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

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

Playhouse

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Quiz Show

Henry V

All Movies (39)

• Discovering Hamlet2011 · as The Ghost (archive footage)
• Kurosawa2000 · as Kurosawa (voice)
• Animal Farm1999 · as Boxer (voice)
• Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Robinson in Space1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Crucible1996 · as Judge Thomas Danforth
• The Little Riders1996 · as Grandpa Roden
• Genesis: The Creation and the Flood1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• Quiz Show1994 · as Mark Van Doren
• London1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• Utz1992 · as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
• Hamlet1990 · as The Ghost
• Henry V1989 · as French King
• When the Whales Came1989 · as The Birdman
• The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank1988 · as Otto Frank
• Mr. Corbett's Ghost1987 · as Mr. Corbett
• Nineteen Nineteen1985 · as Alexander Scherbatov
• Summer Lightning1985 · as Old Robert Clarke
• Anna Karenina1985 · as Karenin
• A Kind of Alaska1984 · as Dr. Hornby
• The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel1984 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Song At Twilight1982 · as Hugo Latymer
• Come Into The Garden Maud1982 · as Verner Conklin
• The Potting Shed1981 · as James Califer
• The Curse of King Tut's Tomb1980 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Ambassadors1977 · as Lewis Lambert Strether
• A Delicate Balance1973 · as Tobias
• Scorpio1973 · as Sergei Zharkov
• Surrender To Everest1971 · as Narrator
• The Hotel in Amsterdam1971
• Bartleby1970 · as The Accountant
• King Lear1970 · as King Lear
• The Red Tent1969 · as Main Judge (uncredited)
• Male of the Species1969 · as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
• Tell Me Lies1968
• A Man for All Seasons1966 · as Thomas More
• The Train1964 · as von Waldheim
• Carve Her Name with Pride1958 · as Tony Fraser
• That Lady1955 · as King Philip II of Spain

All TV Shows (9)

• Martin Chuzzlewit1994 · as Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
• Celebrity Playhouse1981 · as James Callifer
• Playhouse1974 · as Verner Conklin
• Playhouse1974 · as Sir Hugo Latymer
• Male of the Species1969 · as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Laurie
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Lewis Lambert Strether
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Narrator (voice)