Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his six-decade career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, Olivier had considerable success in television roles.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 64 films (1931–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 26 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1931 FRIENDS AND LOVERS. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1931 THE YELLOW TICKET. Fox Film Corp 88 min B&W
1932 WESTWARD PASSAGE. RKO Pathe Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 PERFECT UNDERSTANDING. Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp. Ltd. 9 reels B&W
1935 Moscow Nights Anthony Asquith 100 min B&W
1936 As you like it Twentieth Century-Fox ; directed and produced by Paul Czinner. 96 16mm B&W sound
1936 CONQUEST OF THE AIR Zoltan Korda B&W
1936 CONQUEST OF THE AIR Zoltan Korda B&W
1936 Conquest of the Air Films, Inc. 40 min 16mm B&W Sound
1936 CONQUEST OF THE AIR! ▶ Movietone 16mm B&W
1937 Fire Over England Culver City 91 min 16mm sound
1937 FIRE OVER ENGLAND. London Film Productions Ltd. 10 reels B&W
1938 The Divorce of Lady X. Tim Whelan 92 min 16mm sound
1939 Q Planes Harefield 1:22:00 16mm B&W sound
1939 Wuthering Heights William Wyler 13 min. 16mm B&W
1939 Wuthering Heights Audio Brandon 104 mi 16mm B&W sound
1939 Wuthering heights. Samuel Goldwyn 11 reels. 16mm B&W sound
1940 21 Days Basil Dean 72 min B&W
1940 Pride And Prejudice Public Media Inc 12 reels 16mm B&W sound
1940 Rebecca ?selznick 14 reels 16mm sound
1941 49th Parallel Michael Powell
1941 That Hamilton woman. unknown 108 min 16mm B&W sound
1943 The Demi-Paradise Anthony Asquith 114 min B&W
1944 Henry V Stanton Films | Sterling Educational Films: Publisher | Two Cities Films Ltd 2:17:00 16mm Color sound
1944 THE CHRONICLE HISTORY OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH. Laurence Olivier Prod. 6600 16mm sound
1948 Hamlet Two Cities Films Ltd. 2:35:00 16mm B&W sound
1948 Hamlet LCA 153 min 16mm B&W
1948 Hamlet Anvil Film and Recording Group Ltd 150 min B&W
1950 Hamlet Two Cities ; director, Laurence Olivier. 152 16mm B&W sound
1952 Carrie. Paramount Pictures Corp. 118 min 35mm B&W sound
1954 The Beggar’s Opera. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1955 Richard III Laurence Olivier 12:00 Color
1955 Richard III. London Film Productions Ltd. 160 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Prince And The Showgirl. Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. 117 min 35mm Color sound
1959 The Devil’s Disciple. ▶ Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Films Ltd. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick 197 min Color
1960 Spartacus. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Byrna Productions Inc. 197 min 35mm Color sound
1960 The Entertainer Tony Richardson 96 Color & B&W
1962 Term Of Trial. Harman Pictures N.V. 130 min 35mm B&W sound
1965 Bunny Lake is missing Columbia Pictures Corp.: Publisher 1:47:00 16mm B&W sound
1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing. Wheel Productions Ltd. 107 min 35mm B&W sound
1966 Khartoum. Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd. 134 min 35mm Color sound
1967 DAVID COPPERFIELD. McGraw-Hill Inc. 118 min 16mm Color sound
1968 Romeo and Juliet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 1:38 16mm B&W sound
1968 ROMEO AND JULIET Teaching Film Custodians, Inc 40min 16mm Color Sound
1968 The Shoes Of The Fisherman. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 162 min 35mm Color sound
1969 Battle Of Britain CBS NEWS 27 16mm Color
1969 Battle Of Britain. Steven S.A. 126 min Color sound
1969 David Copperfield Delbert Mann
1969 Oh! What A Lovely War. Paramount Pictures Corp. 116 min 35mm Color sound