- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
- Died
- July 11, 1989
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. 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 West End success in Noël Coward's Private Lives, and he appeared in his first film. In 1935 he played in a celebrated production of Romeo and Juliet alongside Gielgud and Ashcroft, and by the end of the decade he was an est…
Filmography
movieDame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Bannfoot Ferry
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieMad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieVivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieNothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieJornal Português (1938-1951)
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvTalking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
movieMarilyn despite herself
2012
movieFascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011 · Hamlet (archive footage)
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'Rebecca'
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn, dernières séances
2008 · Self(archive footage)
movieRevisiting Brideshead
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004 · Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
2004
The Body of Marilyn Monroe
2004 · archive footage
movieLarry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Filth and the Fury
2000 · Richard III (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Self
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieVivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieWar Requiem
1989 · The Old Soldier
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieGregory Peck: His Own Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
tvLost Empires
1986 · Harry Burrard
movieDirected by William Wyler
1986 · Self
movieMarilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986 · archive footage
tvPeter the Great
1986 · King William III of Orange
movieMarilyn Monroe
1986 · archive footage
movieWild Geese II
1985 · Rudolf Hess
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
movieTo Be Hamlet
1985 · Self
tvThe Last Days of Pompeii
1984 · Gaius
movieThe Bounty
1984 · Admiral Hood
movieA Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Clifford Mortimer
movieThe Ebony Tower
1984 · Henry Breasley
movieA Talent for Murder
1983 · Dr. Anthony Wainwright
movieThe Jigsaw Man
1983 · Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
tvWagner
1983 · Pfeuffer
Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson
1983 · Joe Halpern
movieKing Lear
1983 · King Lear
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLaurence Olivier: a life
1982 · Self
movieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
tvBrideshead Revisited
1981 · Alexander Flyte
movieClash of the Titans
1981 · Zeus
movieInchon
1981 · Gen. Douglas MacArthur
movieAt the Haunted End of the Day
1981 · Self
movieThe Jazz Singer
1980 · Cantor Rabinovitch
movieDracula
1979 · Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
movieA Little Romance
1979 · Julius
movieThe Boys from Brazil
1978 · Ezra Lieberman
movieThe Betsy
1978 · Loren Hardeman
movieDaphne Laureola
1978 · Sir Joseph, Executive Producer
movieSaturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 · Antonio, Producer
movieCome Back, Little Sheba
1977 · Doc Delaney, Creative Producer
movieA Bridge Too Far
1977 · Dr. Jan Spaander
tvJesus of Nazareth
1977 · Nicodemus
movieHindle Wakes
1976 · Producer, Director
movieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976 · Big Daddy, Producer
tvLaurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Big Daddy, Antonio, Doc Delaney, Sir Joseph, Creator
movieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 · Professor James Moriarty
movieThe Gentleman Tramp
1976 · Narrator
movieMarathon Man
1976 · Dr. Christian Szell
movieThe Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
1976 · Self
movieLove Among the Ruins
1976 · Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
movieThe Collection
1976 · Harry, Producer
movieThe Rehearsal
1974 · Self
tvThe World at War
1973 · Narrator
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1973 · Shylock
movieLong Day's Journey Into Night
1973 · James Tyrone Sr.
movieSleuth
1972 · Andrew Wyke
movieLady Caroline Lamb
1972 · Duke of Wellington
movieNicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Count Witte
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Harry, Self
Tree of Life
1971 · Narrator
movieThree Sisters
1970 · Dr. Ivan Chebutikin, Director
movieDavid Copperfield
1969 · Mr. Creakle
movieBattle of Britain
1969 · Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
movieThe Dance of Death
1969 · Edgar
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Field Marshal Sir John French
tvMale of the Species
1969 · Self - Presenter
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Narrator, James Tyrone Sr.
movieMale of the Species
1969 · Presenter
movieThe Shoes of the Fisherman
1968 · Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieRomeo and Juliet
1968 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Audience Member
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
1966 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
tvABC Stage 67
1966 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieKhartoum
1966 · Mahdi
movieOthello
1965 · Othello
movieBunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Newhouse
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965 · Self - Host
movieUncle Vanya
1963 · Dr. Astrov, Director
movieThe Power and the Glory
1963 · Priest
movieTerm of Trial
1962 · Graham Weir
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self - Maxim de Winter (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieSpartacus
1960 · Marcus Licinius Crassus
movieThe Entertainer
1960 · Archie Rice
movieThe Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Charles Strickland
movieThe Devil's Disciple
1959 · Gen. Burgoyne
movieThe Prince and the Showgirl
1957 · The Regent, Producer, Director
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Recipient
movieRichard III
1955 · Richard III, Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Beggar's Opera
1953 · MacHeath, Producer
movieA Queen Is Crowned
1953 · Narrator
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
1953 · Narrator
movieCarrie
1952 · George Hurstwood
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Police Constable 94-B
movieRebecca
1950 · Maxim de winter
movieHamlet
1948 · Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost, Director, Screenplay, Producer
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieHenry V
1944 · King Henry, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThis Happy Breed
1944 · Narrator (voice)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
movieThe Volunteer
1944 · Self
movieThe Demi-Paradise
1943 · Ivan Kouznetsoff
movieMalta G.C.
1942 · Narrator
movie49th Parallel
1941 · Johnnie, the Trapper
movieThat Hamilton Woman
1941 · Lord Horatio Nelson
movieWords for Battle
1941 · Narrator (voice)
moviePrivate Lives
1940 · Elyot Chase
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
moviePride and Prejudice
1940 · Mr. Darcy
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieRebecca
1940 · Maxim de Winter
movie21 Days
1940 · Larry Durrant
movieWuthering Heights
1939 · Heathcliff
movieQ Planes
1939 · Tony McVane
movieThe Divorce of Lady X
1938 · Everard Logan
movieFire Over England
1937 · Michael Ingolby
movieAs You Like It
1936 · Orlando
movieMoscow Nights
1934 · Captain Ivan Ignatoff
movieNo Funny Business
1933 · Clive Dering
moviePerfect Understanding
1933 · Nicholas Randall
movieWestward Passage
1932 · Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
movieThe Conquest of the Air
1931 · Vincent Lunardi
movieThe Yellow Ticket
1931 · Julian Rolfe
movieFriends and Lovers
1931 · Lieutenant Ned Nichols
moviePotiphar's Wife
1931 · Straker
movieToo Many Crooks
1930 · The Boy
movieThe Temporary Widow
1930 · Peter Bille