Trevor Howard
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".
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · German Concentration Camps Factual Survey as Narrator (fragment version)
- 1988 · The Dawning as Grandfather
- 1988 · The Unholy as Father Silva
- 1987 · White Mischief as Jack Soames
- 1987 · Hand in Glove as Vicar
- 1986 · Christmas Eve as Maitland
- 1986 · Shaka Zulu as Lord Charles Somerset
- 1986 · Foreign Body as Dr Stirry
- 1986 · Peter the Great as Sir Isaac Newton
- 1986 · Time After Time as Brigadier Croshawe
- 1985 · Time for Murder as Sir Daniel Penwarden
- 1985 · Dust as Father
- 1985 · Memory of the Camps as Narrator
- 1985 · God Rot Tunbridge Wells! as Georg Friedrich Handel
- 1984 · Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as The King
- 1984 · The Bengal Lancers! as Uncle George
- 1984 · George Washington as Lord Fairfax
- 1983 · Frontline as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Gandhi as Judge Broomfield
- 1982 · The Missionary as Lord Henry Ames
- 1982 · The Deadly Game as Gustave Kummer
- 1982 · Inside the Third Reich as Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
- 1981 · Light Years Away as Yoshka Poliakeff
- 1981 · Ludwig as Richard Wagner
- 1980 · Staying On as Col. Tusker Smalley
- 1980 · Superman II as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1980 · Windwalker as Windwalker
- 1980 · Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as Sir Henry Rawlinson
- 1980 · The Sea Wolves as Jack Cartwright
- 1980 · Shillingbury Tales as Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
- 1980 · The Shillingbury Blowers as Saltie
- 1980 · The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- 1980 · Flashpoint Africa as Program Controller
- 1979 · Meteor as Sir Michael Hughes
- 1979 · Hurricane as Father Malone
- 1979 · The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight as Riviere
- 1978 · Superman as 1st Elder
- 1978 · Stevie as The Man
- 1978 · Scorpion Tales as Mavor
- 1978 · Slavers as Alec Mackenzie
- 1977 · The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Sir Hector
- 1976 · The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as Capt. Foster Fyans
- 1976 · Origins of the Mafia as Don Consalvo Saccone
- 1976 · The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Squire Western
- 1976 · Aces High as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
- 1976 · Death in the Sun as Johannes
- 1975 · Hennessy as Comdr. Rice
- 1975 · The Count of Monte-Cristo as Abbé Faria
- 1975 · Conduct Unbecoming as Colonnello Benjamin Strang
- 1974 · Persecution as Paul Bellamy
- 1974 · 11 Harrowhouse as Clyde Massey
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1974 · Craze as Supt. Bellamy
- 1974 · Who? as Colonel Azarin
- 1973 · The Catholics as The Abbot
- 1973 · A Doll's House as Dr. Rank
- 1973 · Ludwig as Richard Wagner
- 1973 · The Offence as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
- 1972 · Pope Joan as Pope Leo
- 1971 · Mary, Queen of Scots as William Cecil
- 1971 · Kidnapped as Lord Advocate
- 1971 · Catch Me a Spy as Trevor Dawson
- 1971 · The Night Visitor as Inspector
- 1970 · Ryan's Daughter as Father Collins
- 1970 · Twinky as Twinky's Grandfather
- 1969 · Battle of Britain as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Charge of the Light Brigade as Lord Cardigan
- 1967 · Pretty Polly as Robert Hook
- 1967 · The Long Duel as Freddie Young
- 1966 · Triple Cross as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
- 1966 · The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Sam Lincoln
- 1965 · The Liquidator as Mostyn
- 1965 · Eagle in a Cage as Napoleon
- 1965 · Morituri as Colonel Statter
- 1965 · Von Ryan's Express as Major Eric Fincham
- 1965 · Operation Crossbow as Professor Lindemann
- 1964 · Father Goose as Commander Frank Houghton
- 1964 · Man in the Middle as Major Kensington
- 1963 · The Invincible Mr. Disraeli as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1962 · Hedda Gabler as Ejlert Lövborg
- 1962 · Mutiny on the Bounty as Capt. William Bligh
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Lion as John Bullit
- 1960 · Sons and Lovers as Walter Morel
- 1960 · Moment of Danger as John Bain
- 1958 · The Roots of Heaven as Morel
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Dr. Derek Lester
- 1958 · The Key as Capt. Chris Ford
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · Manuela as James Prothero
- 1957 · Interpol as Frank McNally
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as Denis Fallentin
- 1956 · Run for the Sun as Browne
- 1955 · The Cockleshell Heroes as Captain Thompson
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Doug Elliott
- 1955 · Lovers' Net as L'Inspecteur Lewis
- 1954 · The Stranger's Hand as Major Roger Court
- 1953 · The Heart of the Matter as Harry Scobie
- 1952 · Gift Horse as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Benjamin Disraeli
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Napoleon
- 1951 · Outcast of the Islands as Peter Willems
- 1951 · Lady Godiva Rides Again as Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Clouded Yellow as Maj. David Somers
- 1950 · Odette as Captain Peter Churchill
- 1950 · Golden Salamander as David Redfern
- 1949 · The Third Man as Major Calloway
- 1949 · The Passionate Friends as Prof. Steven Stratton
- 1948 · Studio One as Vittorio
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Morel (archive footage)
- 1947 · So Well Remembered as Dr. Richard Whiteside
- 1947 · They Made Me a Fugitive as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
- 1946 · Green for Danger as Dr. Barnes
- 1946 · I See a Dark Stranger as Lt. David Bayne
- 1945 · Brief Encounter as Dr. Alec Harvey
- 1945 · The Way to the Stars as Squadron Leader Carter
- 1944 · The Way Ahead as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal as Briefing Officer
- 1941 · Squaring the Circle as