Paul Scofield
Born: 1922-01-21 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2008-03-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2011
- Discovering Hamlet as The Ghost (archive footage)
2000
- Kurosawa as Kurosawa (voice)
1999
- Animal Farm as Boxer (voice)
- Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages as Narrator (voice)
1997
- Robinson in Space as Narrator (voice)
1996
- The Crucible as Judge Thomas Danforth
- The Little Riders as Grandpa Roden
1994
- Quiz Show as Mark Van Doren
- London as Narrator (voice)
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood as Narrator (voice)
- Martin Chuzzlewit as Old Martin Chuzzlewit
1992
- Utz as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
1990
- Hamlet as The Ghost
1989
- Henry V as French King
- When the Whales Came as The Birdman
1988
- The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Otto Frank
1987
- Mr. Corbett's Ghost as Mr. Corbett
1985
- Summer Lightning as Old Robert Clarke
- Anna Karenina as Karenin
- Nineteen Nineteen as Alexander Scherbatov
1984
- A Kind of Alaska as Dr. Hornby
- The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Narrator (voice)
1982
- Come Into The Garden Maud as Verner Conklin
- A Song At Twilight as Hugo Latymer
1980
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Narrator (voice)
1977
- The Ambassadors as Lewis Lambert Strether
1974
- Playhouse as Verner Conklin
1973
- Scorpio as Sergei Zharkov
- A Delicate Balance as Tobias
1969
- The Red Tent as Main Judge (uncredited)
- Male of the Species as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
- Male of the Species as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
1968
1966
- A Man for All Seasons as Thomas More
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Lewis Lambert Strether
1964
- The Train as von Waldheim
1958
- Carve Her Name with Pride as Tony Fraser
1955
- That Lady as King Philip II of Spain
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Narrator (voice)