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Trevor Howard

Known For: Acting
Born: September 29, 1913
Place of Birth: Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Died: January 7, 1988

Trevor Howard

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 bi…

Filmography

The Dawning

1988 · Grandfather

The Unholy

1988 · Father Silva

White Mischief

1987 · Jack Soames

Hand in Glove

1987 · Vicar

Christmas Eve

1986 · Maitland

Shaka Zulu

1986 · Lord Charles Somerset

Foreign Body

1986 · Dr Stirry

Peter the Great

1986 · Sir Isaac Newton

Time After Time

1986 · Brigadier Croshawe

Time for Murder

1985 · Sir Daniel Penwarden

Dust

1985 · Father

Memory of the Camps

1985 · Narrator

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!

1985 · Georg Friedrich Handel

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

1984 · The King

The Bengal Lancers!

1984 · Uncle George

George Washington

1984 · Lord Fairfax

Frontline

1983 · Narrator (voice)

Gandhi

1982 · Judge Broomfield

The Missionary

1982 · Lord Henry Ames

The Deadly Game

1982 · Gustave Kummer

Inside the Third Reich

1982 · Prof. Heinrich Tessenow

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982 · Self

Light Years Away

1981 · Yoshka Poliakeff

Ludwig

1981 · Richard Wagner

Staying On

1980 · Col. Tusker Smalley

Windwalker

1980 · Windwalker

Superman II

1980 · Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

1980 · Sir Henry Rawlinson

The Sea Wolves

1980 · Jack Cartwright

The Shillingbury Blowers

The Shillingbury Blowers

1980 · Saltie

Flashpoint Africa

1980 · Program Controller

Meteor

1979 · Sir Michael Hughes

Hurricane

1979 · Father Malone

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

1979 · Riviere

Superman

1978 · 1st Elder

Stevie

1978 · The Man

Scorpion Tales

1978 · Mavor

Slavers

1978 · Alec Mackenzie

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977 · Sir Hector

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

1976 · Capt. Foster Fyans

Origins of the Mafia

1976 · Don Consalvo Saccone

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

1976 · Squire Western

Aces High

1976 · Lieutenant Colonel Silkin

Albino

1976 · Johannes

Hennessy

1975 · Comdr. Rice

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975 · Abbé Faria

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 · Colonel Benjamin Strang

Persecution

1974 · Paul Bellamy

11 Harrowhouse

1974 · Clyde Massey

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

Craze

1974 · Supt. Bellamy

Who?

1974 · Colonel Azarin

The Catholics

1973 · The Abbot

A Doll's House

1973 · Dr. Rank

Ludwig

1973 · Richard Wagner

The Offence

1973 · Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant

Pope Joan

1972 · Pope Leo

Kidnapped

1971 · Lord Advocate

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971 · William Cecil

Catch Me a Spy

1971 · Trevor Dawson

The Night Visitor

1971 · Inspector

Ryan's Daughter

1970 · Father Collins

Twinky

1970 · Twinky's Grandfather

Battle of Britain

1969 · Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · The Abbot

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968 · Lord Cardigan

Pretty Polly

1967 · Robert Hook

The Long Duel

1967 · Freddie Young

Triple Cross

1966 · Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966 · Sam Lincoln

The Liquidator

1965 · Mostyn

Eagle in a Cage

Eagle in a Cage

1965 · Napoleon

Morituri

1965 · Colonel Statter

Von Ryan's Express

1965 · Major Eric Fincham

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Professor Lindemann

Father Goose

1964 · Commander Frank Houghton

Man in the Middle

1964 · Major Kensington

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

1963 · Benjamin Disraeli

Hedda Gabler

1962 · Ejlert Lövborg

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 · Capt. William Bligh

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Lion

1962 · John Bullit

Sons and Lovers

1960 · Walter Morel

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

1960 · Robert Wilson

Moment of Danger

1960 · John Bain

The Roots of Heaven

1958 · Morel

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958 · Dr. Derek Lester

The Key

1958 · Capt. Chris Ford

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 · Self

Manuela

1957 · James Prothero

Interpol

1957 · Frank McNally

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · Denis Fallentin

Run for the Sun

1956 · Browne

April in Portugal

1956 · Self

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · Captain Thompson

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955 · Doug Elliott

Lovers' Net

1955 · Inspector Lewis

The Stranger's Hand

1954 · Major Roger Court

The Heart of the Matter

1953 · Harry Scobie

Gift Horse

1952 · Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Benjamin Disraeli, Napoleon

Outcast of the Islands

1951 · Peter Willems

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951 · Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)

The Clouded Yellow

1950 · Maj. David Somers

Odette

1950 · Captain Peter Churchill

Golden Salamander

1950 · David Redfern

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Kellis

The Third Man

1949 · Major Calloway

The Passionate Friends

1949 · Prof. Steven Stratton

Studio One

1948 · Vittorio

So Well Remembered

1947 · Dr. Richard Whiteside

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947 · George Clement 'Clem' Morgan

Green for Danger

1946 · Dr. Barnes

I See a Dark Stranger

1946 · Lt. David Bayne

Brief Encounter

1945 · Dr. Alec Harvey

The Way to the Stars

1945 · Squadron Leader Carter

The Way Ahead

1944 · Officer on Ship (uncredited)

The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal

The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal

1944 · Briefing Officer

Squaring the Circle

Squaring the Circle

1941

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