Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was a British actor. He 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".
Acting
Movie
Superman
as 1st Elder
1978
Movie
Superman II
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980
Movie
Gandhi
as Judge Broomfield
1982
Movie
The Third Man
as Major Calloway
1949
Movie
Brief Encounter
as Dr. Alec Harvey
1945
Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
as Denis Fallentin
1956
Movie
Battle of Britain
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
1969
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Capt. William Bligh
1962
Movie
Von Ryan's Express
as Major Eric Fincham
1965
Movie
Father Goose
as Commander Frank Houghton
1964
Movie
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
1973
Movie
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Abbé Faria
1975
Movie
The Offence
as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
1973
Movie
Ryan's Daughter
as Father Collins
1970
Movie
Meteor
as Sir Michael Hughes
1979
TV
Shaka Zulu
as Lord Charles Somerset
1986
Movie
Operation Crossbow
as Professor Lindemann
1965
Movie
The Sea Wolves
as Jack Cartwright
1980
Movie
Green for Danger
as Dr. Barnes
1946
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Morituri
as Colonel Statter
1965
Movie
Triple Cross
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
1966
Movie
Aces High
as Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
1976
Movie
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lord Cardigan
1968