Trevor Howard

Known for ActingBorn 1913-09-29Died 1988-01-07Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK

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".Read more

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Time After Time

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

Moment of Danger

Spécial cinéma

Ludwig

Hand in Glove

Eagle in a Cage

April in Portugal

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Flashpoint Africa

Peter the Great

Origins of the Mafia

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

George Washington

The Third Man

Gandhi

The Shillingbury Blowers

Ludwig

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Brief Encounter

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Shaka Zulu

The Deadly Game

Stevie

Scorpion Tales

Superman

Inside the Third Reich

Light Years Away

Ryan's Daughter

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Staying On

Hedda Gabler

Christmas Eve

Mutiny on the Bounty

Von Ryan's Express

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Father Goose

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Superman II

The Offence

Battle of Britain

The Dick Cavett Show

Mary, Queen of Scots

Operation Crossbow

Morituri

The Passionate Friends

The Stranger's Hand