Donald Wolfit
- Interpretación
- 20 de abril de 1902 · New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- 17 de febrero de 1968
Biografía
Donald Wolfit (born Donald Woolfitt; 20 April 1902 – 17 February 1968) was an English actor-manager, best known for touring productions of Shakespeare and his performances as King Lear. Born in New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, he made his London stage debut in 1924 and later joined the companies at the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. After playing Hamlet at Stratford, he formed his own touring company in 1937, taking Shakespeare and other plays to audiences across Britain and abroad. His company continued performing during the Second World War, including lunchtime productions in London. Among the actors who worked with him were Harold Pinter and Brian Rix. Wolfit also appeared in films, including Svengali (1954), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Becket (1964). He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1950 and knighted in 1957 for his services to the theatre.
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Filmografía
- Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher · Dr. Augustus Fagan
- La última carga · 'Macbeth'
- The Sandwich Man · Car Salesman
- Vivir en la cumbre · Abe Brown
- BBC Play of the Month · Pastor Manders
- Třicet jedna ve stínu · Bažant (Auditor #1)
- Becket · Bishop Folliot
- Dr. Crippen · R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
- Lawrence de Arabia · General Archibald Murray
- Ghost Squad
- Hombre marcado · Clive
- Las manos de Orlac · Professor Volchett
- On Trial · Admiral Byng
- La casa de los siete halcones · Inspector Van Der Stoor
- The Rough and the Smooth · Lord Drewell
- Traición en Atenas · Dr. Stergion
- Un lugar en la cumbre · Mr. Brown
- La sangre del vampiro · Doctor Callistratus
- I Accuse! · Gen. Mercier
- The Master Builder · Halvard Solness
- The Traitor · Colonel Price
- Satellite in the Sky · Prof. Merrity
- Armchair Theatre · James Saward
- Guilty? · Judge
- The Man in the Road · Prof. Cattrell
- A Man on the Beach · Carter
- Atraco en las nubes · Alfie Stratton
- Lilli Palmer Theatre · Sergeant Buzfuz
- Folio
- Svengali · Svengali
- Isn't Life Wonderful! · Willie, the boy's uncle
- The Ringer · Dr. Lomond
- Los papeles del Club Pickwick · Sergeant Buzfuz
- England's Shakespeare · Hamlet
- The Claydon Treasure Mystery · Executive
- Calling the Tune · Dick Finlay
- Late Extra · Inspector Greville
- Checkmate · Jack Barton
- The Silent Passenger · Henry Camberley
- Drake of England · Thomas Doughty
- Hyde Park Corner · George Francis Howard
- Death at Broadcasting House · Sydney Parsons
- Inasmuch... · St. Francis
- Down River