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Paul Scofield
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 A…
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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.
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie The Ghost (archive footage)
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2000
Kurosawa
Movie Kurosawa (voice)
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1999
Animal Farm
Movie Boxer (voice)
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1999
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1997
Robinson in Space
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1996
The Crucible
Movie Judge Thomas Danforth
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1996
The Little Riders
Movie Grandpa Roden
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1994
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV show Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
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1994
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1994
Quiz Show
Movie Mark Van Doren
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1994
London
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1992
Utz
Movie Dr. Vaclav Orlik
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1990
Hamlet
Movie The Ghost
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1989
Henry V
Movie French King
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1989
When the Whales Came
Movie The Birdman
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1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Movie Otto Frank
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1987
Mister Corbett's Ghost
Movie Mr. Corbett
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1985
Nineteen Nineteen
Movie Alexander Scherbatov
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1985
Summer Lightning
Movie Old Robert Clarke
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1985
Anna Karenina
Movie Karenin
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1984
A Kind of Alaska
Movie Dr. Hornby
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1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1982
A Song At Twilight
Movie Hugo Latymer
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1982
Come Into The Garden Maud
Movie Verner Conklin
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1981
Celebrity Playhouse
TV show James Callifer
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1981
The Potting Shed
Movie James Califer
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1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1977
The Ambassadors
Movie Lewis Lambert Strether
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Verner Conklin
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1973
A Delicate Balance
Movie Tobias
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1973
Scorpio
Movie Sergei Zharkov
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1971
Surrender To Everest
Movie Narrator
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1971
The Hotel in Amsterdam
Movie
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1970
Bartleby
Movie The Accountant
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1970
King Lear
Movie King Lear
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1969
The Red Tent
Movie Main Judge (uncredited)
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1969
Male of the Species
TV show Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
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1969
Male of the Species
Movie Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
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1968
Tell Me Lies
Movie
