Paul Scofield

★ Acting #6,980

1922 - 2008 (age 86) • Acting

Born: 1/21/1922 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK

Died: 3/19/2008 (age 86)

Known for: Acting

Paul Scofield

★ Acting #6,980

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.

Known For

Quiz Show

72%

Mark Van Doren

1994

The Crucible

66%

Judge Thomas Danforth

1996

A Man for All Seasons

73%

Thomas More

1966

Hamlet

66%

The Ghost

1990

Henry V

71%

French King

1989

The Train

76%

von Waldheim

1964

Animal Farm

57%

Boxer (voice)

1999

Scorpio

62%

Sergei Zharkov

1973

Discovering Hamlet

75%

The Ghost (archive footage)

2011

Kurosawa

70%

Kurosawa (voice)

2000

Animal Farm

57%

Boxer (voice)

1999

Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages

50%

Narrator (voice)

1999

Robinson in Space

70%

Narrator (voice)

1997

The Crucible

66%

Judge Thomas Danforth

1996

The Little Riders

50%

Grandpa Roden

1996

Martin Chuzzlewit

84%

Old Martin Chuzzlewit

1994

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

64%

Narrator (voice)

1994

Quiz Show

72%

Mark Van Doren

1994

London

68%

Narrator (voice)

1994

Utz

58%

Dr. Vaclav Orlik

1992

Hamlet

66%

The Ghost

1990

Henry V

71%

French King

1989

When the Whales Came

64%

The Birdman

1989

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

71%

Otto Frank

1988

Mr. Corbett's Ghost

63%

Mr. Corbett

1987

Nineteen Nineteen

45%

Alexander Scherbatov

1985

Summer Lightning

47%

Old Robert Clarke

1985

Anna Karenina

56%

Karenin

1985

A Kind of Alaska

60%

Dr. Hornby

1984

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

70%

Narrator (voice)

1984

A Song At Twilight

70%

Hugo Latymer

1982

Come Into The Garden Maud

Verner Conklin

1982

The Potting Shed

James Califer

1981

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

48%

Narrator (voice)

1980

The Ambassadors

70%

Lewis Lambert Strether

1977

Playhouse

70%

Verner Conklin / Sir Hugo Latymer

1974