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