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Paul Scofield was born on 21 January 1922 in Edgbaston, [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, the son of Mary and Edward Harry Scofield. [3] When Scofield was a few weeks old, his family moved to Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, where his father became headmaster at the Hurstpierpoint Church of England School. [4]
Paul Scofield. Actor: A Man for All Seasons. Though his number of film roles amount to a bit over 30, Paul Scofield has cast a giant shadow in the world of stage and film acting. He grew up in West Sussex, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended the Varndean School for Boys in Brighton. The love of acting came early.
- January 1, 1
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Paul Scofield. Actor: A Man for All Seasons. Though his number of film roles amount to a bit over 30, Paul Scofield has cast a giant shadow in the world of stage and film acting. He grew up in West Sussex, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended the Varndean School for Boys in Brighton. The love of acting came early. While still high school age, he began training as...
- January 21, 1922
- March 19, 2008
Paul Scofield, the towering British stage actor who won international fame and an Academy Award for the film “A Man for All Seasons,” has died. He was 86.Scofield died Wednesday in a hospital ...
Mar 21, 2008 · Paul Scofield was born David Scofield on Jan. 21, 1922, in the Sussex village of Hurstpierpoint, where his father became the headmaster of the local school. At 13, as a student at Varndean School ...
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Paul Scofield (born January 21, 1922, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England—died March 19, 2008) was an English actor noted for his powerful performances in Shakespearean and other stage roles. Scofield was trained as an actor at the Croydon Repertory Theatre School (1939) and at the Mask Theatre School (1940) in London.
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Paul Scofield, the actor acclaimed by his peers as the greatest of all Shakespearean performers, has died at the age of 86. His agent, Rosalind Chatto, confirmed this morning that he had passed away peacefully in a hospital near his home in Sussex yesterday. “He had leukaemia and had not been well for some time,” she said.