Trevor Howard

Acting · Born 1913-09-29 in 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…

Filmography

• The Third Man as Major Calloway
• Gandhi as Judge Broomfield
• Brief Encounter as Dr. Alec Harvey
• Ludwig as Richard Wagner
• Superman as 1st Elder
• Around the World in 80 Days as Denis Fallentin
• Foreign Body as Dr Stirry
• The Count of Monte-Cristo as Abbé Faria
• Triple Cross as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
• Father Goose as Commander Frank Houghton