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
Around the World in 80 Days
Denis Fallentin
Hurricane
Father Malone
Studio One
Vittorio
The Missionary
Lord Henry Ames
Triple Cross
Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
Ludwig
Richard Wagner
The Key
Capt. Chris Ford
Gandhi
Judge Broomfield
Operation Crossbow
Professor Lindemann
Father Goose
Commander Frank Houghton
Gift Horse
Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
White Mischief
Jack Soames
Kidnapped
Lord Advocate
Superman
1st Elder
Craze
Supt. Bellamy
Hennessy
Comdr. Rice
Meteor
Sir Michael Hughes
Morituri
Colonel Statter
The Catholics
The Abbot
Aces High
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Christmas Eve
Maitland
Windwalker
Windwalker
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Squire Western
Conduct Unbecoming
Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Sunday Night Theatre
Kellis
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Capt. Foster Fyans
11 Harrowhouse
Clyde Massey
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Abbé Faria
Odette
Captain Peter Churchill
Superman II
Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stevie
The Man
The Offence
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
The Way Ahead
Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Capt. William Bligh
Battle of Britain
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Sons and Lovers
Walter Morel
A Doll's House
Dr. Rank
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Sam Lincoln
The Long Duel
Freddie Young
Man in the Middle
Major Kensington
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
The Sea Wolves
Jack Cartwright
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Sir Hector
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Doug Elliott
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Cardigan
I See a Dark Stranger
Lt. David Bayne
The Cockleshell Heroes
Captain Thompson
Foreign Body
Dr Stirry
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Dr. Derek Lester
Twinky
Twinky's Grandfather
Shaka Zulu
Lord Charles Somerset
Staying On
Col. Tusker Smalley
The Lion
John Bullit
Golden Salamander
David Redfern
Run for the Sun
Browne
Flashpoint Africa
Program Controller
Von Ryan's Express
Major Eric Fincham
Ryan's Daughter
Father Collins
Mary, Queen of Scots
William Cecil
Brief Encounter
Dr. Alec Harvey
Green for Danger
Dr. Barnes
Manuela
James Prothero
The Dawning
Grandfather
The Way to the Stars
Squadron Leader Carter
The Unholy
Father Silva
The Third Man
Major Calloway
The Passionate Friends
Prof. Steven Stratton
They Made Me a Fugitive
George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Hedda Gabler
Ejlert Lövborg
Inside the Third Reich
Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
Slavers
Alec Mackenzie
Catch Me a Spy
Trevor Dawson
The Roots of Heaven
Morel
So Well Remembered
Dr. Richard Whiteside
The Clouded Yellow
Maj. David Somers
The Night Visitor
Inspector
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Who?
Colonel Azarin
Light Years Away
Yoshka Poliakeff
Outcast of the Islands
Peter Willems
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
The Heart of the Matter
Harry Scobie
Dust
Father
Eagle in a Cage
Napoleon
Persecution
Paul Bellamy
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Time After Time
Brigadier Croshawe
The Deadly Game
Gustave Kummer
The Stranger's Hand
Major Roger Court
The Shillingbury Blowers
Saltie
The Bengal Lancers!
Uncle George
Death in the Sun
Johannes
Lovers' Net
Inspector Lewis
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
Georg Friedrich Handel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Benjamin Disraeli
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Napoleon
Moment of Danger
John Bain
Memory of the Camps
Narrator
Peter the Great
Sir Isaac Newton
Hand in Glove
Vicar
Time for Murder
Sir Daniel Penwarden
Pretty Polly
Robert Hook
Ludwig
Richard Wagner
Origins of the Mafia
Don Consalvo Saccone
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Shillingbury Tales
Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
Scorpion Tales
Mavor
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The King
Interpol
Frank McNally
The Liquidator
Mostyn
Inside the Third Reich
Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
Pope Joan
Pope Leo
April in Portugal
Self
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
Briefing Officer
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
Riviere
Squaring the Circle
The Hiding Place
Robert Wilson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Frontline
Narrator (voice)
Spécial cinéma
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self