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Laurence Olivier

English
Filmography

Rebecca

1940
as 'Maxim' de Winter

Spartacus

1960
as Marcus Licinius Crassus

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Nicodemus

The Boys from Brazil

1978
as Ezra Lieberman

Jesus of Nazareth

1977
as Nicodemus

The Conquest of the Air

1936
as Vincent Lunardi

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

2001
as Laurence Olivier

21 Days

1940
as Larry Durrant

Henry V

1944
as King Henry

The Tales of Helpmann

1990
as Laurence Olivier

That Hamilton Woman

1941
as Lord Horatio Nelson

The Volunteer

1944
as Himself

A Bridge Too Far

1977
as Dr. Jan Spaander

Potiphar's Wife

1931
as Straker

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965
as Supt. Newhouse

49th Parallel

1941
as Johnnie - the Trapper

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004
as Dr. Totenkopf

Moscow Nights

1935
as Captain Ivan Ignatoff

The Devil's Disciple

1959
as Gen. Burgoyne

Inchon

1982
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

A Little Romance

1979
as Julius

The South Bank Show: Noel Coward

1992
as Self - 1982 South Bank Show

Three Sisters

1970
as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968
as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

Hamlet

1948
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost

Male of the Species

1969
as Narrator

The Jazz Singer

1980
as Cantor Rabinovitch

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983
as Himself (archive footage)

Wild Geese II

1985
as Rudolf Hess

As You Like It

1936
as Orlando

The Entertainer

1960
as Archie Rice

Love Among the Ruins

1975
as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones

Clash of the Titans

1981
as Zeus

War Requiem

1989
as The Old Soldier

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971
as Count Witte

A Talent for Murder

1984
as Dr. Anthony Wainwright

Perfect Understanding

1933
as Nicholas Randall

The Gentleman Tramp

1976
as Narrator

Saturday Sunday Monday

1978
as Antonio

Malta G.C.

1943
as Narrator

Battle of Britain

1969
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

A Queen Is Crowned

1953
as Narrator

Term of Trial

1962
as Graham Weir

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1976
as Big Daddy

Fire Over England

1937
as Michael Ingolby

Richard III

1955
as Richard III

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988
as (archive footage)

Words for Battle

1941
as (voice)

Sleuth

1972
as Andrew Wyke

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972
as Duke of Wellington

David Copperfield

1969
as Mr. Creakle

Khartoum

1966
as Mahdi

Westward Passage

1932
as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen

Marathon Man

1976
as Christian Szell

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

2014
as Laurence Olivier

Wuthering Heights

1939
as Heathcliff

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990
as Laurence Olivier

Great Acting: Laurence Olivier

1966
as Self - Interviewee

Othello

1965
as Othello

The Ebony Tower

1984
as Henry Breasley

This Happy Breed

1944
as Narrator

The Last Days of Pompeii

1984
as Gaius

The Merchant of Venice

1973
as Shylock

The World at War

1973
as Narrator

Dracula

1979
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969
as Field Marshal Sir John French

Pride and Prejudice

1940
as Mr. Darcy

Never Apologize

2007
as Laurence Olivier

Peter the Great

1986
as King William III of Orange

The Magic Box

1951
as Police Constable 94-B

The Betsy

1978
as Loren Hardeman

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

1988
as Laurence Olivier

The Yellow Ticket

1931
as Julian Rolfe

All the World's a Screen - Shakespeare on Film

2016
as Laurence Olivier

Lost Empires

1986
as Harry G Burrard

The Demi-Paradise

1943

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976
as Professor James Moriarty

The Divorce of Lady X

1938
as Everard Logan

The Bounty

1984
as Admiral Hood

The Temporary Widow

1930
as Peter Bille

The Jigsaw Man

1984
as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957
as The Regent

Daphne Laureola

1978
as Sir Joseph

The Power and the Glory

1961
as Priest

Come Back, Little Sheba

1977
as Doc Delaney

Carrie

1952
as George Hurstwood

King Lear

1983
as King Lear

Q Planes

1939
as Tony McVane

Brideshead Revisited

1981
as Lord Marchmain

Shakespeare's Women and Claire Bloom

1999
as Richard III

Director

Movie Henry V 1944
Movie Three Sisters 1970
Movie Hamlet 1948
Movie Richard III 1955
Movie The Prince and the Showgirl 1957

Writer

Movie Henry V 1944
Movie Hamlet 1948

Producer

Movie Saturday Sunday Monday 1978
Movie Richard III 1955
Movie The Prince and the Showgirl 1957

Guest Star

Episode Les couples mythiques du cinéma
Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh 		2015
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright 		1980
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright 		1980
Episode The World at War
Barbarossa (June–December 1941) 		1973
Episode The Academy Awards
The 31st Academy Awards 1959 		1959
Episode The World at War
On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942) 		1973
Episode The Merv Griffin Show
Dec 22 1982 Sir Laurence Olivier 		1982
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Sir Laurence Olivier 		1973