Donald Wolfit
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 20, 1902
Place of Birth: New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Becket
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
The Traitor
One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
Room at the Top
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Drake of England
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
The Man in the Road
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
The Mark
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
I Accuse!
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
The Sandwich Man
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Filmography
as Dr. Augustus Fagan
as 'Macbeth'
as Car Salesman
as Abe Brown
as Pastor Manders
as Bažant (Auditor #1)
as Bishop Folliot
as R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
as General Murray
as Clive
as Professor Volchett
as Inspector Van Der Stoor
as Lord Drewell
as Dr. Stergion
as Mr. Brown
as Doctor Callistratus
as Gen. Mercier
as Halvard Solness
as Colonel Price
as Prof. Merrity
as Judge
as Prof. Cattrell
as Alfie Stratton
as Sergeant Buzfuz
as Svengali
as Willie, the boy's uncle
as Dr. Lomond
as Sergeant Buzfuz
as Dick Finlay
as Inspector Greville
as Jack Barton
as Henry Camberley
as Thomas Doughty
as George Francis Howard
as Sydney Parsons