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Trevor Howard

1913 - 1988

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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.” He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor four times, winning for The Key (1958), and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Sons and Lovers (1960). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Trevor Howard has received more than 2,152,003 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Trevor Howard is the 371st most popular actor (up from 1,563rd in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,611th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 64.85

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  • 39

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  • 9.14

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  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Trevor Howard ranks 371 out of 13,578. Before him are Diana Rigg, Bill Bixby, Juliette Gréco, Fanny Ardant, John Cleese, and Mylène Demongeot. After him are Margot Robbie, Frances Farmer, Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham, Jane Russell, and Lana Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Trevor Howard ranks 31. Before him are Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Paul Erdős, Silvio Piola, Bảo Đại, Carmen Amaya, and Stanford Moore. After him are Frances Farmer, Irwin Shaw, Wolfgang Paul, Leônidas, Werner Mölders, and Albert Ellis. Among people deceased in 1988, Trevor Howard ranks 15. Before him are Robert A. Heinlein, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chet Baker, Roy Orbison, Klaus Fuchs, and Nikolaas Tinbergen. After him are André Frédéric Cournand, Juan Pujol García, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Raymond Carver, John Holmes, and Kim Philby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Trevor Howard ranks 495 out of 8,785. Before him are George Everest (1790), Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), James Callaghan (1912), Thomas Carlyle (1795), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), and Henry Hudson (1570). After him are James I of Scotland (1394), Richard Branson (1950), James IV of Scotland (1473), John Couch Adams (1819), Patrick Stewart (1940), and Ian McEwan (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Trevor Howard ranks 62. Before him are John Rhys-Davies (1944), Tim Curry (1946), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Kate Winslet (1975), Diana Rigg (1938), and John Cleese (1939). After him are Patrick Stewart (1940), Richard Griffiths (1947), Gerard Butler (1969), Albert Finney (1936), Tom Wilkinson (1948), and Donald Pleasence (1919).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Third Man
Major Calloway
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Aug 31o 19497.9 / 10
Superman
1st Elder
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14o 19787.1 / 10
Gandhi
Judge Broomfield
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Dec 1o 19827.6 / 10