Trevor Howard
Biography
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".
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-09-29
Place of birth
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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Cast
The Third Man
1949
7.91
Gandhi
1982
7.56
Brief Encounter
1945
7.70
Ludwig
1973
7.43
Superman
1978
7.20
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.64
Foreign Body
1986
3.75
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
6.78
Triple Cross
1966
6.00
Father Goose
1964
7.05
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
7.04
Von Ryan's Express
1965
7.05
Battle of Britain
1969
6.90
Kidnapped
1971
6.18
The Offence
1973
6.80
The Liquidator
1965
6.20
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
6.40
Meteor
1979
5.10
Green for Danger
1946
6.71
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
6.10
Operation Crossbow
1965
6.70
White Mischief
1987
6.00
Morituri
1965
6.80
The Catholics
1973
5.75
Aces High
1976
5.90
The Clouded Yellow
1950
6.20
Interpol
1957
6.40
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
6.65
Ryan's Daughter
1970
7.10
Time After Time
1986
0.00
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
5.90
Run for the Sun
1956
5.97
Squaring the Circle
1941
0.00
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
6.60
Odette
1950
6.20
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
6.75
The Passionate Friends
1949
6.85
The Sea Wolves
1980
5.80
The Missionary
1982
5.54
Gift Horse
1952
6.60
The Night Visitor
1971
6.28
Dust
1985
4.20
Hennessy
1975
4.70
Sons and Lovers
1960
6.40
Hurricane
1979
4.70
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
5.52
The Roots of Heaven
1958
6.20
Catch Me a Spy
1971
4.60
Who?
1974
4.90
The Lion
1962
4.90
The Unholy
1988
5.30
Outcast of the Islands
1951
5.80
Twinky
1970
4.70
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
5.70
The Long Duel
1967
5.10
Golden Salamander
1950
5.90
Light Years Away
1981
6.75
Persecution
1974
2.75
The Key
1958
6.00
Craze
1974
4.90
Lovers' Net
1955
4.70
Hedda Gabler
1962
7.09
Man in the Middle
1964
6.43
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
5.80
The Heart of the Matter
1953
6.60
The Dawning
1988
5.30
Slavers
1978
3.00
Moment of Danger
1960
0.00
A Doll's House
1973
4.46
So Well Remembered
1947
5.04
The Stranger's Hand
1954
6.80
11 Harrowhouse
1974
5.64
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985
4.00
Stevie
1978
6.90
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980
7.00
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
4.33
Memory of the Camps
1985
2.00
Death in the Sun
1976
3.67
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
5.80
Windwalker
1980
5.90
Manuela
1957
5.70
Christmas Eve
1986
6.60
Hand in Glove
1987
0.00
The Way to the Stars
1945
6.00
The Deadly Game
1982
7.20
Pope Joan
1972
5.90
Staying On
1980
7.00
Pretty Polly
1967
3.60
The Way Ahead
1944
6.53
Flashpoint Africa
1980
0.00
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
7.00
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
1.00
Superman II
1980
6.75
Eagle in a Cage
1965
0.00
The Hiding Place
1960
0.00
April in Portugal
1956
0.00