Trevor Howard

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Trevor Howard
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Born	29 September, 1913 Cliftonville, Kent, England
Died	7 January, 1988 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England

Trevor Howard, CBE (29 September 1913–7 January 1988), born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, was an English movie and television actor.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Death 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 External links

Early life

Howard was born in Cliftonville, Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted on the London stage for several years before World War II. He married the actress Helen Cherry (1915-2001) on 8 September 1944.

Film career

His first major role was in the 1945 film, Brief Encounter. He also starred in The Third Man (1949), The Key (1958) and Sons and Lovers (1960), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

A great character actor, many times appearing in war and period pieces, Howard later appeared in such films as The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Run for the Sun (1956), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Father Goose (1964), Morituri (1965), Von Ryan's Express (1965), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Ryan's Daughter (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Pope Joan (1972), Ludwig (1972), A Doll's House (1973), Superman (1978), Gandhi (1982), White Mischief (1987), and The Dawning (1988). One of his strangest films, and one he took great delight in was Vivian Stanshall's 1978 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End in which he played the title role.

Throughout his film career Howard insisted that all of his contracts held a clause excusing him from work whenever a cricket Test Match was being played.

A major television role was in Staying On (1980).

Death

He died from a combination of bronchitis, influenza and jaundice, in Arkley in 1988 at the age of 74, survived by his widow Helen.

Legacy

He is commemorated by the Trevor Howard Bar at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond.

See also

• The Heart of the Matter (1953 film)

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