Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/29/1913
Place of Birth
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Also Known As
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
Trevor Howard
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 ali...
Known For
Around the World in 80 Days
as Denis Fallentin
Hurricane
as Father Malone
The Missionary
as Lord Henry Ames
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
Operation Crossbow
as Professor Lindemann
The Key
as Capt. Chris Ford
Triple Cross
as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
The Catholics
as The Abbot
Gandhi
as Judge Broomfield
Gift Horse
as Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
Father Goose
as Commander Frank Houghton
Superman
as 1st Elder
Morituri
as Colonel Statter
Craze
as Supt. Bellamy
Meteor
as Sir Michael Hughes
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Squire Western
Conduct Unbecoming
as Colonnello Benjamin Strang
Windwalker
as Windwalker
White Mischief
as Jack Soames
Christmas Eve
as Maitland
Career Timeline
1986
1985
1984
1982
1980
Staying On
as Col. Tusker Smalley
Windwalker
as Windwalker
Superman II
as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
The Sea Wolves
as Jack Cartwright
The Shillingbury Blowers
as Saltie
Shillingbury Tales
as Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
Flashpoint Africa
as Program Controller