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

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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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Behind the scenes photo from the 1980 film, The Sea Wolves, featuring Trevor Howard, David Niven, Gregory Peck and Roger Moore. The actors are sitting in each other’s named chairs — Trevor Howard, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore – The Sea Wolves

‘Saltie’ (Trevor Howard) meets with the Parish Council in a scene from the 1980 Inner Circle Films production of The Shillingbury Blowers — Trevor Howard as ‘Saltie’ in The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)

Col Tusker Smalley (Trevor Howard) and Lucy Smalley (Celia Johnson) sit in front of mountains and chat in Staying On (1980) — Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson chat in Staying On (1980)

Trevor Howard: A Gentleman and a Player. The authorised biography by Vivienne Knight. Sphere Books, paperback edition, 1988 (ISBN 0747400555) — Trevor Howard: A Gentleman and a Player, Vivienne Knight, biography

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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.

Watch Trevor Howard on British television

- The Night Visitor (1971)
- Sunday at 2.25am on Talking Pictures
- Imprisoned for an axe murder he didn’t commit, a man escapes and takes revenge.
- Operation Crossbow (1965)
- Today at 7.35am on TCM Movies HD
- Today at 8.35am on TCM Movies Plus 1
- Sunday at 4.15pm on TCM Movies HD
- Sunday at 5.15pm on TCM Movies Plus 1
- In World War II, trained scientists are parachuted into Europe to destroy the Nazi rocket-making plant at Peenemünde.
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
- Sunday at 6.55pm on Sony Movies Action
- Sunday at 7.55pm on Sony Movies Action
- Wednesday at 4.50pm on Sony Movies Action
- Wednesday at 5.50pm on Sony Movies Action
- 18^th July at 5pm on Sony Movies Action
- 18^th July at 6pm on Sony Movies Action
- During World War II, ten marines are trained to travel by canoe into Bordeaux harbour and attach limpet mines to German ships.
- The Key (1958)
- Tuesday at 11.45am on Paramount Network HD
- Tuesday at 12.45pm on Paramount Network Plus 1
- Tuesday at 12.50pm on Paramount Network HD
- Tuesday at 1.50pm on Paramount Network Plus 1
- World War II tugboat skippers, about to embark on dangerous missions, pass on the key to an apartment and a girl to go with it.
- Father Goose (1964)
- Wednesday at 4am on Sky Cinema Drama 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.
- Man in the Middle (1964)
- 16^th July at 10.15pm on Talking Pictures
- In India during World War II, an American lieutenant is indicted for murder and the defence counsel in instructed to lose the case.