Trevor Howard
Acting
Born 1913-09-29
Died 1988-01-07
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Frontline
The Dick Cavett Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Studio One
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Superman
Sunday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Superman II
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Shaka Zulu
Around the World in 80 Days
The Third Man
Brief Encounter
Gandhi
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Battle of Britain
Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter the Great
Origins of the Mafia
Operation Crossbow
The Sea Wolves
Inside the Third Reich
Von Ryan's Express
Time for Murder
Father Goose
The Unholy
The Offence
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Ryan's Daughter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aces High
George Washington
Triple Cross
White Mischief
Morituri
Meteor
The Missionary
Ludwig
Manuela
The Key
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Mary, Queen of Scots
Scorpion Tales
Albino
Slavers
Pretty Polly
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Golden Salamander
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
A Doll's House
The Roots of Heaven
Hennessy
Interpol
They Made Me a Fugitive
The Liquidator
Man in the Middle
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