Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

September 29, 1913 · 113 years old

Trevor Howard (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was a British actor. He was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. He was educated at Clifton College (to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the Royal…

Known For

40 titles
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Gandhi

Gandhi

1982 · 3h 11m · Movie

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

8.0
2
Superman

Superman

1978 · 2h 23m · Movie

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

7.4
3
The Third Man

The Third Man

1949 · 1h 44m · Movie

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

8.1
4
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1945 · 1h 26m · Movie

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

8.0
5
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

1969 · 2h 12m · Movie

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

6.9
6
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 · 2h 58m · Movie

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.

7.2
7
Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

1965 · 1h 57m · Movie

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.

7.1
8
Father Goose

Father Goose

1964 · 1h 58m · Movie

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

7.3
9
Ryan's Daughter

Ryan's Daughter

1970 · 3h 20m · Movie

Set in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

7.4
10
The Offence

The Offence

1973 · 1h 52m · Movie

A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.

6.8
11
Meteor

Meteor

1979 · 1h 48m · Movie

The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.

5.1
12
Green for Danger

Green for Danger

1946 · 1h 31m · Movie

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.

7.4
13
The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves

1980 · 2h 0m · Movie

During World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission in neutral Goa.

6.3
14
Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971 · 2h 8m · Movie

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native ...

7.1
15
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968 · 2h 19m · Movie

In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.

6.6
16
Aces High

Aces High

1976 · 1h 54m · Movie

In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.

6.6
17
Triple Cross

Triple Cross

1966 · 2h 20m · Movie

During WW2, convicted bank robber Eddie Chapman becomes a triple agent working for both the British and the Germans.

6.3
18
White Mischief

White Mischief

1987 · 1h 47m · Movie

In 1940s Kenya, a love affair between a British aristocrat and a married woman triggers a scandal that shakes the hedonistic Happy Valley society.

6.4
19
The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

A woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.

7.2
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The Missionary

The Missionary

1982 · 1h 30m · Movie

In the early 20th century, devout Reverend Charles Fortescue returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local pro...

6.2
21
Sword of the Valiant

Sword of the Valiant

1984 · 1h 42m · Movie

The Green Knight tricks Gawain of King Arthur's round table, then gives him one year to solve a riddle or die.

4.4
22
The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · 1h 37m · Movie

During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

6.5
23
The Unholy

The Unholy

1988 · 1h 42m · Movie

A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.

5.0
24
The Night Visitor

The Night Visitor

1971 · 1h 46m · Movie

In a Scandinavian insane asylum, murderer Salem sneaks out at night to exact his revenge on those who he deems responsible for his predicament.

6.7
25
I Became a Criminal

I Became a Criminal

1947 · 1h 18m · Movie

After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.

7.2
26
Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

1960 · 1h 43m · Movie

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.

7.1
27
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1971 · 1h 40m · Movie

In eighteenth century Scotland, during the Jacobite Rebellion, David Balfour claims his inheritance from his uncle who has him shanghaied on a ship where David meets fugitive Jacobite rebel Alan Breck.

6.2
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The Key

The Key

1958 · 2h 14m · Movie

During World War II, successive tugboat British Captains sent on dangerous salvage missions pass-on the key to a home-port apartment, where a lonely Swiss-Italian young war-widow lives.

6.7
29
Johnny in the Clouds

Johnny in the Clouds

1945 · 1h 27m · Movie

The wartime daily routine on a British bomber base in southeastern England is revealed through the eyes of newly arrived Flying Officer Peter Penrose (Sir John Mills).

7.3
30
The Liquidator

The Liquidator

1965 · 1h 45m · Movie

Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.

5.9
31
11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974 · 1h 34m · Movie

Independent diamond broker Howard Chesser and his girlfriend Maren Shirell attempt a heist at a major Diamond Exchange house in London.

6.2
32
London Affair

London Affair

1970 · 1h 38m · Movie

A 38-year-old American writer of pornographic novels discovers the difficulties of being married to a 16-year-old British schoolgirl.

5.3
33
Odette

Odette

1950 · 1h 45m · Movie

During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.

6.8
34
Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 · 1h 47m · Movie

At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.

6.5
35
The Winston Affair

The Winston Affair

1964 · 1h 34m · Movie

In WW2, a US lieutenant stationed in India shoots dead a British NCO and admits his crime but his reason for the murder is so bizarre that it puzzles his defense counsel.

6.6
36
Glory at Sea

Glory at Sea

1952 · 1h 40m · Movie

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

6.3