Trevor Howard
Acting
- Born:
- 1913-09-29
- Died:
- 1988-01-07
- Place of birth:
- Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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".
Known For
Filmography
The Dawning
The Unholy
White Mischief
Hand in Glove
Christmas Eve
Shaka Zulu
Foreign Body
Peter the Great
Time After Time
Time for Murder
Dust
Memory of the Camps
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Bengal Lancers!
George Washington
Frontline
Gandhi
The Missionary
The Deadly Game
Inside the Third Reich
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Light Years Away
Ludwig
Staying On
Windwalker
Superman II
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
The Sea Wolves
The Shillingbury Blowers
Flashpoint Africa
Meteor
Hurricane
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Superman
Stevie
Scorpion Tales
Slavers
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Origins of the Mafia
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Aces High
Albino
Hennessy
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Conduct Unbecoming
Persecution
11 Harrowhouse
Spécial cinéma
Craze
Who?
The Catholics
A Doll's House
Ludwig
The Offence
Pope Joan
Kidnapped
Mary, Queen of Scots
Catch Me a Spy
The Night Visitor
Ryan's Daughter
Twinky
Battle of Britain
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Dick Cavett Show
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Pretty Polly
The Long Duel
Triple Cross
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Liquidator
Eagle in a Cage
Morituri
Von Ryan's Express
Operation Crossbow
Father Goose
Man in the Middle
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Hedda Gabler
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Lion
Sons and Lovers
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Moment of Danger
The Roots of Heaven
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Key
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Manuela
Interpol
Around the World in 80 Days
Run for the Sun
April in Portugal
The Cockleshell Heroes
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lovers' Net
The Stranger's Hand
The Heart of the Matter
Gift Horse
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Outcast of the Islands
Lady Godiva Rides Again
The Clouded Yellow
Odette
Golden Salamander
Sunday Night Theatre
The Third Man
The Passionate Friends
Studio One
So Well Remembered
They Made Me a Fugitive
Green for Danger
I See a Dark Stranger
Brief Encounter
The Way to the Stars
The Way Ahead
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
Squaring the Circle