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Acting

Trevor Howard

Career: Active from 1944 to 1988, busiest in 1980 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 61
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Third Man
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Trevor Howard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 13
Political Intrigue 9
Melancholy 6
Character Study 6
Social Commentary 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
World War II 5
Intrigue 5
Psychological Drama 5
Period Piece 5
Character-Driven 4
Complex Characters 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

112

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

30 titles · average score 64

The Unholy

38

as Father Silva

White Mischief

70

as Jack Soames

Shaka Zulu

74

TV show · as Lord Charles Somerset

Peter the Great

78

TV show · as Sir Isaac Newton

Memory of the Camps

65

as Narrator

God Rot Tunbridge Wells!

as Georg Friedrich Handel

Gandhi

82

as Judge Broomfield

The Missionary

59

as Lord Henry Ames

Light Years Away

70

as Yoshka Poliakeff

Windwalker

71

as Windwalker

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

74

as Sir Henry Rawlinson

The Sea Wolves

54

as Jack Cartwright

1970s

31 titles · average score 53

Meteor

28

as Michael Hughes

Slavers

43

as Alec Mackenzie

The Count of Monte-Cristo

70

as Abbé Faria

Conduct Unbecoming

62

as Colonel Benjamin Strang

Persecution

34

as Paul Bellamy

Who?

54

as Colonel Azarin

Ludwig

56

as Richard Wagner

The Offence

70

as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant

A Doll's House

55

as Dr. Rank

The Night Visitor

37

as Inspector

Catch Me a Spy

42

as Trevor Dawson

Ryan's Daughter

59

as Father Collins

1960s

21 titles · average score 63

Battle of Britain

64

as Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

The Charge of the Light Brigade

65

as Lord Cardigan

Pretty Polly

51

as Robert Hook

The Long Duel

55

as Freddie Young

Triple Cross

53

as Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)

Von Ryan's Express

81

as Maj. Eric Fincham

Operation Crossbow

59

as Professor Lindemann

The Liquidator

60

as Mostyn

Father Goose

77

as Commander Frank Houghton

Mutiny on the Bounty

64

as Capt. William Bligh

The Lion

60

as John Bullit

Sons and Lovers

64

as Walter Morel

1950s

19 titles · average score 60

The Roots of Heaven

58

as Morel

The Key

64

as Capt. Chris Ford

Manuela

62

as James Prothero

Interpol

54

as Frank McNally

Run for the Sun

50

as Browne

The Cockleshell Heroes

55

as Captain Thompson

Lovers' Net

58

as Inspector Lewis

The Heart of the Matter

67

as Harry Scobie

Outcast of the Islands

59

as Peter Willems

Golden Salamander

63

as David Redfern

Odette

59

as Captain Peter Churchill

The Clouded Yellow

60

as Maj. David Somers

1940s

11 titles · average score 75

The Third Man

91

as Major Calloway

The Passionate Friends

70

as Prof. Steven Stratton

Studio One

65

TV show · as Vittorio

They Made Me a Fugitive

73

as George Clement 'Clem' Morgan

So Well Remembered

69

as Dr. Richard Whiteside

Green for Danger

73

as Dr. Barnes

I See a Dark Stranger

75

as Lt. David Bayne

Brief Encounter

87

as Dr. Alec Harvey

The Way to the Stars

69

as Squadron Leader Carter

The Way Ahead

84

as Officer on Ship (uncredited)

The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal

as Briefing Officer