Acting
Laurence Olivier
- Titles
- 132movies22TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19302004
- Leading roles
- 68top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The World at War87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.9average 2.6
- Politics5.1average 2.6
- Warfare3.2average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Romance5.0average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.9, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 12
- Historical Drama 9
- Character-Driven 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Character Study 5
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Class Conflict 4
- Historical Epic 4
- Shakespearean Tragedy 3
- Classic Literature 3
- Period Piece 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Joan PlowrightActorDaphne Laureola, The Entertainer, Uncle Vanya, The Merchant of Venice, Three Sisters, +1 more
Ralph RichardsonActorWagner, Khartoum, Wagner, Richard III, The Divorce of Lady X, +1 more
Felix AylmerActorHenry V, Hamlet, As You Like It, The Demi-Paradise, The Temporary Widow
Vanessa RedgraveActorWagner, Peter the Great, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Wagner, Oh! What a Lovely War
Vivien LeighActorThat Hamilton Woman, 21 Days Together, Fire Over England, Private Lives, Rebecca
William WaltonComposerHenry V, Hamlet, Richard III, As You Like It, Three Sisters
John GielgudActorWagner, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Wagner, Richard III
Alan BatesActorThe Entertainer, The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, Three Sisters
Oswald MorrisCinematographerSleuth, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Entertainer, Term of Trial
Leslie BanksActorHenry V, 21 Days Together, Fire Over England
Michael CaineActorBattle of Britain, Sleuth, The Jigsaw Man
Robert LangActorUncle Vanya, Othello, The Dance of Death
Movies and TV shows
1032010s
1 titles
as Hamlet (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles · average score 66
59
as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
as archive footage
73
as Richard III (archive footage)
1990s
1 titles
as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
18 titles · average score 64
65
as The Old Soldier
57
TV show · as Harry Burrard
49
as Rudolf Hess
74
as Clifford Mortimer
65
as Henry Breasley
75
as Pfeuffer
50
as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
70
as King Lear
60
as Dr. Anthony Wainwright
as Joe Halpern
31
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
59
as Cantor Rabinovitch
1970s
27 titles · average score 68
64
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
71
as Julius
68
as Ezra Lieberman
50
as Loren Hardeman
72
as Dr. Christian Szell
64
as Professor James Moriarty
as Big Daddy
73
as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
87
TV show · as Narrator
70
as Shylock
77
as Andrew Wyke
50
as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
1960s
16 titles · average score 67
68
as Field Marshal Sir John French
69
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
as Edgar
68
as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
65
as Mahdi
72
as Supt. Newhouse
67
as Othello
57
as Dr. Astrov
as Priest
as Graham Weir
77
as Marcus Licinius Crassus
66
as Archie Rice
1950s
10 titles · average score 67
67
as Gen. Burgoyne
as Charles Strickland
57
as The Regent
72
as Richard III
70
as Narrator
as MacHeath
as Narrator
68
as George Hurstwood
67
as Police Constable 94-B
as Maxim de winter
1940s
12 titles · average score 70
74
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
68
as King Henry
72
as Narrator (voice)
as Ivan Kouznetsoff
as Narrator
71
as Johnnie, the Trapper
71
as Lord Horatio Nelson
64
as Narrator (voice)
79
as Maxim de Winter
70
as Mr. Darcy
61
as Larry Durrant
as Elyot Chase
1930s
15 titles · average score 59
73
as Heathcliff
62
as Tony McVane
62
as Everard Logan
63
as Michael Ingolby
54
as Orlando
52
as Vincent Lunardi
58
as Nicholas Randall
as Clive Dering
as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
52
as Lieutenant Ned Nichols
as Peter Bille
as The Boy