Editing Trevor Howard (section)

==Early life==
Howard was born in [[Cliftonville]], Kent, England the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard-Smith, an insurance agent. His parents married in 1909
.<ref name="oxforddnb">{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-39937|title=Howard, Trevor &#91;real name Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith&#93; (1913–1988), actor|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39937|year=2004}}</ref><ref>''Trevor Howard: The Man and His Films'', Michael Munn, Robson, 1989, p. 16</ref><ref>''British Stars and Stardom: From Alma Taylor to Sean Connery'', ed. Bruce Babington, 'Trevor, not Leslie, Howard', Geoffrey McNab, Manchester University Press, 2001, p. 138</ref> Although Howard later claimed to have been born in 1916 (the year quoted by most reference sources) he was actually born in 1913 (which is supported by school and other records).{{Sfn|Pettigrew|2001|p=26}}

His father was an insurance underwriter for [[Lloyd's of London]], serving as representative in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] and elsewhere; Trevor spent the first eight years of his life travelling around the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101968559 |title=World news Howard: the epitome of British stoicism |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,088 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 January 1988 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47489919 |title=Popular star Trevor Howard hides behind beard |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=14 |issue=13 |date=7 September 1946 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was educated at [[Clifton College]]<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p. 394: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948</ref>(to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/460635/|title=BFI Screenonline: Howard, Trevor (1916–1988) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> In 1933, at the end of his first year, he was chosen as best actor in his class for his performance as Benedict in a school production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''. While Howard was still studying, he made his professional debut at the Gate Theatre in ''Revolt in a Reformatory'' (1934).
Howard's sister, born 1 January 1917 in India, was Merle Florence Howard-Smith, later an actress.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

When he left school he worked regularly on stage, including in Sheridan's ''[[The Rivals]]'', several performances at Stratford-upon-Avon, and in a two-year run in the original production of ''[[French Without Tears]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1xb/trevor-howard/past?page=2|title=Trevor Howard - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/687690/Theatre-reviews-French-Without-Tears-and-No-Villain|title=Theatre reviews: French Without Tears and No Villain|first=Michael|last=Arditti|date=10 July 2016}}</ref>