Paul Scofield
Born in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK — Jan 21 1922• Died Mar 19 2008
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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…
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BBC Play of the Month
Lewis Lambert Strether
Playhouse
Verner Conklin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Narrator (voice)
Martin Chuzzlewit
Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
Quiz Show
Mark Van Doren
A Man for All Seasons
Thomas More
The Train
von Waldheim
Henry V
French King
The Crucible
Judge Thomas Danforth
Hamlet
The Ghost
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
Male of the Species
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
The Red Tent
Main Judge (uncredited)
That Lady
King Philip II of Spain
Discovering Hamlet
The Ghost (archive footage)
King Lear
King Lear
Scorpio
Sergei Zharkov
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Narrator (voice)
Kurosawa
Kurosawa (voice)
Tell Me Lies
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Narrator (voice)
A Delicate Balance
Tobias
Utz
Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Anna Karenina
Karenin
Male of the Species
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Carve Her Name with Pride
Tony Fraser
The Little Riders
Grandpa Roden
Bartleby
The Accountant
The Ambassadors
Lewis Lambert Strether
Nineteen Nineteen
Alexander Scherbatov
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
The Potting Shed
James Califer
Come Into The Garden Maud
Verner Conklin
When the Whales Came
The Birdman
A Kind of Alaska
Dr. Hornby
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Mr. Corbett
London
Narrator (voice)
Summer Lightning
Old Robert Clarke
The Hotel in Amsterdam
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Narrator (voice)
A Song At Twilight
Hugo Latymer
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Narrator (voice)
Robinson in Space
Narrator (voice)
Surrender To Everest
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