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Paul Scofield

Scofield in the play Espresso Bongo, 1958
Personal information
Birth nameDavid Paul Scofield
Birth date21 January 1922
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Date of death19 March 2008(age 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1940 � 2006
SpouseJoy Parker (1943-2008; his death)

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David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (21 January 1922 - 19 March 2008), better known as Paul Scofield, was an English actor of stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive voice and delivery, Scofield received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, a reprise of the role he played in the stage version at the West End and on Broadway for which he received a Tony Award.

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Employee Dies After Accident At Hutch Manufacturing Co. - KAKE Tweet this news
KAKE--Hutchinson Police Lieutenant -Paul Scofield- says the victim of the accident at Superior Boiler Works was a male employee at the manufacturing company. ... - Date : Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:12:27 GMT+00:00
Youtube Weekend Faves: "A Delicate Balance" Film with Katharine Hepburn - Hartford Courant (blog) Tweet this news
Hartford Courant (blog)--So I thought I'd bring out a clip from the 1973 film version of the play, starring Katharine Hepburn, -Paul Scofield-, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten ... - Date : Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:28:59 GMT+00:00
'The Kids Are All Right,' and so is Tariq - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--'A Man for All Seasons' won and took six Oscars overall, including best director, screenplay, cinematography, costume design and best actor -Paul Scofield-. ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:44:23 GMT+00:00
“El otro cine” con Burt Lancaster y Alain Delon - El Retrato de Hoy Tweet this news
El Retrato de Hoy---...- Nachman del Teatro Auditorium se proyectará la película "Scorpio", dirigida por Michael Winner; con Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon y -Paul Scofield-. ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:41:30 GMT+00:00
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Finance and Commerce--The next night, vendors had trouble keeping up, too�St. -Paul- Police estimated 8000 patrons came to watch John -Scofield-, a legendary guitarist who early in ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:27:12 GMT+00:00
Albatross fights for survival - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news
New Zealand Herald--Photo / Dr -Paul Scofield- The Chatham albatross, one of the world's rarest birds, resents visits by seabird researcher -Paul Scofield- to the windblasted rock ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:01:58 GMT+00:00
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The Northern Echo--All of those things that can, in the end, serve you very well,” A school trip to see one production in particular, -Paul Scofield's- Lear, ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:58:08 GMT+00:00
Bard's jokes are no comedy of errors - Times Online Tweet this news
Times Online--In Peter Brook's production, Lear (-Paul Scofield-) and the Fool (Alec McCowen) sat side by side on a low bench, two beaten men, legs stretched out, ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:34:06 GMT+00:00
A Man for All Seasons - Sky Movies Tweet this news
Sky Movies--Historical drama depicting the conflict between Sir Thomas More and Henry VIII, starring -Paul Scofield- and Robert Shaw. This handsome film of Catholic ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 09:31:39 GMT+00:00

Year Film Role Notes
1955 That Lady King Philip II of Spain
1958 Carve Her Name with Pride Tony Fraser
1964 The Train Col. von Waldheim
1966 A Man for All Seasons Sir Thomas More Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor � Motion Picture Drama
1970 Bartleby The Accountant
1971 King Lear King Lear
1973 A Delicate Balance Tobias
Scorpio Zharkov
1983 Ill Fares the Land voice
1984 Summer Lightning Old Robert Clarke
1985 Anna Karenina Karenin TV role
1919 Alexander Scherbatov
1989 Henry V Charles VI of France
1990 Hamlet The Ghost
1992 Utz Doctor Vaclav Orlik
1992 London Narrator
1994 Quiz Show Mark Van Doren Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1996 The Crucible Judge Thomas Danforth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1997 Robinson in Space Narrator
1999 Animal Farm Boxer voice

Year Title Role Notes
1965 The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill (ITV) Narrator
1969 Male of the Species Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie
1980 If Winter Comes Professor Moroi
1981 The Potting Shed James Callifer
1985 Anna Karenina Karenin
1987 Mister Corbett's Ghost Mr. Corbett
1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank Otto Frank
1989 When the Whales Came The Birdman
1994 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Martin Chuzzlewit Old Martin Chuzzlewit/Anthony Chuzzlewit Nominated - British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
1999 The Disabled Century

Academy Award for Best Actor

Maximilian Schell (1961) * Gregory Peck (1962) * Sidney Poitier (1963) * Rex Harrison (1964) * Lee Marvin (1965) * Paul Scofield (1966) * Rod Steiger (1967) * Cliff Robertson (1968) * John Wayne (1969) * George C. Scott (1970) * Gene Hackman (1971) * Marlon Brando (1972) * Jack Lemmon (1973) * Art Carney (1974) * Jack Nicholson (1975) * Peter Finch (1976) * Richard Dreyfuss (1977) * Jon Voight (1978) * Dustin Hoffman (1979) * Robert De Niro (1980) ---- Complete List * (1928 �1940) * (1941 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001-present)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor � Miniseries or a Movie

Thomas Mitchell (1952) * Robert Cummings (1954) * Lloyd Nolan (1955) * Jack Palance (1956) * Peter Ustinov (1957) * Fred Astaire (1959) * Laurence Olivier (1960) * Maurice Evans (1961) * Peter Falk (1962) * Trevor Howard (1963) * Jack Klugman (1964) * Alfred Lunt (1965) * Cliff Robertson (1966) * Peter Ustinov (1967) * Melvyn Douglas (1968) * Paul Scofield (1969) * Peter Ustinov (1970) * George C. Scott (1971) * Keith Michell (1972) * Laurence Olivier (1973) * Anthony Murphy (1973) * Hal Holbrook (1974) * William Holden (1974) * Laurence Olivier (1975) * Peter Falk (1975)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor � Motion Picture Drama

Maximilian Schell (1961) * Gregory Peck (1962) * Sidney Poitier (1963) * Peter O'Toole (1964) * Omar Sharif (1965) * Paul Scofield (1966) * Rod Steiger (1967) * Peter O'Toole (1968) * John Wayne (1969) * George C. Scott (1970) * Gene Hackman (1971) * Marlon Brando (1972) * Al Pacino (1973) * Jack Nicholson (1974) * Jack Nicholson (1975) * Peter Finch (1976) * Richard Burton (1977) * Jon Voight (1978) * Dustin Hoffman (1979) * Robert De Niro (1980) ---- Complete List * (1943 �1960) * (1961 �1980) * (1981 �2000) * (2001 �present)

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

José Ferrer / Fredric March (1947) * Henry Fonda / Paul Kelly / Basil Rathbone (1948) * Rex Harrison (1949) * Sidney Blackmer (1950) * Claude Rains (1951) * José Ferrer (1952) * Tom Ewell (1953) * David Wayne (1954) * Alfred Lunt (1955) * Paul Muni (1956) * Fredric March (1957) * Ralph Bellamy (1958) * Jason Robards, Jr. (1959) * Melvyn Douglas (1960) * Zero Mostel (1961) * Paul Scofield (1962) * Arthur Hill (1963) * Alec Guinness (1964) * Walter Matthau (1965) * Hal Holbrook (1966) * Paul Rogers (1967) * Martin Balsam (1968) * James Earl Jones (1969) * Fritz Weaver (1970) * Brian Bedford (1971) * Cliff Gorman (1972) * Alan Bates (1973) * Michael Moriarty (1974) * John Kani / Winston Ntshona (1975)



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