Person Details
Birthday: 1913-09-29 16:25:29
Death: 1988-01-07 16:25:29
Aliases: Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 84
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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".
Most Famous Work
Studio One
(1948) VittorioShaka Zulu
(1986) Lord Charles SomersetWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1958) Dr. Derek LesterPeter the Great
(1986) Sir Isaac NewtonHallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) NapoleonSuperman
(1978) 1st ElderSuperman II
(1980) Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)Origins of the Mafia
(1976) Don Consalvo SacconeActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Narrator (fragment version) | |
1988 | Grandfather | |
Father Silva | ||
1987 | Jack Soames | |
Vicar | ||
1986 | Maitland | |
Lord Charles Somerset | ||
Dr Stirry | ||
Sir Isaac Newton | ||
Brigadier Croshawe | ||
1985 | Father | |
Narrator | ||
Georg Friedrich Handel | ||
1984 | The King | |
Uncle George | ||
Lord Fairfax | ||
1983 | Narrator (voice) | |
1982 | Judge Broomfield | |
Lord Henry Ames | ||
Gustave Kummer | ||
Prof. Heinrich Tessenow | ||
1981 | Yoshka Poliakeff | |
Richard Wagner | ||
1980 | Col. Tusker Smalley | |
Windwalker | ||
Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Sir Henry Rawlinson | ||
Jack Cartwright | ||
Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow | ||
Saltie | ||
Program Controller | ||
Self | ||
1979 | Sir Michael Hughes | |
Father Malone | ||
Riviere | ||
1978 | 1st Elder | |
The Man | ||
Mavor | ||
Alec Mackenzie | ||
1977 | Sir Hector | |
1976 | Capt. Foster Fyans | |
Don Consalvo Saccone | ||
Squire Western | ||
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin | ||
Johannes | ||
1975 | Comdr. Rice | |
Abbé Faria | ||
Colonnello Benjamin Strang | ||
1974 | Paul Bellamy | |
Clyde Massey | ||
Supt. Bellamy | ||
Colonel Azarin | ||
1973 | The Abbot | |
Dr. Rank | ||
Richard Wagner | ||
Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant | ||
1972 | Pope Leo | |
1971 | Lord Advocate | |
William Cecil | ||
Trevor Dawson | ||
Inspector | ||
1970 | Father Hugh Collins | |
Twinky's Grandfather | ||
1969 | Air Vice Marshal Keith Park | |
1968 | Self - Guest | |
Lord Cardigan | ||
1967 | Robert Hook | |
Freddie Young | ||
1966 | Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian) | |
Sam Lincoln | ||
1965 | Mostyn | |
Napoleon | ||
Colonel Statter | ||
Major Eric Fincham | ||
Professor Lindemann | ||
1964 | Commander Frank Houghton | |
Major Kensington | ||
1963 | Benjamin Disraeli | |
1962 | Ejlert Lövborg | |
Capt. William Bligh | ||
Self | ||
John Bullit | ||
1960 | Walter Morel | |
John Bain | ||
1958 | Morel | |
Dr. Derek Lester | ||
Capt. Chris Ford | ||
1957 | Self | |
James Prothero | ||
Frank McNally | ||
1956 | Denis Fallentin | |
Browne | ||
1955 | Captain Thompson | |
N/A | ||
L'Inspecteur Lewis | ||
1954 | Major Roger Court | |
1953 | Harry Scobie | |
1952 | Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser | |
1951 | Benjamin Disraeli | |
Napoleon | ||
Peter Willems | ||
Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited) | ||
1950 | Maj. David Somers | |
Captain Peter Churchill | ||
David Redfern | ||
1949 | Major Calloway | |
Prof. Steven Stratton | ||
1948 | Vittorio | |
Morel (archive footage) | ||
1947 | Dr. Richard Whiteside | |
George Clement 'Clem' Morgan | ||
1946 | Dr. Barnes | |
Lt. David Bayne | ||
1945 | Dr. Alec Harvey | |
Squadron Leader Carter | ||
1944 | Officer on Ship (uncredited) | |
1941 | N/A | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |