resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
saint peter 's church , arkley 7 january 1988 arkley , barnet , hertfordshire , england , uk 1934 -- 88 cliftonville , kent , england , uk trevor howard 29 september 1913 helen cherry -lrb- 1944-88 -rrb- trevor howard allan warren.jpg trevor howard
 trevor wallace howard-smith actor
trevor howard

trevor howard -lrb- born trevor wallace howard-smith ; 29 september 1913 -- 7 january 1988 -rrb- was an english actor .
after varied stage work , he achieved wide acclaim in the film of noël coward 's `` brief encounter '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- , followed by `` the third man '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- .
this led to many popular appearances on film and tv .
his distinguished war record is claimed to have been fabricated .
