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| 3 | ->''"Privacy is something hard to come by in our business, and if you want it you have to fight for it."'' |
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| 5 | David Paul Scofield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CH, CBE]] (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor of stage and screen, well-known for his performances in such Shakespearean works as ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/KingLear''. He is probably best remembered for playing Creator/ThomasMore in Creator/RobertBolt's play ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'', a role which he reprised in the 1966 film version, winning him the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor. He also originated the role of Salieri in Creator/PeterShaffer's play ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}''. Well-known for his rich voice, which director Fred Zinnemann compared to "a Rolls-Royce being started." |
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| 7 | Although he was much in demand after ''A Man for All Seasons'', Scofield turned down most movie roles; [[ReclusiveArtist an extremely private person]], he didn't enjoy the fame that accompanied film stardom (notably, he did not accept his Oscar in person, and he even declined a knighthood from the Queen). Additionally, his experience with the TroubledProduction of ''Film/TheTrain'' convinced him to only take film roles that he felt passionate about while focusing instead on the stage. Towards the end of his career, however, Scofield to appear as a character actor in films and television, earning a second Oscar nomination for his performance in ''Film/QuizShow''. He also won a [[MediaNotes/TonyAwardWinners Tony Award]] for the Broadway production of ''A Man for All Seasons'' and an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for the television film ''Male of the Species'', making him one of the rare people to win the [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs Triple Crown of Acting]]. |
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| 10 | !!Film roles on TV Tropes: |
| 11 | * ''Film/CarveHerNameWithPride'' (1958) as Tony Fraser |
| 12 | * ''Film/TheTrain'' (1964) as Col. von Waldheim |
| 13 | * ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'' (1966) as Sir Thomas More |
| 14 | * ''Theatre/KingLear'' (1971) as King Lear |
| 15 | * ''Theatre/{{A Delicate Balance|1967}}'' (1973) as Tobias |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Henry V|1989}}'' (1989) as King of France |
| 17 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1990) as The Ghost |
| 18 | * ''Film/QuizShow'' (1994) as Mark Van Doren |
| 19 | * ''Theatre/TheCrucible'' (1996) as Judge Thomas Danforth |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Animal Farm|1999}}'' (1999) as Boxer (voice) |
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