Paul Scofield
Acting
Born January 21, 1922, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
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
- 2011Discovering Hamlet — The Ghost (archive footage)
- 2000Kurosawa — Kurosawa (voice)
- 1999Animal Farm — Boxer (voice)
- 1999Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages — Narrator (voice)
- 1997Robinson in Space — Narrator (voice)
- 1996The Crucible — Judge Thomas Danforth
- 1996The Little Riders — Grandpa Roden
- 1994Genesis: The Creation and the Flood — Narrator (voice)
- 1994London — Narrator (voice)
- Martin Chuzzlewit — Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
- 1994Quiz Show — Mark Van Doren
- 1992Utz — Dr. Vaclav Orlik
- 1990Hamlet — The Ghost
- 1989Henry V — French King
- 1989When the Whales Came — The Birdman
- 1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank — Otto Frank
- 1987Mister Corbett's Ghost — Mr. Corbett
- 1985Anna Karenina — Karenin
- 1985Nineteen Nineteen — Alexander Scherbatov
- 1985Summer Lightning — Old Robert Clarke
- 1984A Kind of Alaska — Dr. Hornby
- 1984The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel — Narrator (voice)
- 1982A Song At Twilight — Hugo Latymer
- 1982Come Into The Garden Maud — Verner Conklin
- Celebrity Playhouse — James Callifer
- 1981The Potting Shed — James Califer
- 1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb — Narrator (voice)
- 1977The Ambassadors — Lewis Lambert Strether
- Playhouse — Verner Conklin, Sir Hugo Latymer
- 1973A Delicate Balance — Tobias
- 1973Scorpio — Sergei Zharkov
- 1971Surrender To Everest — Narrator
- 1971The Hotel in Amsterdam
- 1970Bartleby — The Accountant
- 1970King Lear — King Lear
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C., Laurie
- 1969Male of the Species — Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
- Male of the Species — Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
- 1969The Red Tent — Main Judge (uncredited)
- 1968Tell Me Lies
- 1966A Man for All Seasons — Thomas More
- BBC Play of the Month — Lewis Lambert Strether
- 1964The Train — von Waldheim
- 1958Carve Her Name with Pride — Tony Fraser
- 1955That Lady — King Philip II of Spain
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Narrator (voice)