About
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...
Known for
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
SupermanMovie • 1978
Shaka ZuluSeries • 1986
Superman IIMovie • 1980
The Third ManMovie • 1949
GandhiMovie • 1982
Around the World in 80 DaysMovie • 1956
Brief EncounterMovie • 1945
Von Ryan's ExpressMovie • 1965
Battle of BritainMovie • 1969
Mutiny on the BountyMovie • 1962
Triple CrossMovie • 1966
Ryan's DaughterMovie • 1970
White MischiefMovie • 1987
The Count of Monte-CristoMovie • 1975
The Poppy Is Also a FlowerMovie • 1966
LudwigMovie • 1973
The UnholyMovie • 1988
MeteorMovie • 1979
The Sea WolvesMovie • 1980