Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/05/1907

Day of Death

11/07/1989
(82) years old

Place of Birth

Dorking, Surrey, England, UK

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. L... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2024

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Self (archive footage)

2024

The Bannfoot Ferry

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywo...

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Discovering Hamlet

as Hamlet (archive footage)

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Car...

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Revisiting Brideshead

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Filth and the Fury

as Richard III (archive footage)

1999

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Holly...

as Self (archive footage)

1992

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

as Self (archival footage)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage...

1990

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

as Self (archive footage)

1989

War Requiem

as The Old Soldier

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wi...

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [...

1985

Wild Geese II

as Rudolf Hess

1985

To Be Hamlet

as Self

1984

The Bounty

as Admiral Hood

1984

A Voyage Round My Father

as Clifford Mortimer

1984

The Ebony Tower

as Henry Breasley

1983

A Talent for Murder

as Dr. Anthony Wainwright

1983

The Jigsaw Man

as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith

1983

Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson

as Joe Halpern

1983

King Lear

as King Lear

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1981

Inchon

as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Cantor Rabinovitch

1979

Dracula

as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

1979

A Little Romance

as Julius

1978

The Boys from Brazil

as Ezra Lieberman

1978

The Betsy

as Loren Hardeman

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Sir Joseph

1977

Come Back, Little Sheba

as Doc Delaney

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Dr. Jan Spaander

1976

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Big Daddy

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Professor James Moriarty

1976

The Gentleman Tramp

as Narrator

1976

Marathon Man

as Szell

1976

The Collection

as Harry

1975

Love Among the Ruins

as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

1974

The Rehearsal

as Self

1973

Long Day's Journey Into Night

as James Tyrone Sr.

1972

Sleuth

as Andrew Wyke

1972

Lady Caroline Lamb

as Duke of Wellington

1971

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Count Witte

1971

Tree of Life

as Narrator

1970

Three Sisters

as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin

1969

David Copperfield

as Mr. Creakle

1969

Battle of Britain

as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Field Marshal Sir John French

1969

Male of the Species

as Presenter

1969

The Dance of Death

as Edgar

1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman

as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

1968

Romeo and Juliet

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1966

Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

as Self - Interviewee

1966

Khartoum

as Mahdi

1965

Othello

as Othello

1965

Bunny Lake Is Missing

as Supt. Newhouse

1965

Olivier Talks About Othello

as Self - Host

1963

Uncle Vanya

as Dr. Astrov

1962

Term of Trial

as Graham Weir

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Maxim de Winter (archive footage) (uncre...

1960

Spartacus

as Marcus Licinius Crassus

1960

The Entertainer

as Archie Rice

1959

The Moon and Sixpence

as Charles Strickland

1959

The Devil's Disciple

as Gen. Burgoyne

1955

Richard III

as Richard III

1953

The Beggar's Opera

as MacHeath

1953

A Queen Is Crowned

as Narrator

1952

Carrie

as George Hurstwood

1952

The Magic Box

as Police Constable 94-B

1950

Rebecca

as Maxim de winter

1948

Hamlet

as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Gh...

1944

Henry V

as King Henry

1944

This Happy Breed

as Narrator (voice)

1944

The Volunteer

as Self

1943

The Demi-Paradise

as Ivan Kouznetsoff

1942

Malta G.C.

as Narrator

1941

49th Parallel

as Johnnie, the Trapper

1941

That Hamilton Woman

as Lord Horatio Nelson

1941

Words for Battle

as Narrator (voice)

1940

Private lives

as Elyot Chase

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr. Darcy

1940

Rebecca

as Maxim de Winter

1940

21 Days Together

as Larry Durrant

1939

Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

1939

Q Planes

as Tony McVane

1938

The Divorce of Lady X

as Everard Logan

1937

Fire Over England

as Michael Ingolby

1936

The Conquest of the Air

as Vincent Lunardi

1936

As You Like It

as Orlando

1934

Moscow Nights

as Captain Ivan Ignatoff

1933

No Funny Business

as Clive Dering

1933

Perfect Understanding

as Nicholas Randall

1932

Westward Passage

as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

1931

The Yellow Ticket

as Julian Rolfe

1931

Friends and Lovers

as Lieutenant Ned Nichols

1931

Potiphar's Wife

as Straker

1930

Too Many Crooks

as The Boy

1930

The Temporary Widow

as Peter Bille

Crew

1978

Daphne Laureola

as Executive Producer

1977

Come Back, Little Sheba

as Creative Producer

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Producer

1976

Hindle Wakes

as Director

1976

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Producer

1976

The Collection

as Producer

1970

Three Sisters

as Director

1963

Uncle Vanya

as Director

1955

Richard III

as Director

1955

Richard III

as Screenplay

1955

Richard III

as Producer

1953

The Beggar's Opera

as Producer

1948

Hamlet

as Screenplay

1948

Hamlet

as Director

1948

Hamlet

as Producer

1944

Henry V

as Director

1944

Henry V

as Writer

1944

Henry V

as Producer