Laurence Olivier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-05-22 (82 years old)

Deathday

1989-07-11

Place of Birth

Dorking, Surrey, England, UK

Laurence Olivier

Biography

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM 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 We...

Acting

1940

Rebecca

as Maxim de Winter

1960

Spartacus

as Marcus Licinius Crassus

1972

Sleuth

as Andrew Wyke

1976

Marathon Man

as Szell

1939

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

1985

1965

Bunny Lake Is Missing

as Supt. Newhouse

1984

The Bounty

as Admiral Hood

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Dr. Jan Spaander

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Field Marshal Sir John French

1979

1937

Fire Over England

as Michael Ingolby

1941

49th Parallel

as Johnnie, the Trapper

1969

Battle of Britain

as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

1948

Hamlet

as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

1944

Henry V

as King Henry

1979

Dracula

as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

1969

1983

The Jigsaw Man

as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith

1966

Khartoum

as Mahdi

1989

War Requiem

as The Old Soldier

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Professor James Moriarty

1955

Richard III

as Richard III

1952

Carrie

as George Hurstwood

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Cantor Rabinovitch

1941

That Hamilton Woman

as Lord Horatio Nelson

1940

1939

Q Planes

as Tony McVane

1938

The Divorce of Lady X

as Everard Logan

1936

As You Like It

as Orlando

1965

Othello

as Othello

1978

The Boys from Brazil

as Ezra Lieberman

1971

1984

A Voyage Round My Father

as Clifford Mortimer

1940

21 Days Together

as Larry Durrant

1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman

as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

1983

King Lear

as King Lear

1985

Wild Geese II

as Rudolf Hess

1960

The Entertainer

as Archie Rice

1952

The Magic Box

as Police Constable 94-B

2023

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962

Term of Trial

as Graham Weir

1959

The Devil's Disciple

as Gen. Burgoyne

1978

The Betsy

as Loren Hardeman

1931

The Yellow Ticket

as Julian Rolfe

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Love Among the Ruins

as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

1981

Inchon

as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

1969

David Copperfield

as Mr. Creakle

2018

1941

Words for Battle

as Narrator (voice)

1976

1936

The Conquest of the Air

as Vincent Lunardi

1976

1934

Moscow Nights

as Captain Ivan Ignatoff

1932

Westward Passage

as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

1931

Friends and Lovers

as Lieutenant Ned Nichols

1969

1933

Perfect Understanding

as Nicholas Randall

2011

Discovering Hamlet

as Hamlet (archive footage)

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

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

1943

The Demi-Paradise

as Ivan Kouznetsoff

2005

Revisiting Brideshead

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

as Self (archive footage)

1973

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Maxim de Winter (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

Three Sisters

as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin

1977

1976

1953

1942

Malta G.C.

as Narrator

1972

Lady Caroline Lamb

as Duke of Wellington

1984

The Ebony Tower

as Henry Breasley

1974

1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self (archive footage)

1944

This Happy Breed

as Narrator (voice)

1933

No Funny Business

as Clive Dering

1992

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

as Self (archival footage)

1983

A Talent for Murder

as Dr. Anthony Wainwright

1968

Romeo and Juliet

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1953

2024

The Bannfoot Ferry

as Self (archive footage)

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Sir Joseph

1944

1930

The Temporary Widow

as Peter Bille

1930

Too Many Crooks

as The Boy

1931

Potiphar's Wife

as Straker

1988

2005

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

as Self - Interviewee

2000

The Filth and the Fury

as Richard III (archive footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1963

Uncle Vanya

as Dr. Astrov

1965

1983

1990

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

as Self (archive footage)

2020

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

1959

The Moon and Sixpence

as Charles Strickland

1971

Tree of Life

as Narrator

2024

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Private lives

as Elyot Chase

1950

Rebecca

as Maxim de winter

Production

1944

Henry V

as Director

1948

Hamlet

as Director

1948

Hamlet

as Screenplay

1955

Richard III

as Director

1976

The Collection

as Producer

1976

1970

Three Sisters

as Director

1944

Henry V

as Writer

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Producer

1948

Hamlet

as Producer

1953

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Executive Producer

1955

Richard III

as Screenplay

1963

Uncle Vanya

as Director

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Director

1955

Richard III

as Producer

1977

Come Back, Little Sheba

as Creative Producer

1944

Henry V

as Producer

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