
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".
Acting (96 movies)

The Third Man
1949

Gandhi
1982

Brief Encounter
1945

Ludwig
1973

Superman
1978

Around the World in Eighty Days
1956

Foreign Body
1986

The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975

Triple Cross
1966

Father Goose
1964

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962

Von Ryan's Express
1965

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984

Battle of Britain
1969

Kidnapped
1971

The Offence
1973

The Liquidator
1965

I See a Dark Stranger
1946

Meteor
1979

Green for Danger
1946

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968

Operation Crossbow
1965

White Mischief
1987

Morituri
1965

The Catholics
1973

Aces High
1976

The Clouded Yellow
1950

Interpol
1957

Mary, Queen of Scots
1971

Ryan's Daughter
1970

Time After Time
1986

The Cockleshell Heroes
1955

Run for the Sun
1956

They Made Me a Fugitive
1947

Odette
1950

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980

The Passionate Friends
1949

The Sea Wolves
1980

The Missionary
1982

Gift Horse
1952

The Night Visitor
1971

Dust
1985

Hennessy
1975

Sons and Lovers
1960

Hurricane
1979

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977

The Roots of Heaven
1958

Catch Me a Spy
1971

Who?
1974

The Lion
1962

The Unholy
1988

Outcast of the Islands
1951

Conduct Unbecoming
1975

Twinky
1970

The Long Duel
1967

Golden Salamander
1950

Light Years Away
1981

Persecution
1974

The Key
1958

Craze
1974

Lovers' Net
1955

Hedda Gabler
1962

Man in the Middle
1964

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966

The Heart of the Matter
1953

The Dawning
1988

Slavers
1978

Moment of Danger
1960

A Doll's House
1973

So Well Remembered
1947

The Stranger's Hand
1954

11 Harrowhouse
1974

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985

Stevie
1978

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976

Memory of the Camps
1985

Death in the Sun
1976

Inside the Third Reich
1982

Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951

Windwalker
1980

Manuela
1957

Christmas Eve
1986

The Way to the Stars
1945

The Deadly Game
1982

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976

Pope Joan
1972

Staying On
1980

Pretty Polly
1967

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982

The Way Ahead
1944

Flashpoint Africa
1980

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
1979

The Bengal Lancers!
1984

Superman II
1980

The Hiding Place
1960
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