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Paul Scofield was born on 21 January 1922 in Edgbaston, [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of Mary and Edward Harry Scofield. [3] When Scofield was a few weeks old, his family moved to Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, where his father became headmaster at the Hurstpierpoint Church of England School. [4]
Mar 20, 2008 · And, in 1995, he was nominated for, but did not win, an Oscar for his role in the film Quiz Show. Paul Scofield appeared only occasionally on television, but made a notable appearance in the BBC...
Mar 20, 2008 · Paul Scofield, one of Britain's most acclaimed Shakespearean actors and an Academy Award winner, has died at the age of 86, his agent has said. Scofield won the Oscar for best actor in 1967 for...
Mar 21, 2008 · Scofield, who had turned down a Hollywood studio’s offer of a seven-year contract in 1946 to continue his stage work, made his screen debut playing King Philip II of Spain in “That Lady,” a 1955...
Mar 25, 2008 · In the theatre, he was instrumental in the development of the Royal Shakespeare Company, for which work he eventually accepted a CBE, having twice turned down a knighthood. He also made a number of highly regarded dramatic radio recordings and contributed his vocal talents to films such as Robinson In Space and the 1999 version of Animal Farm.
Mar 21, 2008 · Back at Stratford, now housing the Royal Shakespeare Company, King Lear (1962) was a summation of Brook's classical work and a distillation of Scofield's formidable Shakespearean experience.
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Through the 1980s, Scofield did a mix of TV and film on both sides of the Atlantic. But he was drawn back to Shakespeare and filming efforts, though in humbler parts, first in the Henry V (1989) of ambitious Kenneth Branagh , as the French king, and, the next year, in the Franco Zeffirelli , Hamlet (1990) , as "The Ghost" - with the real buzz ...
