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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Discovering Hamlet
Character:The Ghost (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2011
Kurosawa
Character:Kurosawa (voice)
Release Date:24/12/2000
Animal Farm
Character:Boxer (voice)
Release Date:03/10/1999
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Robinson in Space
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/01/1997
The Crucible
Character:Judge Thomas Danforth
Release Date:27/11/1996
The Little Riders
Character:Grandpa Roden
Release Date:23/03/1996
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/09/1994
Quiz Show
Character:Mark Van Doren
Release Date:25/08/1994
London
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/06/1994
Utz
Character:Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Release Date:15/03/1992
Hamlet
Character:The Ghost
Release Date:19/12/1990
Henry V
Character:French King
Release Date:05/10/1989
When the Whales Came
Character:The Birdman
Release Date:28/03/1989
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Character:Otto Frank
Release Date:17/04/1988
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Character:Mr. Corbett
Release Date:31/12/1987
Nineteen Nineteen
Character:Alexander Scherbatov
Release Date:14/11/1985
Summer Lightning
Character:Old Robert Clarke
Release Date:30/05/1985
Anna Karenina
Character:Karenin
Release Date:01/01/1985
A Kind of Alaska
Character:Dr. Hornby
Release Date:16/12/1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/02/1984
A Song At Twilight
Character:Hugo Latymer
Release Date:09/07/1982
Come Into The Garden Maud
Character:Verner Conklin
Release Date:07/07/1982
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:08/05/1980
The Ambassadors
Character:Lewis Lambert Strether
Release Date:13/03/1977
A Delicate Balance
Character:Tobias
Release Date:12/11/1973
Scorpio
Character:Sergei Zharkov
Release Date:11/04/1973
The Hotel in Amsterdam
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1971
Bartleby
Character:The Accountant
Release Date:30/10/1970
King Lear
Character:King Lear
Release Date:10/07/1970
The Red Tent
Character:Main Judge (uncredited)
Release Date:23/12/1969
Male of the Species
Character:Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Release Date:03/01/1969
Tell Me Lies
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1968
A Man for All Seasons
Character:Thomas More
Release Date:13/12/1966
The Train
Character:von Waldheim
Release Date:24/09/1964
Carve Her Name with Pride
Character:Tony Fraser
Release Date:18/02/1958
That Lady
Character:King Philip II of Spain
Release Date:05/03/1955
Television Appearances
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