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 Oliviers 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 Cowards 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 Shakespeares Richard III and Sophocless 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 Britains 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 Oliviers 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 Days Journey into Night (1973), Love Among the Ruins (1975), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and King Lear (1983).Oliviers 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 Theatres 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.Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurence Olivier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmek -tól nem elérhető Laurence Olivier

Rebecca

Maxim de Winter

Film 1940

Spartacus

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Film 1960

Sleuth

Andrew Wyke

Film 1972

Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff

Film 1939

To Be Hamlet

Self

Film 1985

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

Film 2000

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Regent

Film 1957

Hamlet

Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Film 1948

Dracula

Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

Film 1979

The Dance of Death

Edgar

Film 1969

Khartoum

Mahdi

Film 1966

Richard III

Richard III

Film 1955

Carrie

George Hurstwood

Film 1952

That Hamilton Woman

Lord Horatio Nelson

Film 1941

Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Darcy

Film 1940

Q Planes

Tony McVane

Film 1939

The Divorce of Lady X

Everard Logan

Film 1938

As You Like It

Orlando

Film 1936

A Voyage Round My Father

Clifford Mortimer

Film 1984

King Lear

King Lear

Film 1983

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Self (archive footage)

Film 2023

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1983

The Devil's Disciple

Gen. Burgoyne

Film 1959

The Yellow Ticket

Julian Rolfe

Film 1931

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Self (archive footage)

Film 2002

The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

Narrator

Film 1953

Love Among the Ruins

Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

Film 1975

The Power and the Glory

Priest

Film 1963

David Copperfield

Mr. Creakle

Film 1969

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Film 2018

Words for Battle

Narrator (voice)

Film 1941

The Gentleman Tramp

Narrator

Film 1976

The Conquest of the Air

Vincent Lunardi

Film 1936

The Collection

Harry

Film 1976

Moscow Nights

Captain Ivan Ignatoff

Film 1935

Westward Passage

Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

Film 1932

Friends and Lovers

Lieutenant Ned Nichols

Film 1931

Perfect Understanding

Nicholas Randall

Film 1933

Discovering Hamlet

Hamlet (archive footage)

Film 2011

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Self (archive footage)

Film 2021

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage)

Film 1986

Revisiting Brideshead

Self (archive footage)

Film 2005

The Merchant of Venice

Shylock

Film 1973

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Self (archive footage)

Film 2001

Long Day's Journey Into Night

James Tyrone Sr.

Film 1973

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Maxim de Winter (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1961

Come Back, Little Sheba

Doc Delaney

Film 1977

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Big Daddy

Film 1976

The Beggar's Opera

MacHeath

Film 1953

Malta G.C.

Narrator

Film 1942

The Ebony Tower

Henry Breasley

Film 1984

The Rehearsal

Self

Film 1974

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

Film 1988

No Funny Business

Clive Dering

Film 1933

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

Self (archival footage)

Film 1992

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Film 1985

A Talent for Murder

Dr. Anthony Wainwright

Film 1983

Romeo and Juliet

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1968

A Queen Is Crowned

Narrator

Film 1953

The Bannfoot Ferry

Self (archive footage)

Film 2024

Daphne Laureola

Sir Joseph

Film 1978

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Film 1999

The Volunteer

Self

Film 1944

The Temporary Widow

Peter Bille

Film 1930

Too Many Crooks

The Boy

Film 1930

Potiphar's Wife

Straker

Film 1931

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self

Film 1940

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Self

Film 1940

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage)

Film 1988

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Self (archive footage)

Film 2005

At the Haunted End of the Day

Self

Film 1981

Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

Self - Interviewee

Film 1966

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

Self

Film 1976

The Filth and the Fury

Richard III (archive footage)

Film 2000

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1991

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

Film 2014

Directed by William Wyler

Self

Film 1986

Uncle Vanya

Dr. Astrov

Film 1963

Olivier Talks About Othello

Self - Host

Film 1965

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson

Joe Halpern

Film 1983

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

Self (archive footage)

Film 1990

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

Self (archive footage)

Film 2020

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self (archive footage)

Film 2010

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage)

Film 2018

The Moon and Sixpence

Charles Strickland

Film 1959

Jesus Of Nazareth

Nicodemus

Film 1977

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető Laurence Olivier

The World at War

Narrator

Tv 1973

Lost Empires

Harry Burrard

Tv 1986

ABC Stage 67

Self

Tv 1966

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

Talking Pictures

Self (archive footage)

Tv 2013

Male of the Species

Self - Presenter

Tv 1969

Tony Awards

Self

Tv 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Audience Member

Tv 1967

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

Tony Awards

Self - Recipient

Tv 1956

Omnibus

Self (archive footage)

Tv 1967

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Tv 1968

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner

Tv 1944

Iconic Couples

Self (archive footage)

Tv 2015

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

Tv 1944

ABC Stage 67

Self (archive footage)

Tv 1966