Howard 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 Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), acting on the London stage for several years before World War II. His first paid work was in the play Revolt in a Reformatory (1934), before he left RADA in 1935 to take small roles.
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The Third Man
As Major Calloway
Gandhi
As Judge Broomfield
Brief Encounter
As Dr. Alec Harvey
Ludwig
As Richard Wagner
Superman
As 1st Elder
Around the World in Eighty Days
As Denis Fallentin
Foreign Body
As Dr Stirry
The Count of Monte-Cristo
As Abbé Faria
Triple Cross
As Freddie Young (Distinguished Civilian)
Father Goose
As Commander Frank Houghton
Mutiny on the Bounty
As Capt. William Bligh
Von Ryan's Express
As Major Eric Fincham
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
As The King
Battle of Britain
As Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
Kidnapped
As Lord Advocate
The Offence
As Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant
The Liquidator
As Mostyn
I See a Dark Stranger
As Lt. David Bayne
Meteor
As Sir Michael Hughes
Green for Danger
As Dr. Barnes
The Charge of the Light Brigade
As Lord Cardigan
Operation Crossbow
As Professor Lindemann
White Mischief
As Jack Soames
Morituri
As Colonel Statter
The Catholics
As The Abbot
Aces High
As Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
The Clouded Yellow
As Maj. David Somers
Interpol
As Frank McNally
Mary, Queen of Scots
As William Cecil
Ryan's Daughter
As Father Collins
Time After Time
As Brigadier Croshawe
The Cockleshell Heroes
As Captain Thompson
Run for the Sun
As Browne
Squaring the Circle
They Made Me a Fugitive
As George Clement 'Clem' Morgan
Odette
As Captain Peter Churchill
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
As Sir Henry Rawlinson
The Passionate Friends
As Prof. Steven Stratton
The Sea Wolves
As Jack Cartwright
The Missionary
As Lord Henry Ames
Gift Horse
As Lt. Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser
The Night Visitor
As Inspector
Dust
As Father
Hennessy
As Comdr. Rice
Sons and Lovers
As Walter Morel
Hurricane
As Father Malone
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
As Sir Hector
The Roots of Heaven
As Morel
Catch Me a Spy
As Trevor Dawson
Who?
As Colonel Azarin
The Lion
As John Bullit
The Unholy
As Father Silva
Outcast of the Islands
As Peter Willems
Twinky
As Twinky's Grandfather
Conduct Unbecoming
As Colonnello Benjamin Strang
The Long Duel
As Freddie Young
Golden Salamander
As David Redfern
Light Years Away
As Yoshka Poliakeff
Persecution
As Paul Bellamy
The Key
As Capt. Chris Ford
Craze
As Supt. Bellamy
Lovers' Net
As Inspector Lewis
Hedda Gabler
As Ejlert Lövborg
Man in the Middle
As Major Kensington
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
As Sam Lincoln
The Heart of the Matter
As Harry Scobie
The Dawning
As Grandfather
Slavers
As Alec Mackenzie
Moment of Danger
As John Bain
A Doll's House
As Dr. Rank
So Well Remembered
As Dr. Richard Whiteside
The Stranger's Hand
As Major Roger Court
11 Harrowhouse
As Clyde Massey
God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
As Georg Friedrich Handel
Stevie
As The Man
The Shillingbury Blowers
As Saltie
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
As Capt. Foster Fyans
Memory of the Camps
As Narrator
Death in the Sun
As Johannes
Inside the Third Reich
As Prof. Heinrich Tessenow
Lady Godiva Rides Again
As Guest at Theater Accepting Program (uncredited)
Windwalker
As Windwalker
Manuela
As James Prothero
Christmas Eve
As Maitland
Hand in Glove
As Vicar
The Way to the Stars
As Squadron Leader Carter
The Deadly Game
As Gustave Kummer
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
As Squire Western
Pope Joan
As Pope Leo
Staying On
As Col. Tusker Smalley
Pretty Polly
As Robert Hook
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
As Narrator (fragment version)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
As Self
The Way Ahead
As Officer on Ship (uncredited)
Flashpoint Africa
As Program Controller
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
As Benjamin Disraeli
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
As Riviere
The Bengal Lancers!
As Uncle George
Superman II
As Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eagle in a Cage
As Napoleon
The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
As Briefing Officer
Studio One
As Vittorio
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Benjamin Disraeli
Shaka Zulu
As Lord Charles Somerset
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
As Dr. Derek Lester
The 20th Century Fox Hour
As Doug Elliott
Shillingbury Tales
As Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
George Washington
As Lord Fairfax
Scorpion Tales
As Mavor
Peter the Great
As Sir Isaac Newton
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self
Frontline
As Narrator (voice)
Origins of the Mafia
As Don Consalvo Saccone
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
As Self
Spécial cinéma
As Self
Ludwig
As Richard Wagner
Time for Murder
As Sir Daniel Penwarden
The Dick Cavett Show
As Self - Guest