Trevor Howard

British actor (1913–1988) | The Third Man (1949), Brief Encounter (1945), The Way to the Stars (1945)

Distinguished English leading man, on stage from 1934

Born in Margate, Kent, Trevor Howard studied acting at RADA. His best roles were as Dr Alec Harvey in Brief Encounter (1945), Dr Barnes in Green for Danger (1947), Major Calloway in The Third Man (1949), Scobie in The Heart of the Matter (1953), Walter Morel in Sons and Lovers, Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Lord Cardigan in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and as the Inspector in The Night Visitor (1971). Married for 44 years to actress Helen Cherry.

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Born

Trevor Howard was born in Cliftonville, Margate, Kent on 29^th September, 1913.
Died

Trevor Howard died in Bushey, Hertfordshire on 7^th January, 1988, aged 74.

- Father Goose (1964)
- Today at 6am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Today at 1.50pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- During World War II, a South Sea wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their schoolmistress.
- Battle of Britain (1969)
- Tomorrow at 7.25pm on Paramount Network HD
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- Summer 1940: England defends itself against aerial onslaught.
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
- Sunday at 4.35pm on Sony Movies Action
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- Tuesday at 3.20pm on Sony Movies Action
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- During World War II, ten marines are trained to travel by canoe into Bordeaux harbour and attach limpet mines to German ships.
- Operation Crossbow (1965)
- Thursday at 8.55am on TCM Movies HD
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- 23^rd May at 4.45pm on TCM Movies HD
- In World War II, trained scientists are parachuted into Europe to destroy the Nazi rocket-making plant at Peenemünde.
- The Long Duel (1967)
- Thursday at 12.20pm on Talking Pictures TV
- On the North-West Frontier in the Twenties, British officers disagree about handling the natives, and one of them forms a strong regard for the native leader.