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Date of Birth

29 September 1913, Cliftonville, Kent, England, UK

Date of Death

7 January 1988, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK (influenza and bronchitis)

Birth Name

Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse

Helen Cherry

(8 September 1944 - 7 January 1988) (his death)

Trivia

He allegedly declined to receive a British honor of knighthood.

He was offered the key role of Edgar Trent (Alan Webb) in The First Great Train Robbery (1979).

Although he did not get along with Marlon Brando while filming Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), he and Keith McConnell were largely responsible for helping Brando win a lawsuit against a British newspaper.

He was a close friend of Jack Hawkins and Kenneth More.

He was a close friend of Sir David Lean, who regretted that Howard was not young enough to play James Fox's role in A Passage to India (1984).

Personal Quotes

I've been number two in films for donkey's years.

Noel Coward did do some directing and co-directing. It's just not a polite enough profession to suit him, though.

All my performances are good enough to be seen; I'm not ashamed of anything I've done.

Good God, some of the new young actors say they don't know whether they wanted to be actors or not! I cannot understand this. To me, it is like saying you can't make up your mind whether or not you love a certain woman. If you don't then take a walk. In acting, as in love, there is no place for indifference.

[on Sophia Loren] That's a real working woman. Not like those teenage tots who think once they've been in a picture, they're too important to be gracious enough to their colleagues by being on time.

[on director Carol Reed] Carol doesn't only make films, he lives, breathes, eats and drinks them.

[on Celia Johnson] Celia Johnson was the best actress I've ever worked with. Beneath Celia's Women's Institute gentility there was a most lovable woman and a real trooper.

(On Ryan's Daughter (1970/I)) Three hours was rather long for a trifling love story.

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