Trevor Howard
Acting
Born September 29, 1913 · Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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".
Films (101)
The Dawning
1988
The Unholy
1988
White Mischief
1987
Hand in Glove
1987
Christmas Eve
1986
Foreign Body
1986
Time After Time
1986
Dust
1985
Memory of the Camps
1985
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
Gandhi
1982
The Missionary
1982
The Deadly Game
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Light Years Away
1981
Staying On
1980
Windwalker
1980
Superman II
1980
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
The Sea Wolves
1980
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980
Flashpoint Africa
1980
Meteor
1979
Hurricane
1979
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
1979
Superman
1978
Stevie
1978
Slavers
1978
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
Aces High
1976
Death in the Sun
1976
Hennessy
1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Persecution
1974
11 Harrowhouse
1974
Craze
1974
Who?
1974
The Catholics
1973
A Doll's House
1973
Ludwig
1973
The Offence
1973
Pope Joan
1972
Kidnapped
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
Catch Me a Spy
1971
The Night Visitor
1971
Ryan's Daughter
1970
Twinky
1970
Battle of Britain
1969
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Pretty Polly
1967
The Long Duel
1967
Triple Cross
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
The Liquidator
1965
Eagle in a Cage
1965
Morituri
1965
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Operation Crossbow
1965
Father Goose
1964
Man in the Middle
1964
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
Hedda Gabler
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
The Lion
1962
Sons and Lovers
1960
The Hiding Place
1960
Moment of Danger
1960
The Roots of Heaven
1958
The Key
1958
Manuela
1957
Interpol
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Run for the Sun
1956
April in Portugal
1956
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Lovers' Net
1955
The Stranger's Hand
1954
The Heart of the Matter
1953
Gift Horse
1952
Outcast of the Islands
1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
The Clouded Yellow
1950
Odette
1950
Golden Salamander
1950
The Third Man
1949
The Passionate Friends
1949
So Well Remembered
1947
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
Green for Danger
1946
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
Brief Encounter
1945
The Way to the Stars
1945
The Way Ahead
1944
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
1944
Squaring the Circle
1941