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 t
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".
Born
Sep 29, 1913
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Died
Jan 07, 1988
Known For
Acting
Movies
101 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.3
Known For
Superman
1978
as 1st Elder
Superman II
1980
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Denis Fallentin
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Professor Lindemann
The Third Man
1949
as Major Calloway
Brief Encounter
1945
as Dr. Alec Harvey
Gandhi
1982
as Judge Broomfield
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
as Capt. William Bligh
The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Abbé Faria
Battle of Britain
1969
as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
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