Cast
Laurence Olivier
Acting
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Known for
Acting
Born
1907-05-22
From
Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
Died
1989-07-11
Also known as Лоуренс Оливье, Sir Laurence Olivier, Laurence Kerr Olivier
Biography
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles. His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an established star. In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer, a part he later played on film. From 1963 to 1973 he was the founding director of Britain's National Theatre, running a resident company that fostered many future stars. His own parts there included the title role in Othello (1965) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1970). Among Olivier's films are Wuthering Heights (1939), Rebecca (1940), and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1955). His later films included The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). His television appearances included an adaptation of The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Long Day's Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983). Olivier's honours included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death.
Spartacus
as Marcus Licinius Crassus
Clash of the Titans
as Zeus
Romeo and Juliet
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Bridge Too Far
as Dr. Jan Spaander
Rebecca
as Maxim de Winter
Marathon Man
as Dr. Christian Szell
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
The Bounty
as Admiral Hood
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
Battle of Britain
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Count Witte
The Boys from Brazil
as Ezra Lieberman
Sleuth
as Andrew Wyke
Khartoum
as Mahdi
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
Carrie
as George Hurstwood
Dracula
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Hamlet
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The Prince and the Showgirl
as The Regent
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshal Sir John French
The Jazz Singer
as Cantor Rabinovitch
Inchon
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Newhouse
The Betsy
as Loren Hardeman
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Professor James Moriarty
Henry V
as King Henry
49th Parallel
as Johnnie, the Trapper
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
A Little Romance
as Julius
That Hamilton Woman
as Lord Horatio Nelson
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Wild Geese II
as Rudolf Hess
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
as Self (archive footage)
Richard III
as Richard III
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
A Voyage Round My Father
as Clifford Mortimer
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Yellow Ticket
as Julian Rolfe
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
King Lear
as King Lear
The Devil's Disciple
as Gen. Burgoyne
This Happy Breed
as Narrator (voice)
Discovering Hamlet
as Hamlet (archive footage)
David Copperfield
as Mr. Creakle
The Jigsaw Man
as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
The Filth and the Fury
as Richard III (archive footage)
The Magic Box
as Police Constable 94-B
Othello
as Othello
The Entertainer
as Archie Rice
Three Sisters
as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
No Funny Business
as Clive Dering
To Be Hamlet
as Self
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Gentleman Tramp
as Narrator
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
War Requiem
as The Old Soldier
Perfect Understanding
as Nicholas Randall
Term of Trial
as Graham Weir
Love Among the Ruins
as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Q Planes
as Tony McVane
The Divorce of Lady X
as Everard Logan
The Demi-Paradise
as Ivan Kouznetsoff
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage
Potiphar's Wife
as Straker
Fire Over England
as Michael Ingolby
Revisiting Brideshead
as Self (archive footage)
21 Days
as Larry Durrant
The Collection
as Harry
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
Marilyn despite herself
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Antonio
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
as Self
The Power and the Glory
as Priest
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Duke of Wellington
The Bannfoot Ferry
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
as Self (archive footage)
The Ebony Tower
as Henry Breasley
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Doc Delaney
Uncle Vanya
as Dr. Astrov
Male of the Species
as Presenter
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
The Beggar's Opera
as MacHeath
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
Words for Battle
as Narrator (voice)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
As You Like It
as Orlando
Westward Passage
as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Volunteer
as Self
The Conquest of the Air
as Vincent Lunardi
The Moon and Sixpence
as Charles Strickland
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Marilyn, dernières séances
as Self(archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
Moscow Nights
as Captain Ivan Ignatoff
The Temporary Widow
as Peter Bille
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
as Self (archive footage)
A Queen Is Crowned
as Narrator
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
as Joe Halpern
The Dance of Death
as Edgar
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
as Self - Interviewee
A Talent for Murder
as Dr. Anthony Wainwright
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
The Rehearsal
as Self
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
as Self (archive footage)
At the Haunted End of the Day
as Self
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
Olivier Talks About Othello
as Self - Host
Daphne Laureola
as Sir Joseph
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James Tyrone Sr.
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
as Narrator
Tree of Life
as Narrator
Rebecca
as Maxim de winter
Friends and Lovers
as Lieutenant Ned Nichols
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
as Self
The Body of Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
Too Many Crooks
as The Boy
Private lives
as Elyot Chase
Malta G.C.
as Narrator