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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.

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