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Biography
Early life
Born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith in Cliftonville, Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted on the London stage for several years before World War II. He married the actress Helen Cherry (1915-2001) on 8 September 1944.
Film career
His first major role was in Brief Encounter in 1945, and starred in The Third Man (1949), The Key (1958) and Sons and Lovers (1960), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
A great character actor, many times appearing in war and period pieces. Howard later appeared in such films as Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Father Goose (1964), Von Ryan's Express (1965), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Ryan's Daughter (1969), The Battle of Britain (1969), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Pope Joan (1972), Ludwig (1972), A Doll's House (1973), Superman (1978), White Mischief (1987) and The Dawning (1988). One of his strangest films, and one he took great delight in was Vivian Stanshall's 1978 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End in which he played the title role.
Death
He died from a combination of bronchitis, influenza and jaundice, in Arkley in 1988 at the age of 71, survived by his widow Helen.
Legacy
He is commemorated by the Trevor Howard Bar at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames.
