Trevor Howard
Acting
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".
The Dawning
Grandfather
The Unholy
Father Silva
White Mischief
Jack Soames
Hand in Glove
Vicar
Christmas Eve
Maitland
Foreign Body
Dr Stirry
Time After Time
Brigadier Croshawe
Dust
Father
Memory of the Camps
Narrator
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Georg Friedrich Handel
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The King
The Bengal Lancers!
Uncle George
Gandhi
Judge Broomfield
The Missionary
Lord Henry Ames
The Deadly Game
Gustave Kummer
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Light Years Away
Yoshka Poliakeff
Staying On
Col. Tusker Smalley
Superman II
Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Windwalker
Windwalker
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Sir Henry Rawlinson
The Sea Wolves
Jack Cartwright
The Shillingbury Blowers
Saltie
Flashpoint Africa
Program Controller
Meteor
Sir Michael Hughes
Hurricane
Father Malone
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Riviere
Superman
1st Elder
Stevie
The Man
Slavers
Alec Mackenzie
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sir Hector
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Capt. Foster Fyans
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Squire Western
Aces High
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Death in the Sun
Johannes
Hennessy
Comdr. Rice
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Abbé Faria
Conduct Unbecoming
Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Persecution
Paul Bellamy
11 Harrowhouse
Clyde Massey
Craze
Supt. Bellamy
Who?
Colonel Azarin
The Catholics
The Abbot
A Doll's House
Dr. Rank
Ludwig
Richard Wagner
The Offence
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
Pope Joan
Pope Leo
Mary, Queen of Scots
William Cecil
Kidnapped
Lord Advocate
Catch Me a Spy
Trevor Dawson
The Night Visitor
Inspector
Ryan's Daughter
Father Collins
Twinky
Twinky's Grandfather
Battle of Britain
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Cardigan
Pretty Polly
Robert Hook
The Long Duel
Freddie Young
Triple Cross
Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Sam Lincoln
The Liquidator
Mostyn
Eagle in a Cage
Napoleon
Morituri
Colonel Statter
Von Ryan's Express
Major Eric Fincham
Operation Crossbow
Professor Lindemann
Father Goose
Commander Frank Houghton
Man in the Middle
Major Kensington
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Hedda Gabler
Ejlert Lövborg
Mutiny on the Bounty
Capt. William Bligh
The Lion
John Bullit
Sons and Lovers
Walter Morel
The Hiding Place
Robert Wilson
Moment of Danger
John Bain
The Roots of Heaven
Morel
The Key
Capt. Chris Ford
Manuela
James Prothero
Interpol
Frank McNally
Around the World in 80 Days
Denis Fallentin
Run for the Sun
Browne
April in Portugal
Self
The Cockleshell Heroes
Captain Thompson
Lovers' Net
Inspector Lewis
The Stranger's Hand
Major Roger Court
The Heart of the Matter
Harry Scobie
Gift Horse
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Outcast of the Islands
Peter Willems
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
The Clouded Yellow
Maj. David Somers
Odette
Captain Peter Churchill
Golden Salamander
David Redfern
The Third Man
Major Calloway
The Passionate Friends
Prof. Steven Stratton
So Well Remembered
Dr. Richard Whiteside
They Made Me a Fugitive
George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Green for Danger
Dr. Barnes
I See a Dark Stranger
Lt. David Bayne
Brief Encounter
Dr. Alec Harvey
The Way to the Stars
Squadron Leader Carter
The Way Ahead
Officer on Ship (uncredited)
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
Briefing Officer
Squaring the Circle