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Biography of Trevor Howard - Actor
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Trevor Howard CBE (September 29, 1913 - January 7, 1988) was a United Kingdom|British actor. Born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith in Cliftonville, Kent, he was educated at Clifton College, Bristol and he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted on the London stage for several years before World War II. 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. He married the actress Helen Cherry (1915-2001) in 1944. Howard later appeared in such films as Mutiny on the Bounty (fiction)#The 1962 Version|Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Von Ryan's Express (1965), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Ryan's Daughter (1969), The Battle of Britain (film)|The Battle of Britain (1969), Mary, Queen of Scots (movie)|Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Pope Joan (movie)|Pope Joan (1972), Ludwig (1972 film)|Ludwig (1972), A Doll's House (movie)|A Doll's House (1973), Superman, The Dawning (1988) and White Mischief (1988). He died at the age of 74 from a combination of bronchitis, influenza and jaundice, in Arkley, Hertfordshire, in 1988. He is commemorated by the The Trevor Howard Bar at The Orange Tree Theatre in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond, Surrey. UK-actor-stub

