Editing Trevor Howard (section)

==Career==
After a theatrical role in ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'' (1943), Howard began working in films with an uncredited part ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944), directed by [[Carol Reed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/3j9/the-recruiting-officer/production/7tv|title=Production of The Recruiting Officer - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> He was in a big stage hit, ''[[A Soldier for Christmas]]'' (1944), and a production of Eugene O'Neill's ''[[Anna Christie]]'' (1944). Howard received his first film credit for ''[[The Way to the Stars]]'' (1945), playing a pilot.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16837b1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501073832/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16837b1|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2016|title=Trevor Howard}}</ref>

Howard's performance in ''The Way Ahead'' came to the attention of [[David Lean]], who was looking for someone to play the role of Alec in ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' (1945). Lean recommended him to [[Noël Coward]], who agreed with the suggestion, and the success of the film launched Howard's film career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69696/brief-encounter#articles-reviews|title=Brief Encounter (1945) - Articles - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

He followed it with ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]'' (1946) with [[Deborah Kerr]], and ''[[Green for Danger (film)|Green for Danger]]'' (1947), starring [[Alastair Sim]]. Both films were successful as was ''[[They Made Me a Fugitive]]'' (1947). That year British exhibitors voted Howard the 10th most popular British star at the box office.<ref>'Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O. Crown', ''The Washington Post'' (1923–1954) [Washington, D.C.] 3 Jan 1948: 12.</ref> ''[[So Well Remembered]]'' (1948) was made with American talent and money and was a hit in Britain but lost money overall.  Howard was reunited with Lean for ''[[The Passionate Friends (1949 film)|The Passionate Friends]]'' (1949), but the film was not a success.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

However, ''[[The Third Man]]'' (1949), which Howard starred in alongside [[Orson Welles]] and [[Joseph Cotten]] for [[Carol Reed]] from a story by [[Graham Greene]], was a huge international success, and became the film of which Howard was most proud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/more/reviews/trevor-howard-a-personal-biography-1200552249/|title=Trevor Howard: A Personal Biography|author=Variety Staff|date=15 December 2001}}</ref> 

During filming of ''The Third Man'' in [[Vienna]], Howard was keen to get to his favourite bar each night, for a drink, as soon as filming had finished for the evening. On one occasion, Howard was in too much of a hurry to even bother changing out of his costume, which was the uniform of a [[British Army]] major. After a few drinks, he got into an argument that attracted the attention of the [[Royal Military Police]], who detained him for impersonating a British officer. The MPs, being non-commissioned officers, had to summon an officer to actually perform the arrest. On the lieutenant's arrival the matter was settled with apologies all around.{{Sfn|Drazin|1999|p=65}}

Howard was the lead in ''[[Golden Salamander (film)|Golden Salamander]]'' (1950) and played [[Peter Churchill]] in ''[[Odette (1950 film)|Odette]]'' (1950) with [[Anna Neagle]], a big hit in Britain. It was directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]] who put Howard under contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229614099 |title=Actor's safety clause |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=2461 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1950 |page=46 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He loaned Howard to [[Betty Box]] and [[Ralph Thomas]] to make ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1950), a popular thriller with [[Jean Simmons]]. These films helped Howard be voted the 2nd biggest British star at the box office in 1950<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55851326 |title=Hope tops list for popularity. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=30 December 1950 |page=5 Supplement: Sunday Magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and the 5th biggest (and eleventh bigger over-all) in 1951.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63397098 |title=Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |location=Qld. |date=29 December 1951 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Howard was reunited with Carol Reed for ''[[Outcast of the Islands]]'' (1952) and he made a war film, ''[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]'' (1952). That year he made his final appearance on the list of Britain's ten most popular actors, coming in at number nine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18504988 |title=COMEDIAN TOPS FILM POLL. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)|The Sunday Herald]] |location=Sydney |date=28 December 1952 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was in another adaptation of a Graham Greene story, ''[[The Heart of the Matter (film)|The Heart of the Matter]]'' (1953). Greene also wrote and produced Howard's next film, the British-Italian ''[[The Stranger's Hand]]'' (1954).
Howard was in a French movie, ''[[The Lovers of Lisbon]]'' (1955), then supported [[Jose Ferrer]] in a war film from [[Warwick Pictures]], ''[[The Cockleshell Heroes]]'' (1955), which was popular in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71156/the-cockleshell-heroes#articles-reviews|title=The Cockleshell Heroes (1956) - Articles - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

Howard's first Hollywood film was ''[[Run for the Sun]]'' (1956), where he played a villain to [[Richard Widmark]]'s hero. He made a cameo in ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) and again played a villain to an American star, [[Victor Mature]], in Warwick's ''[[Interpol (film)|Interpol]]'' (1957).

Howard starred in ''[[Manuela (1957 film)|Manuela]]'' (1957) then supported [[William Holden]] in Carol Reed's ''[[The Key (1958 film)|The Key]]'' (1958), for which he received the Best Actor award from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]. When William Holden dropped out of the lead of ''[[The Roots of Heaven (film)|The Roots of Heaven]]'' (1958), Howard stepped in as his first opportunity at a starring role in a Hollywood film (although top billing still went to [[Errol Flynn]]).

After a thriller ''[[Moment of Danger]]'' (1960) he was in ''[[Sons and Lovers (film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' (1960), for which he was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. He was nominated for a BAFTA on four other occasions. and received two other Emmy nominations, one as a lead and the other as a supporting actor. He also received three [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Howard was reunited with Holden for ''[[The Lion (film)|The Lion]]'' (1962). He was [[Captain Bligh]] to [[Marlon Brando]]'s [[Fletcher Christian]] in MGM's remake of  ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962). He was in a TV movie production of ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' (1962)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41860194 |title=Ibsens "HEDDA GABLER" |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=30 |issue=19 |date=10 October 1962 |page=4 (Television) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and played the title prime minister in "The Invincible Mr Disraeli" (1963), an episode of the ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' for which he won an [[Emmy Award]] for his role then supported [[Robert Mitchum]] in ''[[Man in the Middle (film)|Man in the Middle]]'' (1964) and [[Cary Grant]] in ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]'' (1964). After a cameo in ''[[Operation Crossbow (film)|Operation Crossbow]]'' (1965), Howard supported [[Frank Sinatra]] in ''[[Von Ryan's Express]]'' (1965), Brando and [[Yul Brynner]] in ''[[Morituri (1965 film)|Morituri]]'' (1965), and [[Rod Taylor]] in ''[[The Liquidator (1965 film)|The Liquidator]]'' (1965). After a leading role in ''[[The Poppy Is Also a Flower]]'' (1966) he made two movies with Brynner, ''[[Triple Cross (1966 film)|Triple Cross]]'' (1966) and ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967).

Howard had a change of pace supporting [[Hayley Mills]] in ''[[Pretty Polly (film)|Pretty Polly]]'' (1968). He went back to military roles: ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968), as [[Lord Cardigan]], and ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969), as [[Keith Park|Air Vice Marshal Keith Park]]. He had support parts in ''[[Lola (1969 film)|Lola]]'' (1969) and ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]'' (1970), the latter for David Lean.

He made a Swedish film ''[[The Night Visitor]]'' (1971) then settled into a career as a character actor: ''[[To Catch a Spy]]'' (1971), supporting [[Kirk Douglas]]; ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'' (1971), as [[Sir William Cecil]]; ''[[Kidnapped (1971 film)|Kidnapped]]'' (1971); ''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]'' (1972); ''[[Ludwig (film)|Ludwig]]'' (1972); ''[[The Offence]]'' (1972), with [[Sean Connery]]; ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Losey film)|A Doll's House]]'' (1973), for [[Joseph Losey]]; ''[[Who? (film)|Who?]]'' (1974), supporting [[Elliott Gould]]; and ''[[Catholics (film)|Catholics]]'' (1974) for British TV.

He appeared in some horror films – ''[[Craze (film)|Craze]]'' (1974), ''[[Persecution (film)|Persecution]]'' (1974) – and the more prestigious ''[[11 Harrowhouse]]'' (1974), in which his wife Helen Cherry starred with him. In ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)]]'', he mentored Richard Chamberlain. He played military men in ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]'' (1975) and ''[[Conduct Unbecoming (1975 film)|Conduct Unbecoming]]'' (1975). Around this time he complained that he had to work so hard because of the high rate of tax in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41408557 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILM FOR THE ACTOR WITH "THE LIVED-IN FACE"? |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=42 |issue=52 |date=28 May 1975 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Howard could be found in ''[[Albino (film)|Albino]]'' (1976), shot in [[Rhodesia]]; ''[[The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones]]'' (1976); ''[[Aces High (film)|Aces High]]'' (1976); ''[[Eliza Fraser (film)|Eliza Fraser]]'' (1976), shot in Australia;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110805112 |title=Million-dollar movie planned |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=50 |issue=14,311 |date=26 February 1976 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]'' (1977); and ''[[Stevie (1978 film)|Stevie]]'' (1978). He was one of many names in ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978), ''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]'' (1979), ''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' (1980). He appeared in a TV series ''[[Shillingbury Tales]]'' (1980–81). One of his strangest films, and one he took great delight in, was [[Vivian Stanshall]]'s ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' (1980), in which he played the title role.  He and [[Celia Johnson]] from ''Brief Encounter'' were reunited in ''[[Staying On]]'' (1980) for British TV.

Howard was also top-billed in ''[[Windwalker (film)|Windwalker]]'' (1981).