Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

September 29, 1913 · 112 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

30 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
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
11
Green for Danger

Green for Danger

1946 · 1h 31m · Movie

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

7.4
12
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
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

1949 · 1h 35m · Movie

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

7.2
17
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
18
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
19
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
20
The Unholy

The Unholy

1988 · 1h 42m · Movie

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

5.0
21
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
22
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
23
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
24
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
25
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
26
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
27
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
28
Craze

Craze

1974 · 1h 36m · Movie

A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol.

5.1
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The Long Duel

The Long Duel

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

To protest against British oppression and tyranny a tribal leader becomes a bandit.

5.9
30
Catch Me a Spy

Catch Me a Spy

1971 · 1h 34m · Movie

Andrej (Kirk Douglas), a smuggler of microfilmed Russian manuscripts, uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers to transport the contraband out of the country.

5.2