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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 29, 1913
Died
January 7, 1988
Place of Birth
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Also Known As
- Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
Trevor Howard
1.0 Popularity
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
5.3
Grandfather
The Dawning
1988
5.3
Father Silva
The Unholy
1988
6.0
Jack Soames
White Mischief
1987
🎬
0.0
Vicar
Hand in Glove
1987
6.6
Maitland
Christmas Eve
1986
7.1
Lord Charles Somerset
Shaka Zulu
1986
3.8
Dr Stirry
Foreign Body
1986
8.0
Sir Isaac Newton
Peter the Great
1986
0.0
Brigadier Croshawe
Time After Time
1986
4.0
Sir Daniel Penwarden
Time for Murder
1985
Credits
The Dawning
as Grandfather
1988
5.3
The Unholy
as Father Silva
1988
5.3
White Mischief
as Jack Soames
1987
6.0
🎬
Hand in Glove
as Vicar
1987
0.0
Christmas Eve
as Maitland
1986
6.6
Shaka Zulu
as Lord Charles Somerset
1986
7.1
Foreign Body
as Dr Stirry
1986
3.8
Peter the Great
as Sir Isaac Newton
1986
8.0
Time After Time
as Brigadier Croshawe
1986
0.0
Time for Murder
as Sir Daniel Penwarden
1985
4.0
Dust
as Father
1985
4.2
Memory of the Camps
as Narrator
1985
2.0
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
as Georg Friedrich Handel
1985
4.0
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as The King
1984
5.2
The Bengal Lancers!
as Uncle George
1984
1.0
George Washington
as Lord Fairfax
1984
7.4
Frontline
as Narrator (voice)
1983
7.3
Gandhi
as Judge Broomfield
1982
7.6
The Missionary
as Lord Henry Ames
1982
5.5
The Deadly Game
as Gustave Kummer
1982
7.2
Inside the Third Reich
as Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
1982
0.0
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
1982
6.4
Light Years Away
as Yoshka Poliakeff
1981
7.3
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
1981
9.4
Staying On
as Col. Tusker Smalley
1980
7.0
Superman II
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
6.7
Windwalker
as Windwalker
1980
5.9
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
1980
6.8
The Sea Wolves
as Jack Cartwright
1980
5.8
🎬
The Shillingbury Blowers
as Saltie
1980
7.0
Shillingbury Tales
as Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
1980
6.8
Flashpoint Africa
as Program Controller
1980
0.0
Meteor
as Sir Michael Hughes
1979
5.1
Hurricane
as Father Malone
1979
4.7
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
as Riviere
1979
0.0
Superman
as 1st Elder
1978
7.2
Stevie
as The Man
1978
6.9
Scorpion Tales
as Mavor
1978
6.0
Slavers
as Alec Mackenzie
1978
3.0
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Sir Hector
1977
5.5
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
as Capt. Foster Fyans
1976
4.3
Origins of the Mafia
as Don Consalvo Saccone
1976
0.0
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Squire Western
1976
2.8
Aces High
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
1976
5.9
Death in the Sun
as Johannes
1976
3.9
Hennessy
as Comdr. Rice
1975
4.7
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Abbé Faria
1975
6.8
Conduct Unbecoming
as Colonnello Benjamin Strang
1975
5.7
Persecution
as Paul Bellamy
1974
2.8
11 Harrowhouse
as Clyde Massey
1974
5.6
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Craze
as Supt. Bellamy
1974
4.9
Who?
as Colonel Azarin
1974
4.9
The Catholics
as The Abbot
1973
5.8
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank
1973
4.4
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
1973
7.4
The Offence
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
1973
6.8
Pope Joan
as Pope Leo
1972
5.9
Kidnapped
as Lord Advocate
1971
6.2
Mary, Queen of Scots
as William Cecil
1971
6.6
Catch Me a Spy
as Trevor Dawson
1971
4.6
The Night Visitor
as Inspector
1971
6.3
Ryan's Daughter
as Father Collins
1970
7.1
Twinky
as Twinky's Grandfather
1970
4.8
Battle of Britain
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
1969
6.9
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Cardigan
1968
6.0
Pretty Polly
as Robert Hook
1967
3.6
The Long Duel
as Freddie Young
1967
5.1
Triple Cross
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
1966
6.0
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Sam Lincoln
1966
5.8
The Liquidator
as Mostyn
1965
6.2
🎬
Eagle in a Cage
as Napoleon
1965
0.0
Morituri
as Colonel Statter
1965
6.8
Von Ryan's Express
as Major Eric Fincham
1965
7.1
Operation Crossbow
as Professor Lindemann
1965
6.7
Father Goose
as Commander Frank Houghton
1964
7.0
Man in the Middle
as Major Kensington
1964
6.5
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
as Benjamin Disraeli
1963
7.0
Hedda Gabler
as Ejlert Lövborg
1962
7.2
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Capt. William Bligh
1962
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Lion
as John Bullit
1962
4.9
Sons and Lovers
as Walter Morel
1960
6.4
The Hiding Place
as Robert Wilson
1960
0.0
Moment of Danger
as John Bain
1960
0.0
The Roots of Heaven
as Morel
1958
6.2
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Dr. Derek Lester
1958
5.8
The Key
as Capt. Chris Ford
1958
6.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Manuela
as James Prothero
1957
5.7
Interpol
as Frank McNally
1957
6.4
Around the World in 80 Days
as Denis Fallentin
1956
6.6
Run for the Sun
as Browne
1956
5.9
April in Portugal
as Self
1956
0.0
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Captain Thompson
1955
5.9
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Doug Elliott
1955
5.4
Lovers' Net
as Inspector Lewis
1955
4.7
The Stranger's Hand
as Major Roger Court
1954
6.8
The Heart of the Matter
as Harry Scobie
1953
6.6
Gift Horse
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
1952
6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Benjamin Disraeli
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Napoleon
1951
8.6
Outcast of the Islands
as Peter Willems
1951
5.8
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
1951
5.8
The Clouded Yellow
as Maj. David Somers
1950
6.2
Odette
as Captain Peter Churchill
1950
6.2
Golden Salamander
as David Redfern
1950
5.9
Sunday Night Theatre
as Kellis
1950
3.5
The Third Man
as Major Calloway
1949
7.9
The Passionate Friends
as Prof. Steven Stratton
1949
6.8
Studio One
as Vittorio
1948
5.0
So Well Remembered
as Dr. Richard Whiteside
1947
5.0
They Made Me a Fugitive
as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
1947
6.6
Green for Danger
as Dr. Barnes
1946
6.7
I See a Dark Stranger
as Lt. David Bayne
1946
6.4
Brief Encounter
as Dr. Alec Harvey
1945
7.7
The Way to the Stars
as Squadron Leader Carter
1945
6.0
The Way Ahead
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
1944
6.5
🎬
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
as Briefing Officer
1944
0.0
🎬
Squaring the Circle
1941
0.0