Laurence Olivier

Mini-Biography:
Laurence Olivier was born on May 22, 1907 in Darking, England. He was an English Schauspieler, Regisseur, Produzent, known for Spartacus (1960), Wild geese II (1985), The Seven per-cent Solution (1976), Laurence Olivier's first movie on record is from 1930. Laurence Olivier died on July 11, 1989 in Steyning, West Sussex. His last motion picture on file dates from 1988.
Biographical Notes in German: Sir Laurence Olivier wer ohne Zweifel einer der grÃ¶ssten Schauspieler des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Der Theatermann war auch im Film Ã¤usserst erfolgreich, wurde zwÃ¶lf Mal fÃ¼r einen Oscar als Schauspieler, Produzent oder Regisseur nominiert und erhielt zwei Academy Awards sowie zwei Special Oscars der Acadeny. Er trat in mehr als 120 BÃ¼hnenrollen, 60 Filmen und 15 TV-Spielen auf.

Zu seinen berÃ¼hmtesten Filmen zÃ¤hlen "Wuthering Height" "Rebecca" "Pride and Prejudice" und die Shakespeare-Verfilmungen "Henry V" "Hamlet" und "Richard III."

Laurence Olivier Filmography [Auszug]
1988: [/ /1] War Requiem (Darsteller: Alter Soldat), Directed by Derek Jarman, with Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton,
1985: [/ /1] Wild geese II (Die WilgÃ¤nse II) (Darsteller: Rudolf Hess), with Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Robert Freitag,
1984: [] The Last days of Pompeji (Die letzten Tage von Pompeji) (Darsteller), Directed by Peter H. Hunt, with Ned Beatty, Franco Nero,
1984: [] The Bounty (Darsteller: Admiral Hood), Directed by Roger Donaldson, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Edward Fox, Mel Gibson,
1983: [/ /1] Jigsaw Man (Das Spiel des ÃœberlÃ¤ufers) (Darsteller: Admiral Scaith), Directed by Terence Young, with Michael Caine, Anthony Dawson, Susan George,
1982: [/ /1] Inchon (Darsteller), Directed by Terence Young, with Jacqueline Bisset, David Janssen,
1981: [/ /1] Clash of the Titans (Kampf der Titanen) (Darsteller: Zeus), Directed by Desmond Davis, with Ursula Andress, Claire Bloom, Judi Bowker,
1980: [/ /1] The Jazz Singer (Darsteller), Directed by Richard Fleischer, with Neil Diamond,
1979: [/ /1] Dracula (Darsteller), Directed by John Badham, with Trevor Eve, Frank Langella, Kate Nelligan,
1979: [04.27] A Little Romance (Darsteller), Directed by George Roy Hill, with Diane Lane, Anna Massey,
1978: [/ /1] The Boys from Brazil (Darsteller: Ezra Liebermann), with Denholm Elliott, Bruno Ganz, Walter Gotell,
1978: [/ /1] The Betsy (Der Clan) (Darsteller: Loren Hardeman Sr.), with Jane Alexander, Lesley Ann-Down, Kathleen Beller,
1976: [/ /1] The Seven per-cent Solution (Kein Koks fÃ¼r Sherlock Holmes) (Darsteller: Moriarty), Directed by Herbert Ross, with Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Samantha Eggar,
1976: [] A Bridge too Far (Die BrÃ¼cke von Arnheim) (Darsteller: Dr. Spaander), Directed by Richard Attenborough, with Ryan O'Neal, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan,
1976: [////1] Marathon Man (Der Marathon-Mann) (Darsteller), Directed by John Schlesinger, with Marthe Keller, Dustin Hoffman,
1975: [] Love Among the Ruins (Liebe in der DÃ¤mmerung) (Darsteller), Directed by George Cukor, with Richard Pearson, Joan Sims, Katharine Hepburn,
1972: [12.10] Sleuth (Mord mit kleinen Fehlern) (Darsteller: Andrew Wyke), Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with Michael Caine, Margo Channing,
1972: [] Lady Caroline lamb (Die grosse Liebe der Lady Caroline) (Darsteller: Duke of Wellington), Directed by Robert Bolt, with Pamela Brown, Peter Bull, Charles Carson,
1970: [] Three Sisters (Regisseur), with Alan Bates,
1969: [/ /1] Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England) (Darsteller: Dowding), Directed by Guy Hamilton, with Alexander Allerson, Harry Andrews, Michael Caine,
1968: [/ /1] The Shoes of the Fisherman (In den Schuhen des Fischers) (Darsteller: Kamenev), Directed by Michael Anderson, with Vittorio De Sica, John Gielgud, David Janssen,
1966: [/ /1] Khartoum (Aufstand am Nil) (Darsteller: Mahdi), Directed by Basil Dearden, with Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson,
1965: [] Othello (Darsteller: Othello), Directed by Stuart Burge, with Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman,
1965: [] Bunny Lake is missing (Bunny Lake ist verschwunden) (Darsteller), Directed by Otto Preminger, with Noel Coward, Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley,
1963: [/ /1] Term of Trial (...und fÃ¼hre uns nicht in Versuchung, Spiel mit dem Schicksal) (Darsteller), Directed by Peter Glenville, with Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles,
1961: [/ /1] The power and the glory (Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit) (Darsteller), Directed by Marc Daniels, with George C. Scott,
1960: [] Spartacus (Darsteller: Marcus Licinius Crassus), Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann, with Peter Brocco, Tony Curtis, John Dall,
1957: [] The prince and the showgirl (Der Prinz und die TÃ¤nzerin) (Darsteller: Grossherzog Karl), with Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike,
1955: [] Richard III (Regisseur), with Stanley Baker, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud,
1953: [] The Beggar's Opera (Die Bettleroper) (Darsteller), Directed by Peter Brook, with DaphnÃ© Anderson, George Devine, Yvonne Furneaux,
1952: [07.17] Carrie (Carrie) (Darsteller: George Hurstwood), Directed by William Wyler, with Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins,
1951: [/ /1] The magic box (Der wunderbare Flimmerkasten) (Darsteller), Directed by John Boulting, with RenÃ©e Asherson, Richard Attenborough, Robert Donat,
1948: [] Hamlet (Regisseur), with Jean Simmons, Felix Aylmer,
1944: [/ /1] Henry V (Regisseur), with RenÃ©e Asherson, Felix Aylmer, Leslie Banks,
1941: [] Forty-ninth parallel (Darsteller), Directed by Michael Powell, with , Leslie Howard,
1940: [] Rebecca (Rebecca) (Darsteller), Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce,
1940: [/ /1] Pride and prejudice (Stolz und Vorurteil) (Darsteller: Mr. Darcy), Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Heather Angel, Edward Ashley, Mary Boland,
1940: [01.07] 21 days (Einundzwanzig Tage) (Darsteller: Larry Durrant), Directed by Basil Dean, with Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks,
1939: [/ /1] Wuthering heights (SturmhÃ¶he, StÃ¼rmische HÃ¶hen) (Darsteller), Directed by William Wyler, with Donald Crisp, David Niven, Merle Oberon,
1939: [] That Hamilton Woman (Lord Nelsons letzte Liebe) (Darsteller: Lord Horatio Nelson), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Vivien Leigh, Alan Mowbray,
1939: [] Q Planes (Testflug QE 97) (Darsteller), Directed by Tim Whelan, with Valerie Hobson, Ralph Richardson,
1938: [/ /1] The divorce of Lady X (Darsteller), with Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson,
1937: [01.08] Fire over England (Feuer Ã¼ber England) (Darsteller: Michael Ingolby), Directed by William K. Howard, with Flora Robson, Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks,
1936: [] As you like it (Wie es euch gefÃ¤llt) (Darsteller), Directed by Paul Czinner, with Henry Ainley, Felix Aylmer, Elisabeth Bergner,
1936: [] Conquest of the Air (Darsteller), Directed by Zoltan Korda,
1935: [11.06] Moscow Nights (Darsteller: Captain Ivan Ignatoff), Directed by Anthony Asquith, with Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward,
1933: [] Perfect understanding (Darsteller), Directed by Cyril Gardner, with Gloria Swanson,
1932: [05/27] Westward Passage (Darsteller: Nick Allen), Directed by Robert Milton, with Ann Harding, ZaSu Pitts,
1931: [10.30] The yellow Ticket (Darsteller: Julian Rolfe), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore,
1931: [/ /1] Friends and Lovers (Darsteller), Directed by Victor Schertzinger, with Yvonne d'Arcy, Lili Damita, Hugh Herbert,
1930: [10.20] The temporary widow (Hokuspokus) (Darsteller), Directed by Gustav Ucicky, with Lilian Harvey, ,