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Paul Scofield

Acting
Known For

86 Years Old

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.

Born

Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK on 21st January 1922

Died

19th March 2008

All Credits

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