Donald Wolfit
Biography
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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Lawrence of Arabia
as General Archibald Murray
1962
Room at the Top
as Mr. Brown
1958
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as 'Macbeth'
1968
Becket
as Bishop Folliot
1964
The Hands of Orlac
as Professor Volchett
1960
Blood of the Vampire
as Doctor Callistratus
1958
I Accuse!
as Gen. Mercier
1958
The Sandwich Man
as Car Salesman
1966
Satellite in the Sky
as Prof. Merrity
1956
Life at the Top
as Abe Brown
1965
The House of the Seven Hawks
as Inspector Van Der Stoor
1959
A Prize of Gold
as Alfie Stratton
1955
The Pickwick Papers
as Sergeant Buzfuz
1952
Death at Broadcasting House
as Sydney Parsons
1934
Isn't Life Wonderful!
as Willie, the boy's uncle
1953
The Rough and the Smooth
as Lord Drewell
1959
The Angry Hills
as Dr. Stergion
1959
90° in the Shade
as Bažant (Auditor #1)
1965
The Traitor
as Colonel Price
1957
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
as Dr. Augustus Fagan
1968
Inasmuch...
as St. Francis
1934
Guilty?
as Judge
1956
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
as Executive
1938
The Man in the Road
as Prof. Cattrell
1956
A Man on the Beach
as Carter
1955
The Ringer
as Dr. Lomond
1952
Hyde Park Corner
as George Francis Howard
1935
Calling the Tune
as Dick Finlay
1936
Drake of England
as Thomas Doughty
1935
The Mark
as Clive
1961
Dr. Crippen
as R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
1963
Svengali
as Svengali
1954
The Silent Passenger
as Henry Camberley
1935
Down River
1931
The Master Builder
as Halvard Solness
1958
England's Shakespeare
as Hamlet
1939
Late Extra
as Inspector Greville
1935
Checkmate
as Jack Barton
1935
