Trevor Howard

About Trevor Howard

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: September 29, 1913
Birth Place: Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK, British
Cause of death: Hepatic failure and Cirrhosis
Resting place: Saint Peter's Church, Arkley
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1934–1988
Spouse(s): Helen Cherry (m. 1944–1988; his death)

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard was born on September 29, 1913 in Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK, British, is Actor. Trevor Howard was an English professional actor best known for his role of a sensitive doctor in the romantic drama film, ‘Brief Encounter’, which gave him prominence as a star. He began his acting career as a stage artist while studying at the ‘Royal Academy of Dramatic Art’. He gradually made his name in theatre over the next ten years, especially for his performance in the comic play ‘French Without Tears’ that became a success in London. He also appeared in many other Shakespearean plays that were staged in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He took a brief time off from professional acting during the ‘Second World War’ and served the British Army as a paratrooper. He returned to stage in 1943 and landed up with his first movie ‘The Way Ahead’ the following year. His breakthrough film ‘Brief Encounter’ attained him star status and paved way for other acclaimed roles in films like ‘The Third Man’, ‘The Key’, ‘Sons and Lovers’, ‘The Heart of the Matter’, ‘Gandhi’, ‘The Dawning’ and ‘George Washington’. He also worked in many television series and TV films. His portrayal of the title role in the TV play ‘The Invincible Mr Disraeli’ won him the television Emmy award. In 1958 he was selected as the best actor of the year by the ‘British Film Academy’ for his performance in the film, ‘The Key’. He was voted, number of times over the years, by the British film exhibitors through annual poll in the ‘Motion Picture Herald’ as one of the top 10 British stars at the box office.
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As per our current Database, Trevor Howard has been died on 7 January 1988(1988-01-07) (aged 74)\nArkley, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.

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When Trevor Howard die, Trevor Howard was 74 years old.

Popular As Trevor Howard
Occupation Film & Theater Personalities
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born September 29, 1913 (Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK, British)
Birthday September 29
Town/City Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK, British
Nationality British

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Trevor Howard’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible

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Biography/Timeline

1933

Howard was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. His Father was an insurance underwriter for Lloyds of London and he spent the first eight years of his life travelling around the world. 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). In 1933, at the end of his first year, he was chosen as best actor in his class for his performance as Benedict in a school production of Much Ado About Nothing. While Howard was still studying, he made his professional debut at the Gate Theatre in Revolt in a Reformatory (1934).

1943

After a theatrical role in The Recruiting Officer (1943), Howard began working in films with an uncredited part The Way Ahead (1944), directed by Carol Reed. He was in a big stage hit, A Soldier for Christmas (1944) and a production of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1944). Howard received his first credit for The Way to the Stars (1945), playing a pilot.

1945

Howard's performance in The Way Ahead came to the attention of David Lean, who was looking for someone to play the role of Alec in Brief Encounter (1945). Lean recommended him to Noël Coward, who agreed with the suggestion, and the success of the film launched Howard's film career.

1946

He followed it with I See a Dark Stranger (1946) with Deborah Kerr, and Green for Danger (1947), starring Alastair Sim. Both films were successful as was They Made Me a Fugitive (1947). That year British exhibitors voted Howard the 10th most popular British star at the box office. So Well Remembered (1948) was made with American talent and money and was a hit in Britain but lost money overall.

1949

Howard was reunited with Lean for The Passionate Friends (1949), but the film was not a success. However The Third Man (1949), which Howard starred in alongside Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten for Carol Reed from a story by Graham Greene, was a huge international success, and became the film of which Howard was most proud. During filming in Vienna, Howard was keen to get to his favourite bar for a drink as soon as filming had finished for the evening. On one occasion, Howard was in too much of a hurry to change out of his uniform as a British Army major. After a few drinks, he got into an argument and attracted the attention of a real major, who ordered the Military Police to arrest Howard as an impostor. Howard was forced to apologise and was summoned to appear before the British commanding general, Sir Alexander Galloway.

1950

Howard was the lead in Golden Salamander (1950) and played Peter Churchill in Odette (1950) with Anna Neagle, a big hit in Britain. It was directed by Herbert Wilcox who put Howard under contract. He loaned Howard to Betty Box and Ralph Thomas to make The Clouded Yellow (1950), a popular thriller with Jean Simmons. These films helped Howard be voted the 2nd biggest British star at the box office in 1951 and the 5th biggest (and eleventh bigger over-all) in 1951.

1952

Howard was reunited with Carol Reed for Outcast of the Islands (1952) and he made a war film, Gift Horse (1952). That year he made his final appearance in Britain's ten most popular actors, coming in at number nine. He was in another adaptation of a Graham Greene story, The Heart of the Matter (1953). Greene also wrote and produced Howard's next film, the British-Italian The Stranger's Hand (1954). Howard was in a French movie, The Lovers of Lisbon (1955), then supported Jose Ferrer in a war film from Warwick Pictures, The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), which was popular in Britain.

1956

Howard's first Hollywood film was Run for the Sun (1956), where he played a villain to Richard Widmark's hero. He made a cameo in Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and again played a villain to an American star, Victor Mature, in Warwick's Interpol (1957).

1957

Howard starred in Manuela (1957) then supported William Holden in Carol Reed's The Key (1958), for which he received the Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. When William Holden dropped out of the lead of The Roots of Heaven (1958), Howard stepped in - the star part in a Hollywood film (although top billing went to Errol Flynn).

1960

Howard recorded two Shakespeare performances, the first, recorded in the 1960s, was as Petruchio opposite Margaret Leighton's Kate in Caedmon Records' complete recording of The Taming of the Shrew; the second was in the title role of King Lear for the BBC World Service in 1986.

1962

Howard was reunited with Holden for The Lion (1962). He was Captain Bligh to Marlon Brando's Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). He was in a production of Hadda Gabbler (1962) US TV and played the Victorian prime minister in The Invincible Mr Disraeli (1963), an episode of the Hallmark Hall of Fame for which he won an Emmy award for his role then supported Robert Mitchum in Man in the Middle (1964) and Cary Grant in Father Goose (1964). After a cameo in Operation Crossbow (1965), Howard supported Frank Sinatra in Von Ryan's Express (1965), Brando and Yul Brynner in Morituri (1965), and Rod Taylor in The Liquidator (1965). After a cameo in The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) he made two with Brynner, Triple Cross (1966) and The Long Duel (1967).

1968

Howard had a change of pace supporting Hayley Mills in Pretty Polly (1968). He went back to military roles: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), as Lord Cardigan, and Battle of Britain (1969). He had support parts in Lola (1969) and Ryan's Daughter (1970), the latter for David Lean.

1971

He made a Swedish film The Night Visitor (1971) then settled into a career as a character actor: To Catch a Spy (1971), supporting Kirk Douglas; Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), as Sir william Cecil; Kidnapped (1971); Pope Joan (1972); Ludwig (1972); The Offence (1972), with Sean Connery; A Doll's House (1973), for Joseph Losey; Who? (1974), supporting Elliott Gould; and Catholics (1974) for British TV.

1974

He was in some horror films - Craze (1974), Persecution (1974) - and the more prestigious 11 Harrowhouse (1974). In The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) he mentored Richard Chamberlain. He was military men in Hennessy (1975) and Conduct Unbecoming (1975). Around this time he complained that he had to work so hard because of the high rate of tax in Britain.

1976

Howard could be found in Albino (1976), shot in Rhodesia; The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); Aces High (1976); Eliza Fraser (1976), shot in Australia; The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); and Stevie (1978). He was one of many names in Superman (1978), Hurricane (1979), Meteor (1979) and The Sea Wolves (1980). He appeared in a TV series Shillingbury Tales (1980-81) and had a rare lead in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980).

1981

Howard was also top billed in Windwalker (1981). He and Celia Johnson from Brief Encounter were reunited in Staying On (1980) for British TV.

1982

Howard managed to appear in some prestigious movies towards the end of his career: The Deadly Game (1982), The Missionary (1982), Gandhi (1982), George Washington (1984), Shaka Zulu (1986), Dust (1985) and Peter the Great (1986).

1988

He died on 7 January 1988 from hepatic failure and cirrhosis of the liver in Arkley, Barnet, aged 74, and was survived by his widow Helen Cherry.

2001

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".

2003

A British government document leaked to the Sunday Times in 2003 shows that Howard was among almost 300 individuals to decline official honours. He declined a CBE in 1982.

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