Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

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....

Known For

Spartacus

as Marcus Licinius Crassus

Rebecca

as Maxim de Winter

A Bridge Too Far

as Dr. Jan Spaander

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)

War Requiem

as The Old Soldier

Wild Geese II

as Rudolf Hess

The Bounty

as Admiral Hood

A Voyage Round My Father

as Clifford Mortimer

The Ebony Tower

as Henry Breasley

A Talent for Murder

as Dr. Anthony Wainwright

The Jigsaw Man

as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith

King Lear

as King Lear

Inchon

as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

The Jazz Singer

as Cantor Rabinovitch

Dracula

as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

The Boys from Brazil

as Ezra Lieberman

The Betsy

as Loren Hardeman

Daphne Laureola

as Sir Joseph

A Bridge Too Far

as Dr. Jan Spaander

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Professor James Moriarty

Marathon Man

as Dr. Christian Szell

Love Among the Ruins

as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

Sleuth

as Andrew Wyke

Lady Caroline Lamb

as Duke of Wellington

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