Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 21, 1922
Died
Mar 19, 2008
Place of Birth
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Credits
46 titles
Paul Scofield
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.
Known For
Filmography
Discovering Hamlet
The Ghost (archive footage)
Kurosawa
Kurosawa (voice)
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Narrator (voice)
Robinson in Space
Narrator (voice)
The Crucible
Judge Thomas Danforth
The Little Riders
Grandpa Roden
Martin Chuzzlewit
Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Narrator (voice)
Quiz Show
Mark Van Doren
London
Narrator (voice)
Utz
Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Hamlet
The Ghost
Henry V
French King
When the Whales Came
The Birdman
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
Mister Corbett's Ghost
Mr. Corbett
Nineteen Nineteen
Alexander Scherbatov
Summer Lightning
Old Robert Clarke
Anna Karenina
Karenin
A Kind of Alaska
Dr. Hornby
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Narrator (voice)
A Song At Twilight
Hugo Latymer
Come Into The Garden Maud
Verner Conklin
Celebrity Playhouse
James Callifer
The Potting Shed
James Califer
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Narrator (voice)
The Ambassadors
Lewis Lambert Strether
Playhouse
Verner Conklin
A Delicate Balance
Tobias
Scorpio
Sergei Zharkov
Surrender To Everest
Narrator
The Hotel in Amsterdam
Bartleby
The Accountant
King Lear
King Lear
The Red Tent
Main Judge (uncredited)
Male of the Species
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
Male of the Species
Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Tell Me Lies
A Man for All Seasons
Thomas More
BBC Play of the Month
Lewis Lambert Strether
The Train
von Waldheim
Carve Her Name with Pride
Tony Fraser
That Lady
King Philip II of Spain
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Narrator (voice)