Chronology of stage, film and television performances given by Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier in the trailer for the film The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

This is a chronological list of the work of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier. Although Olivier preferred the theatre, his film career flourished, making him one of the most Oscar-nominated actors ever. In later years, Olivier also entered into television.

Theatre

The following table chronicles Olivier's stage career. It is not complete.

Opening date	Title	Role	Location London unless otherwise specified	Playwright	Director	Other main cast members
1920	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina	All Saints School	William Shakespeare	Geoffrey Heald	Geoffrey Heald
April 28, 1922	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	Geoffrey Heald	Geoffrey Heald
December 10, 1923	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Puck	St Edward's School, Oxford	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Unknown
November 30, 1924	Byron	Suliot Officer	Century Theatre	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
December 14, 1924	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Servant	Regent Theatre	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Unknown
December, 1924	Through the Crack	ASM & understudy	St Christopher School, Letchworth	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
February 8, 1925	Henry IV, Part 2	Master Snare & Thomas of Clarence	Regent Theatre	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Unknown
April, 1925	Macbeth	Lennox & ASM	St Christopher School, Letchworth	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Norman V. Norman Beatrice Wilson
August, 1925	(1) Unfailing Instinct (2) The Ghost Train (play)	(1) Armand St Cyr (2) Policeman	Brighton Hippodrome and Tour	(1) Julian Frank (2) Arnold Ridley	Unknown	Ruby Miller
October, 1925	The Tempest	Antonio	Century Theatre & London tour	William Shakespeare	Lena Ashwell	Unknown
October, 1925	Julius Caesar	Flavius	Century Theatre & London Tour	William Shakespeare	Lena Ashwell	Unknown
December 23, 1925 - March 20, 1926	Henry VIII	First Serving Man	Empire Theatre	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Lewis Casson Sybil Thorndike Angela Baddeley O. B. Clarence
January 10, 1926	Oedipus Tyrannus	Suppliant/ Guard/ Servant	New Scala Theatre	Sophocles	Unknown	Unknown
March 8–19, 1926	The Cenci	Servant to Orsino	Empire Theatre	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Lewis Casson	Sybil Thorndike Lewis Casson
April 7 - June 12, 1926	The Marvellous History of Saint Bernard	Minstrel	Kingsway Theatre	Henri Ghéon	Barry Jackson	Robert Harris Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
April 23, 1926	The Merchant of Venice	Gentleman	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	William Shakespeare	Unknown	Unknown
May 3, 1926	The Song	Lucio de Costanza	Royal Court Theatre	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
June, 1926	The Barber and the Cow	Small part	Clacton	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
July - November, 1926	The Farmer's Wife	Richard Coaker	Tour	Eden Phillpotts	Unknown	Unknown
December, 1926 - November 5, 1927	(1) The Farmer's Wife (2) Something to Talk About[disambiguation needed ] (3) Well of the Saints (4) The Third Finger (5) The Mannoch Family (6) The Comedian[disambiguation needed ] (7) Uncle Vanya (8) All's Well That Ends Well (9) The Pleasure Garden[disambiguation needed ] (10) She Stoops to Conquer (11) Quality Street (12) Bird in Hand (13) Advertising April (14) The Adding Machine (15) The Silver Box (16) The Road to Ruin	(1)Richard Coaker (2) Guy Sidney (3) Mat Simon (4) Tom Hardcastle (5) Peter Mannoch (6) Herald/ Guard/ Lictor (7) Vanya (8) Parolles (9) A Young Man (10) Tony Lumpkin (11) Ensign Blades (12) Gerald Arnwood (13) Mervyn Jones (14) Young Man (15) Jack Barthwick (16) Mr Milford	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	(1) Eden Philpotts (2) Eden Philpotts (3) J. M. Synge (4) Unknown (5) Murray Maclymont (6) Unknown (7) Anton Chekhov (8) William Shakespeare (9) Unknown (10) Oliver Goldsmith (11) J. M. Barrie (12) John Drinkwater (13) Horace Horsnell & Herbert Farjeon (14) Elmer Rice (15) Unknown (16)Thomas Holcroft	Unknown	(1) Melville Cooper (2) Melville Cooper
1928	The Adding Machine	Young Man	Royal Court Theatre	Elmer Rice
1928	Macbeth	Malcolm	Royal Court Theatre	William Shakespeare
1928	Back to Methuselah	Martellus	Royal Court Theatre	George Bernard Shaw
1928	Harold	Harold	Royal Court Theatre	Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1928	The Taming of the Shrew	Lord	Royal Court Theatre	William Shakespeare
1928	Bird in Hand	GeraId Arnwood	Royalty Theatre	John Drinkwater	Barry Jackson	Jill Esmond
1928	Paul Among The Jews (Paulus unter den Juden)			Franz Werfel trans. Paul Levertoff
1928	The Dark Path
1928	Journey's End	Stanhope	Apollo Theatre	R. C. Sherriff	James Whale
1929	Beau Geste	Beau Geste	Her Majesty's Theatre	P. C. Wren Basil Dean	Basil Dean	Madeleine Carroll Jack Hawkins Robin Irvine Marie Lohr
1929	Prize Giving at Woodside House School (sketch)
1929	The Circle of Chalk	Prince Pao		Enid Bagnold	Basil Dean	Anna May Wong
1929	Paris Bound	Richard Parish	Lyric Theatre	Philip Barry		Herbert Marshall Edna Best
1929	The Stranger Within	John Hardy	Garrick Theatre			Olga Lindo
1929	The Last Enemy	Jerry Warrender	Fortune Theatre	Frank Harvey	Tom Walls	Athene Seyler
1929	Murder on the Second Floor	Hugh Bromilow	Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre New York	Frank Vosper	William Mollison	O. B. Clarence Florence Edney Phyllis Konstam
1930	100 Not Out (sketch)
1930	After All	Ralph
1930	Private Lives	Victor Prynne	Phoenix Theatre	Noël Coward	Noël Coward	Noël Coward Gertrude Lawrence Adrianne Allen
1930	Some Other Private Lives (sketch)
1931	The Rats of Norway	Steven Beringer	Playhouse Theatre	Keith Winter	Raymond Massey	Raymond Massey Gladys Cooper
1931	Private Lives	Victor Prynne	Times Square Theatre New York	Noël Coward	Noël Coward	Noël Coward Gertrude Lawrence Jill Esmond
1933–1934	The Green Bay Tree	Julian	Cort Theatre New York	Mordaunt Shairp	Jed Harris	Leo G. Carroll James Dale Jill Esmond
1934	Biography	Richard Kurt	Globe Theatre	S. N. Behrman	Noël Coward	Ina Claire
1934	Queen of Scots	Bothwell	New Theatre	Gordon Daviot	John Gielgud	Glen Byam Shaw Campbell Gullan
1934	Theatre Royal	Anthony Cavendish	Lyric Theatre	Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman	Noël Coward	Marie Tempest
1934	Journey's End
1934	A Kiss for Cinderella
1934	November Afternoon (sketch)
1934	The Winning Post
1935	Ringmaster	Peter Hammond	Shaftesbury Theatre	Keith Winter	Raymond Massey	Cathleen Nesbitt Nigel Patrick Jill Esmond May Whitty
1935	November Afternoon (sketch)
1935	Notices (sketch)
1935	The Down and Outs Matinee
1935	Golden Arrow	Richard Harben	Whitehall Theatre	Sylvia Thompson Victor Cunard	Laurence Olivier	Cecil Parker Greer Garson
1935	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo & Mercutio	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	John Gielgud	John Gielgud, alternating roles with Olivier Peggy Ashcroft Edith Evans Alec Guinness Glen Byam Shaw
1936	Bees on the Boatdeck	Bob Patch	Lyric Theatre	J. B. Priestley	Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson	Kay Hammond Rene Ray Raymond Huntley Ralph Richardson
1937	Hamlet	Hamlet	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Michael Redgrave Alec Guinness Marius Goring Robert Newton Torin Thatcher
1937	Hamlet	Hamlet	Elsinore, Denmark	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Vivien Leigh
1937	Twelfth Night	Sir Toby Belch	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Jessica Tandy Alec Guinness Marius Goring Leo Genn Ivy St.Helier Jill Esmond
1937	Henry V	Henry V	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Jessica Tandy Michael Gough Harcourt Williams Alec Guinness
1937	Macbeth	Macbeth	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Michel Saint-Denis	Judith Anderson Andrew Cruickshank Niall MacGinnis Laurence Naismith James Donald
1937	Othello	Iago	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Tyrone Guthrie	Ralph Richardson Anthony Quayle Stephen Murray Alexander Knox Martita Hunt
1937	Shakespeare Birthday Festival		Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare		Alec Clunes Rachel Kempson Michael Gough Jill Esmond Irene Vanbrugh Violet Vanbrugh Michael Redgrave Alec Guinness
1938	The King of Nowhere	Vivaldi	Old Vic Theatre	James Bridie	Esme Church	Vivienne Bennett Alexander Knox Marda Vanne Sylvia Coleridge
1938	Coriolanus	Coriolanus	Old Vic Theatre	William Shakespeare	Lewis Casson	Sybil Thorndike William Devlin
1938	Here's To Our Enterprise	Henry Irving Centenary	Lyceum Theatre	Edward Knoblock
1939	No Time for Comedy	Gaylord Easterbrook	Ethel Barrymore Theatre New York	S. N. Behrman	Guthrie McClintic	Katharine Cornell Margalo Gillmore Robert Flemyng John Williams
1940	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo	51st Street Theatre, New York	William Shakespeare	Laurence Olivier	Vivien Leigh Dame May Whitty Alexander Knox Edmond O'Brien Cornel Wilde
1942	Henry V (scene)			William Shakespeare
1942	Elsie Fogerty Jubilee Matinee
1944	Peer Gynt	Peer Gynt	New Theatre	Henrik Ibsen	Tyrone Guthrie	Ralph Richardson Sybil Thorndike Joyce Redman George Relph Margaret Leighton Nicholas Hannen
1944	Arms and the Man	Bluntschli	New Theatre	George Bernard Shaw	John Burrell	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson George Relph Joyce Redman Sybil Thorndike
1944	Richard III	Richard III	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	John Burrell	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson Sybil Thorndike George Rose Sydney Tafler George Relph
1945	Uncle Vanya	Astrov	New Theatre	Anton Chekhov	John Burrell	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson George Relph Joyce Redman Sybil Thorndike
1945	Henry IV, Part 1	Hotspur	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	John Burrell	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson George Relph Joyce Redman Sybil Thorndike Miles Malleson
1945	Henry IV, Part 2	Justice Shallow	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	John Burrell	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson George Rose Joyce Redman Sybil Thorndike
1945	Oedipus & The Critic	Oedipus Mr Puff	New Theatre	Sophocles Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Miles Malleson	Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson George Relph Joyce Redman Sybil Thorndike George Rose
1946	Henry IV, Part I	Hotspur	New Century Theatre, New York	William Shakespeare	John Burrell	Ralph Richardson Margaret Leighton Harry Andrews George Relph Nicholas Hannen
1946	King Lear	King Lear	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	Laurence Olivier	Margaret Leighton Pamela Brown George Relph Joyce Redman Alec Guinness Harry Andrews William Devlin
1949	The School for Scandal	Sir Peter Teazle	New Theatre	Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Laurence Olivier	Vivien Leigh Peter Cushing Terence Morgan George Relph
1949	Richard III	Richard III	New Theatre	William Shakespeare	John Burrell
1949	Antigone	Chorus	New Theatre	Jean Anouilh	Laurence Olivier	Vivien Leigh
1950	Venus Observed	The Duke of Altair	St James's Theatre	Christopher Fry	Laurence Olivier	Rachel Kempson Heather Stannard Denholm Elliott Valerie Taylor
1951	Caesar and Cleopatra	Julius Caesar	St James's Theatre	George Bernard Shaw	Michael Benthall	Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra
1951	Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	St James's Theatre	William Shakespeare	Michael Benthall	Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra
1951	The Sid Field Tribute
1951	Caesar and Cleopatra	Julius Caesar	Ziegfeld Theatre New York	George Bernard Shaw	Michael Benthall	Vivien Leigh Harry Andrews Robert Helpmann Donald Pleasence Wilfrid Hyde-White
1951	Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	Ziegfeld Theatre New York	William Shakespeare	Michael Benthall	Vivien Leigh Harry Andrews Robert Helpmann Donald Pleasence Wilfrid Hyde-White
1953	The Sleeping Prince	Grand Duke of Carpathia	Phoenix Theatre	Terence Rattigan	Laurence Olivier	Vivien Leigh Martita Hunt
1955	Twelfth Night	Malvolio	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	John Gielgud	Vivien Leigh Michael Denison Maxine Audley Alan Webb
1955	Macbeth	Macbeth	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	Glen Byam Shaw	Vivien Leigh Patrick Wymark Ian Holm Maxine Audley Lee Montague Keith Michell Ian Holm
1955	Titus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	Peter Brook	Vivien Leigh Anthony Quayle Ian Holm Alan Webb Maxine Audley
1957	The Entertainer	Archie Rice	Royal Court Theatre Palace Theatre	John Osborne	Tony Richardson	Joan Plowright George Relph Brenda De Banzie Robert Stephens
1957	Titus Andronicus	Titus Andronicus	Tour of Paris, Vienna, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw then Stoll Theatre	William Shakespeare	Peter Brook	Vivien Leigh Anthony Quayle Maxine Audley Alan Webb Frank Thring
1959	Coriolanus	Coriolanus	Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon	William Shakespeare	Peter Hall	Edith Evans Harry Andrews Vanessa Redgrave Mary Ure Albert Finney
1960	Rhinoceros	Berenger	Royal Court	Eugene Ionesco	Orson Welles	Joan Plowright Peter Sallis
1962	Semi-Detached	Fred Midway	New Theatre, Oxford Saville Theatre	David Turner	Tony Richardson	Eileen Atkins John Thaw James Bolam Mona Washbourne
1962	The Broken Heart	Prologue Bassanes	Chichester Festival Theatre	John Ford	Laurence Olivier	John Neville Rosemary Harris Joan Greenwood Keith Michell Fay Compton Alan Howard
1963	Uncle Vanya	Dr Astrov	Chichester Festival Theatre National Theatre of Great Britain (Old Vic Theatre)	Anton Chekhov	Laurence Olivier	Michael Redgrave Joan Plowright Joan Greenwood Lewis Casson Sybil Thorndike André Morell Fay Compton Peter Woodthorpe
1963	The Recruiting Officer	Captain Brazen	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	George Farquhar	William Gaskill	Robert Stephens Colin Blakely Maggie Smith Lynn Redgrave Max Adrian Derek Jacobi Michael Gambon
1964	Othello	Othello	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	William Shakespeare	John Dexter	Maggie Smith Frank Finlay Joyce Redman Derek Jacobi Sheila Reid
1964	Night of 100 Stars	Presenter/speaker	London Palladium	1 Performance	-	The Beatles Judy Garland Susan Hampshire Anna Massey Miriam Karlin Hayley Mills Barbara Windsor
1964	The Master Builder	Solness	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	Henrik Ibsen	Peter Wood	Maggie Smith/Joan Plowright Celia Johnson Edward Hardwicke Sheila Reid Christopher Timothy
1965	Love for Love	Tattle	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) On Tour: Berlin and Moscow	William Congreve	Peter Wood	John Stride Geraldine McEwan Colin Blakely Miles Malleson Edward Hardwicke Joyce Redman Lynn Redgrave Sheila Reid Leonard Whiting Anthony Hopkins
1965	Homage to T.S. Eliot[1]	Speaker	Globe Theatre, London (1 Perf.)		Vera Lindsay	Peter O'Toole Paul Scofield John Le Mesurier Nicol Williamson Ian Richardson Cleo Laine
1967	The Dance of Death	Edgar	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	August Strindberg	Glen Byam Shaw	Geraldine McEwan Robert Lang
1967	A Flea in Her Ear	Plucheux	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	Georges Feydeau	Jacques Charon	Albert Finney Geraldine McEwan Edward Hardwicke John Stride
1969	Home and Beauty	A B Raham	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	W. Somerset Maugham	Frank Dunlop	Geraldine McEwan Benjamin Whitrow John Moffatt Jane Lapotaire Hazel Hughes Robert Lang
1969	Three Sisters		National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	Anton Chekhov	Laurence Olivier	Joan Plowright Louise Purnell Sheila Reid Alan Bates Derek Jacobi Ronald Pickup
1970	The Merchant of Venice	Shylock	National Theatre (Cambridge Theatre)	William Shakespeare	Jonathan Miller	Joan Plowright Anthony Nicholls Derek Jacobi
1971	Long Day's Journey Into Night	James Tyrone	National Theatre (New Theatre) and Old Vic	Eugene O'Neill	Michael Blakemore	Constance Cummings Denis Quilley Ronald Pickup
1973	Fanfare	Reader/presenter	Royal Opera House	-	-	Judi Dench Max Adrian Sybil Thorndike Kiri Te Kanawa
1973	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Antonio	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	Eduardo de Filippo	Franco Zeffirelli	Joan Plowright Frank Finlay Denis Quilley Martin Shaw
1973	The Party	John Tagg	National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)	Trevor Griffiths	John Dexter	Frank Finlay Denis Quilley Ronald Pickup John Shrapnel Anna Carteret
1974	Tribute to the Lady		National Theatre (Old Vic Theatre)		Val May	Peggy Ashcroft John Gielgud Edith Evans Flora Robson Sybil Thorndike
1982	Tribute Gala for the South Atlantic Fund	Speaker/Salutes Falklands Task Force	London Coliseum (1 Perf.)		Alan Boyd	Adam Ant Michael Aspel Ronnie Corbett Paul Daniels Les Dawson Harry Secombe Kim Wilde Dickie Henderson Danny La Rue Vera Lynn Virginia McKenna Tommy Steele Jimmy Tarbuck
1983	Blondel	Spoke Prologue (1 Perf.)	Old Vic	Tim Rice/Stephen Oliver	Tim Rice	Paul Nicholas Stephen Tate Chris Langham Sharon Lee-Hill Kevin Williams[disambiguation needed ]
1985	Night of 100 Stars	Personal Appearance (1 Perf.)	Radio City Music Hall, New York	-		Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Olivia De Havilland Danny Kaye Sidney Poitier Lana Turner Robert Preston[2]
1986	Time (as hologram)

Broadway

• Murder on the Second Floor - 1929
• Private Lives - 1931
• The Green Bay Tree - 1933
• No Time for Comedy - 1939
• Romeo and Juliet - 1940 (also producer, composer, director, and designer)
• King Henry IV, Part I - 1946
• King Henry IV, Part II - 1946
• Uncle Vanya - 1946
• Oedipus Rex - 1946
• The Critic - 1946
• Antony and Cleopatra - 1952 (also producer)
• The Entertainer - 1958
• Becket - 1960-1961 (as Becket opposite Anthony Quinn)
• Becket - 1961 (as Henry II opposite Arthur Kennedy)
• Romeo and Juliet - 1940 (also acted, composed, directed, and designed)
• Daphne Laureola - 1950 (producer)
• Antony and Cleopatra - 1952 (also acted)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - 1967-8 (producer, director)
• Venus Observed - 1952 (producer and director)
• Romeo and Juliet - 1940 (also acted, composed, produced, and designed)
• Venus Observed - 1952 (producer and director)
• The Tumbler - 1960 (director)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - 1967-8 (producer, director)
• Filumena - 1980 (director)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1930	The Temporary Widow	Peter Bille	Gustav Ucicky	Lilian Harvey, Felix Aylmer
1930	Too Many Crooks	The Man	George King	Arthur Stratton
1931	Potiphar's Wife	Straker	Maurice Elvey	Nora Swinburne, Elsa Lanchester
1931	Friends and Lovers	Lieutenant Ned 'Neddie' Nichols	Victor Schertzinger	Lili Damita, Adolphe Menjou, Frederick Kerr, Erich von Stroheim
1931	The Yellow Ticket	Julian Rolfe	Raoul Walsh	Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore
1932	Westward Passage	Nicholas 'Nick' Allen	Robert Milton	Ann Harding, Zasu Pitts
1933	Perfect Understanding	Nicholas Randall	Cyril Gardner	Gloria Swanson, Nigel Playfair
1933	No Funny Business	Clive Dering	Victor Hanbury	Gertrude Lawrence, Jill Esmond
1935	Moscow Nights	Captain Ignatoff	Anthony Asquith	Penelope Dudley-Ward, Athene Seyler, Hay Petrie
1936	As You Like It	Orlando	Paul Czinner	Henry Ainley, Felix Aylmer, Elisabeth Bergner
1937	Fire Over England	Michael Ingolby	William K. Howard	Flora Robson, Leslie Banks, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey, James Mason
1938	The Divorce of Lady X	Everard Logan	Tim Whelan	Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, Binnie Barnes
1939	Q Planes	Tony McVane	Tim Whelan	Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson
1939	Wuthering Heights	Heathcliff	William Wyler	Merle Oberon, Flora Robson, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald
1940	21 Days	Larry Durrant	Basil Dean	Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Francis L. Sullivan
1940	Rebecca	Maxim de Winter	Alfred Hitchcock	Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny
1940	Pride and Prejudice	Fitzwilliam Darcy	Robert Z. Leonard	Greer Garson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn, Mary Boland
1940	Conquest of the Air	Vincent Lunardi	Alexander Esway
1941	That Hamilton Woman	Horatio Nelson	Alexander Korda	Vivien Leigh, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon
1941	49th Parallel	Johnnie, the Trapper	Michael Powell	Leslie Howard, Eric Portman, Glynis Johns
1943	The Demi-Paradise	Ivan Kouznetsoff	Anthony Asquith	Felix Aylmer, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell
1944	This Happy Breed	Narrator	David Lean	Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
1944	Henry V	King Henry V	Laurence Olivier	Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer, Renée Asherson, Robert Newton and Leo Genn
1948	Hamlet	Hamlet	Laurence Olivier	Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Felix Aylmer, Stanley Holloway
1951	The Magic Box	Police Constable 94-B	John Boulting	Robert Donat, Richard Attenborough, Maria Schell
1952	Carrie	George Hurstwood	William Wyler	Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert
1953	The Beggar's Opera	Captain MacHeath	Peter Brook	Dorothy Tutin, Hugh Griffith, George Devine, Athene Seyler
1955	Richard III	Richard III	Laurence Olivier	John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Claire Bloom, Mary Kerridge
1957	The Prince and the Showgirl	Charles, the Prince Regent	Laurence Olivier	Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis
1959	The Devil's Disciple	Gen. John Burgoyne	Guy Hamilton	Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Eva Le Gallienne, Janette Scott
1960	The Entertainer	Archie Rice	Tony Richardson	Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Alan Bates, Joan Plowright, Albert Finney
1960	Spartacus	Marcus Licinius Crassus	Stanley Kubrick	Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis
1962	Term of Trial	Graham Weir	Peter Glenville	Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith
1963	Uncle Vanya	Dr. Astrov	Stuart Burge	Michael Redgrave, Joan Plowright, Max Adrian, Lewis Casson, Sybil Thorndike, Rosemary Harris, Fay Compton
1965	Bunny Lake Is Missing	Supt. Newhouse	Otto Preminger	Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt, Noël Coward, Finlay Currie
1965	Othello	Othello	Stuart Burge	Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Joyce Redman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Lang
1966	Khartoum	Mahdi	Basil Dean	Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson and Ralph Richardson
1968	Romeo and Juliet	Narrator	Franco Zeffirelli	Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Michael York
1968	The Shoes of the Fisherman	Piotr Ilyich Kamenev	Michael Anderson	Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John Gielgud, David Janssen
1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Field Marshal Sir John French	Richard Attenborough	Dirk Bogarde, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, John Mills, Susannah York, Kenneth More
1969	The Dance of Death	Edgar	David Giles	Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang
1969	The Battle of Britain	Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding	Guy Hamilton	Ralph Richardson, Christopher Plummer Trevor Howard and Michael Caine
1970	Three Sisters	Dr. Ivan Chebutikin	Laurence Olivier	Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Sheila Reid, Jeanne Watts, Derek Jacobi, Ronald Pickup
1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Count Witte	Franklin J. Schaffner	Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Tom Baker, Irene Worth, Jack Hawkins
1972	Lady Caroline Lamb	The Duke of Wellington	Robert Bolt	Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, Margaret Leighton
1972	Sleuth	Andrew Wyke	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Michael Caine
1974	The Rehearsal		Jules Dassin	Jules Dassin, Olympia Dukakis, Lillian Hellman, Melina Mercouri, Arthur Miller, Maximilian Schell
1976	Hindle Wakes		Laurence Olivier	Donald Pleasence
1976	Marathon Man	Dr. Christian Szell	John Schlesinger	Dustin Hoffman, William Devane, Roy Scheider
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Professor Moriarty	Herbert Ross	Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Vanessa Redgrave
1977	A Bridge Too Far	Dr. Jan Spaander	Richard Attenborough	Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, James Caan, Robert Redford
1978	The Betsy	Loren Hardeman	Daniel Petrie	Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones
1978	The Boys from Brazil	Ezra Lieberman	Franklin J. Schaffner	Gregory Peck, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen
1979	A Little Romance	Julius	George Roy Hill	Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard
1979	Dracula	Abraham Van Helsing	John Badham	Frank Langella, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve
1980	The Jazz Singer	Cantor Rabinovitch	Richard Fleischer	Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Paul Nicholas
1981	Inchon	Gen. Douglas MacArthur	Terence Young	Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune, Richard Roundtree
1981	Clash of the Titans	Zeus	Desmond Davis	Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Harry Hamlin
1983	The Jigsaw Man	Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith	Terence Young	Michael Caine, Susan George, Charles Gray, Robert Powell
1984	The Bounty	Admiral Hood	Roger Donaldson	Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Edward Fox
1985	Wild Geese II	Rudolf Hess	Peter R. Hunt	Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox
1989	War Requiem	Old Soldier	Derek Jarman	Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Sean Bean
2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (archive footage)	Dr. Totenkopf	Kerry Conran	Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1958	John Gabriel Borkman	John Gabriel Borkman	Christopher Morahan	Anthony Valentine
1959	The Moon and Sixpence	Charles Strickland	Robert Mulligan	Judith Anderson, Denholm Elliot, Jean Marsh
1961	The Power and the Glory	Priest	Marc Daniels	Julie Harris, George C. Scott
1969	David Copperfield	Mr Creakle	Delbert Mann	Richard Attenborough, Ralph Richardson
1969	Male of the Species	Narrator	Charles Jarrott	Michael Caine, Sean Connery
1973	Long Day's Journey Into Night	James Tyrone Sr.	Peter Wood	Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley
1973	The Merchant of Venice	Shylock	John Sichel	Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett
1973	The Morecambe and Wise Show, Christmas Special	Guest star in sketch	John Ammonds	Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
1974	The World at War	Narrator	Various	Karl Dönitz, Anthony Eden, Adolf Galland
1975	Love Among the Ruins	Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones	George Cukor	Katharine Hepburn, Joan Sims
1976	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Daddy	Robert Moore	Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner
1976	The Collection	Harry	Michael Apted	Alan Bates, Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren
1977	Come Back, Little Sheba	Doc Delaney	Silvio Narizzano	Joanne Woodward, Carrie Fisher
1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Nicodemus	Franco Zeffirelli	Robert Powell, James Mason
1978	Daphne Laureola	Sir Joseph	Waris Hussein	Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe
1978	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Antonio	Alan Bridges	Edward Woodward, Clive Francis
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Lord Marchmain	Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Charles Sturridge	Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews
1982	A Voyage Round My Father	Clifford Mortimer	Alvin Rakoff	Alan Bates, Jane Asher
1983	King Lear	King Lear	Michael Elliot	Robert Lindsay, John Hurt, Diana Rigg, David Threlfall
1983	Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson	Joe Halpern	Alvin Rakoff	Jackie Gleason
1983	Wagner	Pfeufer	Tony Palmer	Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Gabriel Byrne
1984	A Talent for Murder	Dr. Anthony Wainwright	Alvin Rakoff	Angela Lansbury
1984	The Ebony Tower	Henry Breasley	Robert Knights	Toyah Willcox, Roger Rees
1984	The Last Days of Pompeii	Gaius	Peter R. Hunt	Ned Beatty, Anthony Quayle
1986	Lost Empires	Harry Burrard	Alan Grint	Colin Firth
1986	Peter the Great (TV series)	King William III of Orange	Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller	Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell

• Olivier read a selection of poetry on television under the direction of Patrick Garland

References

1. ^ http://scofieldsperformances.com/audiodescr-2.htm
2. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-19/entertainment/ca-505_1