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Trevor Howard

Acting · Born September 29, 1913 · Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK

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.

Movies with Trevor Howard

• Superman (1978) — 1st Elder
• Superman II (1980) — Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Third Man (1949) — Major Calloway
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — Denis Fallentin
• Brief Encounter (1945) — Dr. Alec Harvey
• Gandhi (1982) — Judge Broomfield
• Battle of Britain (1969) — Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) — Lord Cardigan
• Von Ryan's Express (1965) — Major Eric Fincham
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Capt. William Bligh
• The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) — Abbé Faria
• White Mischief (1987) — Jack Soames

TV shows with Trevor Howard

• Shaka Zulu (1986) — Lord Charles Somerset
• Ludwig (1981) — Richard Wagner