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.

- The Heart of the Matter (1953)
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- In 1942 in an African colony, a police officer has an affair while his wife is away, is blackmailed, and plans suicide despite his staunch Catholic belief.
- Gandhi (1982)
- Saturday at 4.50pm on Sky Cinema Drama HD
- The life of the young Indian advocate who became a revolutionary, a saint and a martyr.
- Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
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- In an Italian POW camp during World War II, an unpopular American captain leads English prisoners in a train escape.