supt. Bellamy
Lovers' Net
Movie • 1955
Inspector Lewis
Hedda Gabler
Movie • 1962
Ejlert Lövborg
Man in the Middle
Movie • 1964
Major Kensington
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Movie • 1966
Sam Lincoln
The Heart of the Matter
Movie • 1953
Harry Scobie
The Dawning
Movie • 1988
Grandfather
Slavers
Movie • 1978
Alec Mackenzie
Moment of Danger
Movie • 1960
John Bain
A Doll's House
Movie • 1973
Dr. Rank
So Well Remembered
Movie • 1947
Dr. Richard Whiteside
The Stranger's Hand
Movie • 1954
Major Roger Court
11 Harrowhouse
Movie • 1974
Clyde Massey
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Movie • 1985
Georg Friedrich Handel
Stevie
Movie • 1978
The Man
The Shillingbury Blowers
Movie • 1980
Saltie
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Movie • 1976
Capt. Foster Fyans
Memory of the Camps
Movie • 1985
Narrator
Death in the Sun
Movie • 1976
Johannes
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie • 1951
Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
Windwalker
Movie • 1980
Windwalker
Manuela
Movie • 1957
James Prothero
Christmas Eve
Movie • 1986
Maitland
Hand in Glove
Movie • 1987
Vicar
The Way to the Stars
Movie • 1945
Squadron Leader Carter
The Deadly Game
Movie • 1982
Gustave Kummer
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Movie • 1976
Squire Western
Pope Joan
Movie • 1972
Pope Leo
Staying On
Movie • 1980
Col. Tusker Smalley
Pretty Polly
Movie • 1967
Robert Hook
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self
The Way Ahead
Movie • 1944
Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Flashpoint Africa
Movie • 1980
Program Controller
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Movie • 1963
Benjamin Disraeli
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Movie • 1979
Riviere
The Bengal Lancers!
Movie • 1984
Uncle George
Superman II
Movie • 1980
Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eagle in a Cage
Movie • 1965
Napoleon
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
Movie • 1944
Briefing Officer
The Hiding Place
Movie • 1960
Robert Wilson
April in Portugal
Movie • 1956
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Vittorio
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Benjamin Disraeli
Shaka Zulu
TV • 1986
Lord Charles Somerset
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Dr. Derek Lester
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Doug Elliott
Shillingbury Tales
TV • 1980
Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
George Washington
TV • 1984
Lord Fairfax
Peter the Great
TV • 1986
Sir Isaac Newton
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Frontline
TV • 1983
Narrator (voice)
Origins of the Mafia
TV • 1976
Don Consalvo Saccone
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Napoleon
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Ludwig
TV • 1981
Richard Wagner
Time for Murder
TV • 1985
Sir Daniel Penwarden
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Kellis
Scorpion Tales
TV • 1978
Mavor
Inside the Third Reich
TV • 1982
Prof. Heinrich Tessenow