Paul Scofield
Acting • Born 1922-01-21 – Died 2008-03-19
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
45 credits
A Man for All Seasons
Movie • 1966
Thomas More
Animal Farm
Movie • 1999
Boxer (voice)
Utz
Movie • 1992
Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Hamlet
Movie • 1990
The Ghost
The Train
Movie • 1964
von Waldheim
Henry V
Movie • 1989
French King
The Crucible
Movie • 1996
Judge Thomas Danforth
Quiz Show
Movie • 1994
Mark Van Doren
King Lear
Movie • 1970
King Lear
Scorpio
Movie • 1973
Sergei Zharkov
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie • 1958
Tony Fraser
A Delicate Balance
Movie • 1973
Tobias
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Movie • 1984
Narrator (voice)
Robinson in Space
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
Kurosawa
Movie • 2000
Kurosawa (voice)
The Red Tent
Movie • 1969
Main Judge (uncredited)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Movie • 1980
Narrator (voice)
A Kind of Alaska
Movie • 1984
Dr. Hornby
That Lady
Movie • 1955
King Philip II of Spain
Male of the Species
Movie • 1969
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Discovering Hamlet
Movie • 2011
The Ghost (archive footage)
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1985
Karenin
The Hotel in Amsterdam
Movie • 1971
When the Whales Came
Movie • 1989
The Birdman
The Ambassadors
Movie • 1977
Lewis Lambert Strether
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Movie • 1988
Otto Frank
Bartleby
Movie • 1970
The Accountant
The Little Riders
Movie • 1996
Grandpa Roden
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Movie • 1987
Mr. Corbett
Nineteen Nineteen
Movie • 1985
Alexander Scherbatov
A Song At Twilight
Movie • 1982
Hugo Latymer
Come Into The Garden Maud
Movie • 1982
Verner Conklin
Summer Lightning
Movie • 1985
Old Robert Clarke
London
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
Tell Me Lies
Movie • 1968
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)
The Potting Shed
Movie • 1981
James Califer
Surrender To Everest
Movie • 1971
Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Narrator (voice)
Male of the Species
TV • 1969
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Verner Conklin
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Sir Hugo Latymer
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lewis Lambert Strether
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV • 1994
Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit