Laurence Olivier was voted 14th on AFI's greatest screen legends of all time.

See my sites on two of Olivier's films:

Wuthering Heights ~~~ Rebecca

Films

  • Too Many Crooks (1930) - The Man
  • Temporary Widow, The (1930) - Peter Bille
  • Friends and Lovers (1931) - Lieutenant Ned 'Neddie' Nichols
  • Yellow Ticket, The (1931) - Julian Rolphe
  • Potiphar's Wife (1931) - Straker
  • Westward Passage (1932) - Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
  • Perfect Understanding (1933) - Nicholas Randall
  • No Funny Business (1933) - Clive Dering
  • Moscow Nights (1936) - Captain Ignatoff
  • As You Like It (1936) - Orlando
  • Fire Over England (1937) - Michael Ingolby
  • Divorce of Lady X, The (1938) - Everard Logan
  • Q Planes (1939) - Tony McVane
  • Wuthering Heights (1939) - Heathcliff
  • Rebecca (1940) - George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' deWinter
  • 21 Days (1940) - Larry Durrant
  • Conquest of the Air (1940) - Vincent Lunardi
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940) - Mr. Darcy
  • That Hamilton Woman (1941) - Lord Horatio Nelson
  • Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) - Johnnie Barris the Trapper
  • Words for Battle (1941) (voice)
  • Malta G.C. (1942) (voice) - Narrator
  • Volunteer, The (1943) - Himself, impersonating a fish outside restaurant window
  • Demi-Paradise, The (1943) - Ivan Kouznetsoff
  • This Happy Breed (1944) (uncredited) - Narrator
  • Henry V (1944) - King Henry V
  • Hamlet (1948) - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • Magic Box, The (1951) - Police Constable 94-B
  • Carrie (1952) - George Hurstwood
  • Queen Is Crowned, A (1953) - Narrator
  • Beggar's Opera, The (1953) - Captain MacHeath
  • Richard III (1954) - Richard III
  • Prince and the Showgirl, The (1957) - The Regent
  • Devil's Disciple, The (1959) - General John Burgoyne
  • Spartacus (1960) - Marcus Licinius Crassus
  • Entertainer, The (1960) - Archie Rice
  • Term of Trial (1962) - Graham Weir
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) - Superintendent Newhouse
  • Othello (1965) - Othello
  • Khartoum (1966) - The Mahdi
  • Romeo and Juliet (1968/I) (voice) (uncredited)
  • Shoes of the Fisherman, The (1968) (as Sir Laurence Olivier) - Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
  • Dance of Death (1968/I) - Edgar
  • Battle of Britain (1969) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - Field Marshal Sir John French
  • Three Sisters (1970) - Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
  • Little Romance, A (1979) - Julius
  • Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Count Witte
  • Sleuth (1972) - Andrew Wyke
  • Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) - Duke of Wellington
  • Films of Robert Bolt, The (1972) - Himself
  • Rehearsal, The (1974)
  • Gentleman Tramp, The (1975) - Narrator
  • Marathon Man (1976) - Szell
  • Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) - Professor James Moriarty
  • Bridge Too Far, A (1977) - Doctor Jan Spaander
  • Uncle Vanya (1977) - Dr. Astrov
  • Betsy, The (1978) - Loren Hardeman
  • Boys from Brazil, The (1978) - Ezra Lieberman
  • Dracula (1979) - Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
  • Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Cantor Rabinowitz
  • Clash of the Titans (1981) - Zeus
  • Inchon (1981) - General Douglas MacArthur
  • Jigsaw Man, The (1983) - Admiral Sir Gerald Scaith
  • Bounty, The (1984) - Admiral Hood
  • Ebony Tower, The (1984) - Henry Breasley
  • Wild Geese II (1985) - Rudolf Hess
  • War Requiem (1989) - Old Soldier
  • Tales of Helpmann, The (1990) - Himself
  • Shylock (1999) (archive footage) - Shylock
  • Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom (1999) - Richard III

TV Appearances

  • John Gabriel Borkman (1958) - John Gabriel Borkman
  • Moon and Sixpence, The (1959) - Charles Strickland
  • Power and the Glory, The (1961) - Priest
  • Uncle Vanya (1963) - Astrov
  • Male of the Species (1969) - Narrator
  • David Copperfield (1970) - Mr. Creakle
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973) - James Tyrone, Sr.
  • Merchant of Venice, The (1973) - Shylock
  • "World at War, The" (1974) - Narrator
  • Love Among the Ruins (1975) - Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
  • Gentleman Tramp, The (1975)- Narrator
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) - Big Daddy -Producer
  • "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) - Nicodemus
  • Sheba (1978) (UK: series title)
  • Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) - Doc Delaney -Producer
  • Daphne Laureola (1978) - Sir Joseph -Producer
  • Voyage Round My Father, A (1982) - Father
  • Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) - Interviewee
  • "Brideshead Revisited" (1982) - Lord Marchmain
  • Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983) - Mr. Halpern
  • "Wagner" (1983) - Pfeufer
  • King Lear (1984) - King Lear
  • Talent for Murder, A (1984) - Dr. Wainwright
  • "Last Days of Pompeii, The" (1984) -Gaius
  • Ebony Tower, The (1984) - Henry Breasley
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