Highlighted works
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The role of the princess who escapes her duties for a day crystallised the charm of Audrey Hepburn, winning her an Oscar for her first Hollywood role.
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Nastier than anything else in 1940s British cinema, Richard Attenborough’s intense performance as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown elevates this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel.
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Laurence Olivier triumphed as actor and director in this stark and imposing screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s drama of tragic uncertainty.
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Conceived as a wartime morale-booster, Laurence Olivier’s groundbreaking reimagining of Shakespeare combines cinematic sweep with patriotic fervour.
Filmography
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Hinshaw, Reform Club steward
1955
Mr Collins
1955
Friar Laurence, a Franciscan
1955
Professor Murdoch
1955
The Adventures of Quentin Durward
Bishop of Liége
1954
cast member
1953
narrator
1953
Vicar
1953
ambassador
1952
The Bishop
1952
Charles Bendrex
1951
Doctor Septimus Prendergast
1951
chairman of the bench
1951
Tom, workman at Lege & Co
1950
Script
1950
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1 The Transformation of Bottom
Quince, the carpenter
1950
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2 The Play
Quince, the carpenter
1950
Beamish
1950
Dr Kearn
1950
Earl of Loam
1950
Monsieur Michaud
1950
Dr Herdal
1950
Hebble Tyson, the Mayor
1950
the coachman
1949
Doc
1949
Duke of Wellwater
1949
priest
1949
2nd judge (uncredited)
1949
[clergyman - replacd by Dennis Arundell]
1948
Reverend Allworth
1948
Prewitt
1948
first player
1948
judge
1944
King Charles VI of France