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Trevor Howard
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Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, known professionally as Trevor Howard, was a British actor who worked in stage, film, and television. Born on September 29, 1913, in Cliftonville, Kent, England, he began his career in 1934. He received education at Clifton College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During his life, he served in the British Army and was married to Helen Cherry.
Howard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. He died of natural causes on January 7, 1988, in Bushey. His death was attributed to liver cirrhosis and liver failure, and he had previously suffered from influenza.
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Film & TV
Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK
Trevor Howard (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was a British actor. He 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.…
Known for
- The Unholy — Father Silva1988
- The Dawning — Grandfather1988
- White Mischief — Jack Soames1987
- Hand in Glove — Vicar1987
- Foreign Body — Dr Stirry1986
- Time After Time — Brigadier Croshawe1986
- Christmas Eve — Maitland1986
- Shaka Zulu — Lord Charles Somerset1986
- Peter the Great — Sir Isaac Newton1986
- Dust — Father1985
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Key facts
- Born
- Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith , ( 1913-09-29 ) 29 September 1913 , Cliftonville , Kent , England
- Died
- 7 January 1988 (1988-01-07) (aged 74), Arkley , London, England
- Resting place
- St Peter's Church, Arkley
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1934–1988
- Spouse
- Helen Cherry ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Bushey
- Spouse
- Helen Cherry
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Trevor Howard Allan Warren.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1913-09-29
- date of death
- 1988-01-07
- Commons category
- Trevor Howard
- medical condition
- influenza
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- cause of death
- liver failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- name in native language
- Trevor Howard
- birth name
- Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
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Encyclopedic overview
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) 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, reassuring…. but also capable of suggesting neurosis under the tweedy demeanour."
Howard was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor four times, winning for The Key (1958), and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Sons and Lovers (1960). His other notable film performances include Golden Salamander (1950), The Clouded Yellow (1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Lola (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Superman (1978), Gandhi (1982), and White Mischief (1987). He was also an Emmy Award recipient, and a three-time Golden Globe nominee.
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