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Paul Scofield
Born: 21st Jan 1922 Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK - Died 19th Mar 2008
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 45
Film: 39 (87%)
Television: 6 (13%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Horror, Mystery, Action
Filmography
2011
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great trag ... view
Character:
The Ghost (archive footage)
Character:
Kurosawa (voice)
1999
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and t ... view
Character:
Boxer (voice)
1999
A winemaker overcomes the ignorance and illiteracy of his era to become a Torah commentator who defends the right to spiritual choice and freedom in t ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1997
Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, a ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1996
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. ... view
Character:
Judge Thomas Danforth
1996
Young American Joanne Hunter is stranded in the German-occupied Holland with her Dutch grandparents. The German CO, Captain Kessel begins to wage war ... view
Character:
Grandpa Roden
Nov 1994 (first aired)
Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their ... view
Character:
Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit (6 ep.)
Original title: Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio
1994
An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sc ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1994
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty- ... view
Character:
Mark Van Doren
1994
A psycho-geographic journey through London and its history, as undertaken by an unseen narrator and his companion, Robinson, at the time of the 1992 g ... view
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Narrator (voice)
1992
Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the l ... view
Character:
Dr. Vaclav Orlik
1990
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge. ... view
Character:
The Ghost
1989
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France. ... view
Character:
French King
1989
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a ... view
Character:
The Birdman
1988
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for tran ... view
Character:
Otto Frank
1987
Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his mast ... view
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Mr. Corbett
1985
Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier. ... view
Character:
Alexander Scherbatov
1985
Sir Robert Clarke looks back on his life and the summer when as a 16-year-old he first fell in love with Louise St. Leger. ... view
Character:
Old Robert Clarke
1985
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to ... view
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Karenin
1984
A masterly study of a middle-aged woman waking up after 30 years passed in a coma induced by sleeping sickness. In her mind she is still 16, and her a ... view
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Dr. Hornby
1984
Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips, archival inter ... view
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Narrator (voice)
1982
Enormously successful writer Sir Hugo Latymer has a tryst with the past not altogether to his liking. This bittersweet comedy is the story of a cosmop ... view
Character:
Hugo Latymer
1982
A rich cornhusker and his social climbing wife find themselves in the company of royalty. While the wife is entertaining a high and mighty prince down ... view
Character:
Verner Conklin
1981
The patriarch of the family is dying and James, his estranged son, appears unexpectedly. He can remember nothing about a mysterious moment that occurr ... view
Character:
James Califer
1980
Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure th ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1977
Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engag ... view
Character:
Lewis Lambert Strether
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
Character:
Verner Conklin (1 ep.)
Sir Hugo Latymer (1 ep.)
1973
In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing thei ... view
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Tobias
1973
Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission t ... view
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Sergei Zharkov
1971
In 1971, American Norman Dyhrenfurth led an expedition of 30 climbers from 13 different countries, including Don Whillans, Dougal Haston, Naomi Uemura ... view
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Narrator
1971
Three couples planning their secret weekend away are exposed. ... view
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1970
An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him. ... view
Character:
The Accountant
1970
King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom. Daughters Goneril and Regan profess th ... view
Character:
King Lear
Original title: Красная палатка
1969
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia. ... view
Character:
Main Judge (uncredited)
Feb 1969 (first aired)
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendac ... view
Character:
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C. (1 ep.)
Character:
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C. (1 ep.)
1969
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendac ... view
Character:
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
1968
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – sh ... view
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1966
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy de ... view
Character:
Thomas More
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Lewis Lambert Strether (1 ep.)
1964
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He ... view
Character:
von Waldheim
1958
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses t ... view
Character:
Tony Fraser
1955
In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his sec ... view
Character:
King Philip II of Spain
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice) (1 ep.)