🎬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".

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Dawning (1988)	Grandfather	-	-
2	White Mischief (1987)	Jack Soames		5
3	Christmas Eve (1986)	Maitland		10
4	Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)	The King		5.7
5	The Missionary (1982)	Lord Henry Ames	-	-
6	Gandhi (1982)	Judge Broomfield		7.8
7	Light Years Away (1981)	Yoshka Poliakeff		4
8	Superman II (1980)	Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)		7
9	Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)	Sir Henry Rawlinson		7
10	The Sea Wolves (1980)	Jack Cartwright	-	-
11	Meteor (1979)	Sir Michael Hughes		5.5
12	Stevie (1978)	The Man		5
13	Superman (1978)	1st Elder		7.4
14	The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)	Sir Hector		5.5
15	Hennessy (1975)	Comdr. Rice	-	-
16	The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)	Abbé Faria		6
17	Craze (1974)	Supt. Bellamy	-	-
18	A Doll's House (1973)	Dr. Rank	-	-
19	The Offence (1973)	Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant		7
20	Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)	William Cecil	-	-
21	Twinky (1970)	Twinky's Grandfather	-	-
22	Ryan's Daughter (1970)	Father Collins	-	-
23	Battle of Britain (1969)	Air Vice Marshal Keith Park		7.5
24	The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)	Lord Cardigan		8
25	Triple Cross (1966)	Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)	-	-
26	Von Ryan's Express (1965)	Major Eric Fincham		6
27	Operation Crossbow (1965)	Professor Lindemann		8.5
28	The Liquidator (1965)	Mostyn	-	-
29	Father Goose (1964)	Commander Frank Houghton	-	-
30	Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)	Capt. William Bligh		6.5
31	Sons and Lovers (1960)	Walter Morel		5
32	The Roots of Heaven (1958)	Morel	-	-
33	Around the World in 80 Days (1956)	Denis Fallentin		7.4
34	The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)	Captain Thompson		7
35	Outcast of the Islands (1951)	Peter Willems		5
36	The Clouded Yellow (1950)	Maj. David Somers		5
37	Odette (1950)	Captain Peter Churchill		4
38	The Third Man (1949)	Major Calloway		7.7
39	They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)	George Clement 'Clem' Morgan		5
40	Green for Danger (1946)	Dr. Barnes		5
41	The Way to the Stars (1945)	Squadron Leader Carter		4
42	Brief Encounter (1945)	Dr. Alec Harvey		8
43	The Way Ahead (1944)	Officer on Ship (uncredited)		6