Paul Scofield
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David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a seven-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seven-year span, the fastest of any performer to accomplish the feat. Scofield received Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 1962 Tony Awards for portraying Sir Thomas More in the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons. Four years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor when he reprised the role in the 1966 film adaptation, making him one of nine to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. His Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie was achieved for the 1969 television film Male of the Species. Preferring the stage to the screen and putting his family before his career, Scofield nonetheless established a reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. Among other accolades, his performance as Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the BAFTA Awards for portraying Thomas Danforth in The Crucible (1996). Scofield declined the honour of a knighthood, but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Scofield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
King Lear (1970)
as King Lear
Quiz Show (1994)
as Mark Van Doren
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as Thomas More
The Crucible (1996)
as Judge Thomas Danforth
Henry V (1989)
as French King
Kurosawa (2000)
as Kurosawa (voice)
Hamlet (1990)
as The Ghost
The Train (1964)
as von Waldheim
Bartleby (1970)
as The Accountant
The Red Tent (1969)
as Main Judge (uncredited)
A Song At Twilight (1982)
as Hugo Latymer
Mister Corbett's Ghost (1987)
as Mr. Corbett
Scorpio (1973)
as Sergei Zharkov
The Potting Shed (1981)
as James Califer
Animal Farm (1999)
as Boxer (voice)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
as Narrator (voice)
The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)
Actor
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
as Tony Fraser
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Otto Frank
Surrender To Everest (1971)
as Narrator
The Little Riders (1996)
as Grandpa Roden
That Lady (1955)
as King Philip II of Spain
Utz (1992)
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Male of the Species (1969)
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Anna Karenina (1985)
as Karenin
When the Whales Came (1989)
as The Birdman
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
A Delicate Balance (1973)
as Tobias
Come Into The Garden Maud (1982)
as Verner Conklin
London (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Tell Me Lies (1968)
Actor
A Kind of Alaska (1984)
as Dr. Hornby
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as The Ghost (archive footage)
Robinson in Space (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Nineteen Nineteen (1985)
as Alexander Scherbatov
Summer Lightning (1985)
as Old Robert Clarke
The Ambassadors (1977)
as Lewis Lambert Strether