Donald Wolfit
Sir Donald Wolfit (born April 20, 1902 in Newark-on-Trent , Nottinghamshire , England , † February 17, 1968 in London , England) was a British actor .
Live and act
Wolfit began his stage career in 1920 and soon made a name for himself as a Shakespeare interpreter. In 1936 he first appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon . Alone at London's Strand Theater he was seen 112 times during the Second World War during so-called Shakespeare Lunch Time performances. Around a hundred other appearances followed as part of repertoire performances at the Scala Theater. In 1937 he founded his own company with which he toured to Cairo , Paris , Brussels , New York and Canada , among others . On July 16, 1957, he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .
In film since 1934, he was often given major supporting roles and, above all, leading roles in horror stories. In 1954, he played the hypnotist Svengali in the film of the same name. In The Way Up and its sequel A Place at the Top , he played as a wealthy Mr. Brown the father-in-law of the parvenus Joe Lampton portrayed by Laurence Harvey .
Wolfit was a member of the Freemasons' Association ( Green Room Lodge ).
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: The strangler arrives at midnight (The Ringer)
- 1952: Mr. Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers)
- 1954: Svengali
- 1955: Keyword: Berlin-Tempelhof (A Prize of Gold)
- 1956: The Man in the Road
- 1958: Blood of the Vampire (Blood of the Vampire)
- 1958: The Way Up (Room at the Top)
- 1959: Hill of Secrets (The Angry Hills)
- 1959: The House of the Seven Hawks
- 1960: The Bitter and the Sweet (The Rough and the Smooth)
- 1960: The sinister hands of Dr. Orlak (The Hands of Orlac)
- 1961: Branded (The Mark)
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia)
- 1964: Becket
- 1965: 31 degrees in the shade (Ninety Degrees in the Shade)
- 1965: A place at the top (Life at the Top)
- 1968: The Charge of the Light Brigade
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knights and Dames: WAM-ZUR at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
- ^ Neal Arden "And for my next record ..." , MQ magazine , no. April 9, 2004 |
Web links
- Donald Wolfit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfit, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolfit, Sir Donald (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark-on-Trent , Nottinghamshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 1968 |
| Place of death | London , England |