Today in Comics History, September 29: Happy birthday, Trevor Howard!

Born on this day in 1913: actor Trevor Howard of Brief Encounter, The Third Man, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Battle of Britain, Ryan's Daughter, Sons and Lovers (Best Actor nominee), Gandhi and many more...including playing Captain Bligh in the Brando version of Mutiny on the Bounty, which of course means...



from "Mutiny on the Bouncy" in MAD #80 (July 1963), script by Larry Siegel, pencils and inks by Wally Wood
I have deleted some gay-panic dialogue in the second panel (sigh).
Howard also played The First Krypton Elder in Christopher Reeves's Superman (1978), in which he was excellent in the role of the guy who was "just asking some questions" of Jor-El. Hmm, wonder whatever happened to that guy? He woulda been io a comic book too, if DC hadn't negotitaed the worst deal in the universe and was prevented from adapting the movie's story into a comic. But at least we got this:


from All-New Collectors' Edition #C-62 [Superman: The Movie] (DC, March 1979)
Happy birthday, Trevor Howard!