Trevor Howard
English film, stage and television actor (1913-1988) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 74
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was an English stage and screen actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film Brief Encounter (1945), followed by The Third Man (1949), portraying what BFI Screenonline called "a new kind of male lead in British films: steady, middle-class,...
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The UnholyFilm, 1988Father Silva1986
Peter the GreatSeries, Sir Isaac Newton1984
George WashingtonSeries, Lord Fairfax
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightFilm, 1984The King1982
Inside the Third ReichSeries, Prof. Heinrich Tessenow1980
Superman IIFilm, Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)1978
Scorpion TalesSeries, Mavor1977
The Last Remake of Beau GesteFilm, Sir Hector1975
The Count of Monte-CristoFilm, Abbé Faria1974
Spécial cinémaSeries1971
KidnappedFilm, Lord Advocate1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, The Abbot
Battle of BritainFilm, 1969Air Vice Marshal Keith Park1965
MorituriFilm, Colonel Statter1963Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries
Mutiny on the BountyFilm, 1962Capt. William Bligh1959BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward1958
The KeyFilm, Capt. Chris Ford1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1956
Around the World in 80 DaysFilm, Denis Fallentin1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Benjamin Disraeli1949
The Passionate FriendsFilm, Prof. Steven Stratton1948
Studio OneSeries, Vittorio1946
Green for DangerFilm, Dr. Barnes1944
The Way AheadFilm, Officer on Ship (uncredited)1913Born29 September 1913People around Trevor
Carol Reed Directed The Third Man and Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Anderson Directed Around the World in 80 Days (1957)
Ronald Neame Directed Meteor and Golden Salamander
David Lean Directed Brief Encounter and Ryan's Daughter
Jack Cardiff Directed Sons and Lovers and The Lion- Jack Gold Directed Aces High, Catholics and Who?
Richard Donner Directed Superman and Lola
John Gielgud Also in Gandhi and Around the World in 80 Days
John Mills Also in Gandhi and Around the World in 80 Days
Guy Hamilton Directed Battle of Britain and Manuela- Terence Young Directed Triple Cross (1967)
László Benedek Directed The Night Visitor and Moment of Danger
Sidney Gilliat Directed Green for Danger (1947)
Jürgen Goslar Directed Albino and Slavers
Frank Launder Directed I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Mutiny on the Bounty and Morituri- Anthony Havelock-Allan Produced Brief Encounter and Ryan's Daughter
Marlon Brando Also in Superman and Mutiny on the Bounty
Christopher Plummer Also in Battle of Britain and Triple Cross
Yul Brynner Also in Morituri and The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Richard Harris Duets: Abbe Faria
Noël Coward Produced Brief Encounter (1946)- Gordon Jackson Also in Triple Cross and Mutiny on the Bounty
Wilfrid Hyde-White Also in The Passionate Friends and The Third Man
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The Third Man 1949
Brief Encounter 1945
Gandhi 1982
Ludwig 1973
Superman 1978
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 19
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After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film Brief Encounter (1945), followed by The Third Man (1949), portraying what BFI Screenonline called "a new kind of male lead in British films: steady, middle-class, reassuring…. but also capable of suggesting neurosis under the tweedy demeanour."
