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Donald Wolfit
English actor (1902-1968) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 65
Sir Donald Wolfit was an English actor-manager, known for his touring productions of Shakespeare. He was especially renowned for his portrayal of King Lear.
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1968Died17 February 1968
Decline and Fall ...of a BirdwatcherFilm, 1968Dr. Augustus Fagan1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Pastor Manders
90° in the ShadeFilm, 1965Bažant (Auditor #1)1964
BecketFilm, Bishop Folliot1962
Lawrence of ArabiaFilm, General Archibald Murray1961
Ghost SquadSeries
The MarkFilm, 1961Clive1960
On TrialSeries, Admiral Byng1959
The Angry HillsFilm, Dr. Stergion1957
The TraitorFilm, Colonel Price1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, James Saward
Guilty?Film, 1956Judge1955
FolioSeries
Lilli Palmer TheatreSeries, 1955Sergeant Buzfuz1954
SvengaliFilm, Svengali1952
The Pickwick PapersFilm, Sergeant Buzfuz1939England's ShakespeareFilm, Hamlet1936
Calling the TuneFilm, Dick Finlay1935
CheckmateFilm, Jack Barton1931
Down RiverFilm1902Born20 April 1902
Decline and Fall ...of a BirdwatcherFilm, 1968Dr. Augustus Fagan1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Pastor Manders90° in the ShadeFilm, 1965Bažant (Auditor #1)1964BecketFilm, Bishop Folliot1962Lawrence of ArabiaFilm, General Archibald Murray1961Ghost SquadSeriesThe MarkFilm, 1961Clive1960On TrialSeries, Admiral Byng1959The Angry HillsFilm, Dr. Stergion1957The TraitorFilm, Colonel Price1956Armchair TheatreSeries, James SawardGuilty?Film, 1956Judge1955FolioSeriesLilli Palmer TheatreSeries, 1955Sergeant Buzfuz1954SvengaliFilm, Svengali1952The Pickwick PapersFilm, Sergeant Buzfuz1939England's ShakespeareFilm, Hamlet1936Calling the TuneFilm, Dick Finlay1935CheckmateFilm, Jack Barton1931Down RiverFilm1902Born20 April 1902Known for
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Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Becket 1964
Room at the Top 1958
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968
People around Donald
Close ties
- Raymond Stross Produced The Mark and The Angry Hills
Paul Rogers Also in Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
Felix Aylmer Also in I Accuse! and The Hands of Orlac
Edmond T. Gréville Directed The Hands of Orlac and Guilty?
Reginald Denham Directed The Silent Passenger (1935)
José Ferrer Directed I Accuse! (1958)
Laurence Harvey Also in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Jiří Weiss Directed Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Geoffrey Bayldon Also in Becket and The Rough and the Smooth- Harry Fowler Also in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Carl Jaffe Also in Satellite in the Sky and The Traitor
John Krish Directed Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
Karel Štěpánek Also in A Prize of Gold and The Man in the Road- Peter Illing Also in Svengali, I Accuse! and The Angry Hills
Norman Wooland Also in The Ringer and Guilty?- Ivan Foxwell Produced Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
Christopher Lee Also in The Hands of Orlac and The Traitor
Peter O'Toole Also in Lawrence of Arabia and Becket
Robert Aldrich Directed The Angry Hills (1959)
Albert R. Broccoli Produced A Prize of Gold (1955)
Malcolm Arnold Wrote A Prize of Gold and The Ringer
Hermione Baddeley Also in Room at the Top and The Pickwick Papers
Nigel Patrick Also in The Pickwick Papers and A Prize of Gold
John Stuart Also in Blood of the Vampire and The Ringer
Filmography 38
44 credits on file
Television 6
Awards
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1968 · aged 65
