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

Inside the Third Reich

Flashpoint Africa

Origins of the Mafia

Peter the Great

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

George Washington

Gandhi

The Third Man

The Shillingbury Blowers

Ludwig

Brief Encounter

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Scorpion Tales

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Deadly Game

Shaka Zulu

Stevie

Superman

Light Years Away

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Ryan's Daughter

Staying On

Father Goose

Von Ryan's Express

Hedda Gabler

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Mutiny on the Bounty

Christmas Eve

Battle of Britain

Superman II

The Count of Monte-Cristo

The Dick Cavett Show

The Offence

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Morituri

Frontline

Mary, Queen of Scots

The Passionate Friends

Operation Crossbow