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Trevor Howard
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Birth name
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith
Height
6' 1"
Spouse
Helen Cherry
(1944 - 7 January 1988) (his death)
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Prolific British actor who effortlessly jumped from starring to supporting roles, playing heroes and heavies alike, from the 1940s to the 1960s, taking character parts exclusively in the years just prior to his death. Howard studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted on the London stage for several years before World War 2 interrupted his career; he served with the Royal Artillery until being wounded and honorably discharged. Returning to acting, he entered films with The Way Ahead (1944) and delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with his intense yet underplayed turn as one of the lovers in David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945). Howard, pleasant looking but hardly a matinee idol, developed into a fine screen performer with an unobtrusive style, and worked in English- and American-made movies. He was memorable in The Third Man (1949, as the tightlipped police major), Sons and Lovers (1960, earning an Oscar nomination as the drunken Walter Morel in this D. H. Lawrence adaptation), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962, as Captain Bligh), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968, as Lord Cardigan), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971, as Lord Burleigh), Pope Joan (1972, as Pope Leo), Ludwig (1973, as Richard Wagner), and A Doll's House (also 1973, with Jane Fonda; as Dr. Rank). Sadly, many of the actor's later films were unworthy of his talent, and in his 1980s films the ruddyfaced, brown-haired Howard frequently appeared to be in poor health.
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