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Stage: Played Chorus in "Antigone".

Stage: Played Mercutio/Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet"

Stage: Played Hamlet in "Hamlet".

Stage: Played Malvolio in "Twelfth Night".

Stage: Played Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare , directed by Michael Benthall (St. James' Theatre, London, 1951).

Stage: Played Archie Rice in "The Entertainer".

Stage: Played Shylock in "Merchant Of Venice".

Stage: Played Macbeth in "Macbeth".

Stage: Played Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night".

Stage: Played Hal in "Henry V".

Stage: Played Hotspur in "Henry IV Pt. 1"

Stage: Played Justice Shallow in "Henry IV, Pt. 2"

Stage: Played Mr. Puff in "The Critic".

Stage: Played Oedipus in "Oedipus The King".

Stage: Played Sir Peter in "School For Scandal".

Stage: Played Lear in "King Lear".

TV commercial for the launch of the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera.

1986: Appeared together with Bob Hoskins in a music video for Paul Hardcastle: "Just For Money".

Private Lives (1931). Comedy. Written by Noel Coward. Directed by Noël Coward. Times Square Theatre: 27 Jan 1931- Sep 1931 (closing date unknown/256 performances). Cast: Noël Coward (as "Elyot Chase"), Gertrude Lawrence (as "Amanda Prynne"), Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier (as "Victor Prynne"), Therese Quadri. Replacement: Madge Kennedy (as "Amanda Prynne"). Produced by Charles B. Cochran.

Stage: Played title role in "Titus Andronicus" by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Brook (Stoll Theatre, London, 1957).

1956: Print advertisement for Olivier cigarettes, made by Benson & Hedges.

No Time for Comedy (1939). Written by S.N. Behrman. Scenic design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 17 Apr 1939- Sep 1939 (closing date unknown/185 performances). Cast: Katharine Cornell (as "Linda Eastbrook"), Laurence Olivier, Robert Flemyng, Margalo Gillmore (as "Amanda Smith"), Gee Gee James, Peter Robinson, John Williams. Produced by Katharine Cornell and The Playwright's Company.

Romeo and Juliet (1940). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Production Design by Laurence Olivier. Scenic Design by Motley. Costume Design by Motley. Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Incidental music by Alexander Steinert and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Laurence Olivier. 51st Street Theatre: 9 May 1940- 8 Jun 1940 (36 performances). Cast: Virginia Burchfield, Mary Kane, Patricia Knight, Vivien Leigh (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Nancie B. Marsland (as "A Cook"), Laurence Olivier (as "Romeo, son of Montague), Charles Prescott, Howard Stark, Wesley Addy (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), William Barrows, Ralph Brooke, Walter Brooke, Hazel Brown, Robert Busch, Oliver Cliff, Frank Downing, H. Robert Edwards, Brant Gorman, Wilton Graff, Ralph Grayson, Earle Grey, Halliwell Hobbes (as "Capulet"), Barbara Horder, Ted Huish, Raymond Johnson, Alexander Knox (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan) [Broadway debut], Charles Martin, Jack Merivale, Nan Merriman, Edmond O'Brien (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo), Tileston Perry, Joan Shepard, Clara Speer, Morton Stevens (as "Watchman/Old Capulet/Friar John, a Franciscan"), John Straub, Joseph Tomes, Katherine Warren, Ben Webster, Dame May Whitty (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Cornel Wilde (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"). Produced by Laurence Olivier.

(1950) He directed Denis Cannan's play, "Captain Carvallo," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with Peter Finch, Diana Wynyard, and Jill Bennett in the cast.

(1950) He presented Tyrone Guthrie's play, "Top of the Ladder," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with John Mills, Rachel Kempson, Alison Leggatt, Mary Kerridge, Miles Malleson, Esme Church, James Ottaway, and Una Venning in the cast.

(1936-1937) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Jessica Tandy, Alec Guinness, Marius Goring, Leo Genn, Ivy St. Helier, and Jill Esmond in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1936-1937) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Michael Redgrave, Alec Guinness, Marius Goring, Francis L. Sullivan, Robert Newton, Dorothy Dix, and Cherry Cottrell in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1936-1937) He acted in the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Edith Evans, Michael Redgrave, Alec Guinness, Alec Clunes, Marius Goring, and Leo Genn in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1937-1938) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Andrew Cruickshank, Judith Anderson, Niall MacGinnis, John Moody, James Ottaway, Laurence Naismith, and James Donald in the cast. Michel Saint-Denis was director. Motley was designer. Darius Milhaud was musical director.

(1937-1938) He acted in James Bridie's play, "The King of Nowhere," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Stephen Murray, Alexander Knox, Vivienne Bennett, Marda Vanne, and Sylvia Coleridge in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1937-1938) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Coriolanus," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Stephen Murray, Sybil Thorndike, William Devlin, Cecil Trouncer, George Skillan, Vivienne Bennett, Viola Lyel, and Richard Dare in the cast. Lewis Casson was director.

(1937-1938) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Othello," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quayle, Stephen Murray, Alexander Knox, Martita Hunt, and Andrew Cruickshank in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1937-1938) He acted in the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Vivien Leigh, Emlyn Williams, Stephen Murray, Anthony Quayle, and Andrew Cruickshank in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(April 23, 1937) He acted in the Shakespeare Birthday Festival at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Alec Clunes, Rachel Kempson, Basil Coleman, Henry Baynton, Morland Graham, Jill Esmond, Irene Vanbrugh, Violet Vanbrugh, Gyles Isham, Stephen Murray, George Hayes, Lawrence Baskomb, Malcolm Keen, Leo Genn, Stuart Burge, Michael Gough, Dorothy Green, Margaretta Scott, Michael Redgrave, Vivienne Bennett, Alec Guiness, Jessica Tandy, Ivy St. Helier, Harcourt Williams, Edith Evans, Ruth Gordon, George Howe, Martita Hunt, Ursula Jeans, Esmond Knight and Tyrone Guthrie in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was also director.

(March 15, 1937) He and Edith Evans presented prizes at the The Vic-Wells Coronation Year Ball at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, England with Lilian Baylis, Ivor Novello, Leslie Banks, Edith Evans, Harold Turner, Robert Helpmann, Mary Honer, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Charles B. Cochran in the cast. Ninette De Valois was choreographer.

(1936-1937) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Henry V," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Marius Goring, Harcourt Williams, Alec Guinness, Ivy St. Helier, Leo Genn, Jessica Tandy, Stuart Burge, Stephen Murray, and Basil Coleman in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1945-1946) He acted in and directed the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, Nicholas Hannen, Miles Malleson, Joyce Redman, Margaret Leighton, George Relph, Harcourt Williams, Harry Andrews, and Michael Warre in the cast. John Burrell and Ralph Richardson were also directors.

(1946-1947) He acted in and directed the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Pamela Brown, Alec Guinness, Nicholas Hannen, Joyce Redman, Margaret Leighton, George Relph, Michael Warre, Harry Andrews, Yvonne Mitchell, and Lewis Casson in the cast. John Burrell and Ralph Richardson were also directors.

(April 1945) He acted in Henrik Ibsen's play, "Peer Gynt," at the Opera House Theatre in Manchester, England in an Old Vic Theatre production with Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Redman, George Relph, Margaret Leighton, Nicholas Hannen, and Rose Morris in the cast. Tyrone Guthrie was director.

(1944-1945) He acted in and directed the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike, Nicholas Hannen, Joyce Redman, Margaret Leighton, George Relph, Harcourt Williams and Michael Warre in the cast. John Burrell and Ralph Richardson were also directors.

(1949) He acted in and directed Jean Anouilh's play, "Antigone," and Anton Chekhov's play, "The Proposal," at the Old Vic at the New Theatre in London, England with Vivien Leigh, George Relph, George Cooper, and Peter Cushing in the cast.

(1949) He acted in and directed the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England and on the Australasian Tour with Vivien Leigh, George Relph, Peter Cushing, and Terence Morgan in the cast. John Burrell and Ralph Richardson were directors.

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