Paul Scofield

Personal Info

Birthday

January 21, 1922

Day of Death

2008-03-19

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

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.

Known For

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Train

Animal Farm

Quiz Show

The Crucible

A Man for All Seasons

Filmography

2011
Discovering Hamlet
as The Ghost (archive footage)
2000
Kurosawa
as Kurosawa (voice)
1999
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Robinson in Space
as Narrator (voice)
1996
The Crucible
as Judge Thomas Danforth
The Little Riders
as Grandpa Roden
1994
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
as Narrator (voice)
Quiz Show
as Mark Van Doren
London
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Utz
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
as The Ghost (archive footage)
1990
Hamlet
as The Ghost
1989
Henry V
as French King
When the Whales Came
as The Birdman
1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Otto Frank
1987
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Mr. Corbett
1985
Nineteen Nineteen
as Alexander Scherbatov
Summer Lightning
as Old Robert Clarke
Anna Karenina
as Karenin
1984
A Kind of Alaska
as Dr. Hornby
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Narrator (voice)
1982
A Song At Twilight
as Hugo Latymer
Come Into The Garden Maud
as Verner Conklin
1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Narrator (voice)
1977
The Ambassadors
as Lewis Lambert Strether
1973
A Delicate Balance
as Tobias
Scorpio
as Sergei Zharkov
1970
Bartleby
as The Accountant
King Lear
as King Lear
1969
The Red Tent
as Main Judge (uncredited)
1966
A Man for All Seasons
as Thomas More
1964
The Train
as von Waldheim
1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Tony Fraser
1955
That Lady
as King Philip II of Spain