Trevor Howard
Born September 29, 1913 (Age: 112)
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Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Biography
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".
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".
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Filmography
The Unholy
1988
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as Father Silva
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Age: 74
Time After Time
1986
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as Brigadier Croshawe
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Age: 72
Gandhi
1982
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as Judge Broomfield
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Age: 69
The Missionary
1982
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as Lord Henry Ames
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Age: 69
Windwalker
1980
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as Windwalker
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Age: 67
Superman II
1980
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as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 67
The Sea Wolves
1980
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as Jack Cartwright
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Age: 66
Meteor
1979
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as Sir Michael Hughes
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Age: 66
Superman
1978
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as 1st Elder
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Age: 65
Ryan's Daughter
1970
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as Father Collins
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Age: 56
Von Ryan's Express
1965
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as Major Eric Fincham
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Age: 51
Operation Crossbow
1965
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as Professor Lindemann
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Age: 51
Father Goose
1964
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as Commander Frank Houghton
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Age: 51
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
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as Benjamin Disraeli
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Age: 49
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962
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as Capt. William Bligh
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Age: 49
The Hiding Place
1960
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as Robert Wilson
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Age: 46
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Denis Fallentin
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Age: 43
April in Portugal
1956
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as Self
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Age: 42
No Image
Squaring the Circle
1941
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as
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Age: 27