Remembering actor PAUL SCOFIELD (1922 – 2008), who was born on January 21st. He is best known for his Academy and BAFTA Award- winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. Scofield had originally played the same part onstage at the West End and in a Tony Award-winning performance on Broadway. Actress Helen Mirren, who appeared with Scofield in the 1989 film When the Whales Came, said of him, He aspires to the soul rather than the character. He has no sense of personal ambition. Hes one of our great, great actors. Were lucky to have him.” In 1990, actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson, who played Scofields son in Franco Zeffirellis Hamlet, compared the experience to being thrown into the ring with Mike Tyson. Other major screen roles include the Art-obsessed Nazi colonel Von Waldheim in The Train (1964), Strether in a 1977 TV adaptation of Henry Jamess novel The Ambassadors, Tobias in Edward Albees A Delicate Balance (1973), Professor Moroi in the film of János Nyíris If Winter Comes (1980), for BBC Television; Mark Van Doren in Robert Redfords film Quiz Show (1994), and Thomas Danforth in Nicholas Hytners film adaptation (1996) of Arthur Millers The Crucible.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:41:48 +0000
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