"England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and refused to take an Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film, starring alongside Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles and Susannah York. Also appearing are Nigel Davenport, Leo McKern, Corin Redgrave and, in one of his earliest screen roles, John Hurt. ""A Man for All Seasons"" was a critical and box office success. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards, while the"
"at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Zinnemann's fortunes changed once again with ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966), scripted by Robert Bolt from his own play and starring Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More, portraying him as a man driven by conscience to his ultimate fate. The film went on to win six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Scofield) and Best Director, Zinnemann's second such Oscar to date. The film was also entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. After this, Zinnemann was all set to direct an adaptation of ""Man's Fate"" for MGM. However, the"
"winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film ""A Man for All Seasons"". Scofield had originally played the same part on stage in the West End and in a Tony Award-winning performance on Broadway. Actress Helen Mirren, who appeared with Scofield in the 1989 film ""When the Whales Came"", said of him, ""He aspires to the soul rather than the character. He has no sense of personal ambition. He's one of our great, great actors. We're lucky to have him."" In 1990, actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson, who played Scofield's son in Franco Zeffirelli's ""Hamlet"", compared the experience"
"film was also entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where Scofield won the award for Best Actor. A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British biographical drama film in Technicolor based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name and adapted for the big screen by Bolt himself. It was released on 12 December 1966. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who had previously directed the films ""High Noon"" and ""From Here to Eternity"". The film and play both depict the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord"
"A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British biographical drama film in Technicolor based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name and adapted for the big screen by Bolt himself. It was released on 12 December 1966. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who had previously directed the films ""High Noon"" and ""From Here to Eternity"". The film and play both depict the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England who refused to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul King Henry VIII of"
"A Man for All Seasons (1988 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 television movie about St. Thomas More, directed by and starring Charlton Heston. It is based on the play of the same name by Robert Bolt, which was previously adapted in the Academy Award winning film from 1966. ""A Man for All Seasons"" was the first made-for-television film produced on behalf of the TNT (Turner Network Television) television network. The film stars Heston as More, Vanessa Redgrave (who had a small cameo in the version from 1966) as his wife Alice More, Sir John Gielgud as"
"Robert Shaw (actor) Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966). Shaw's other notable film roles include ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""The Royal Hunt of the Sun"" (1969), ""Young Winston"" (1972), ""The Sting"" (1973), ""Jaws"" (1975), ""Robin and Marian"" (1976), and ""Black Sunday"" (1977). Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, the son of former"
"All Seasons"" (1960); Charles Dyer in Dyer's play ""Staircase"", staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966; the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's ""A Hotel in Amsterdam"" (1968); and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's ""Amadeus"" (1979). He was subsequently the voice of the Dragon in another play by Robert Bolt, a children's drama ""The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew."" ""Expresso Bongo"", ""Staircase"" and ""Amadeus"" were filmed with other actors, but Scofield starred in the screen versions of ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966) and ""King Lear"" (1971). Other major screen roles include the art-obsessed Wehrmacht Colonel"
"Common Man into several more realistic characters, but omitted small portions of the play itself. A Man for All Seasons (1988 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 television movie about St. Thomas More, directed by and starring Charlton Heston. It is based on the play of the same name by Robert Bolt, which was previously adapted in the Academy Award winning film from 1966. ""A Man for All Seasons"" was the first made-for-television film produced on behalf of the TNT (Turner Network Television) television network. The film stars Heston as More, Vanessa Redgrave (who had a small"
"same title. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted for the screen by the playwright. It stars Paul Scofield, a noted British actor, who said that the part of Sir Thomas More was ""the most difficult part I played."" The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Scofield won the Best Actor Oscar. In 1988 Charlton Heston starred in and directed a made-for-television film that restored the character of ""the common man"" that had been cut from the 1966 film. Catholic science fiction writer R. A. Lafferty wrote his novel ""Past Master"" as a modern equivalent to"
"from the X-Men comics is named and modelled after Shaw. Robert Shaw (actor) Robert Archibald Shaw (9 August 1927 – 28 August 1978) was an English actor, novelist, and playwright. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as Henry VIII in the drama film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966). Shaw's other notable film roles include ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""The Royal Hunt of the Sun"" (1969), ""Young Winston"" (1972), ""The Sting"" (1973), ""Jaws"" (1975), ""Robin and Marian"" (1976), and ""Black Sunday"" (1977). Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at"
"Man for All Seasons"" and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for ""Quiz Show"". Theatrical accolades include a 1962 Tony Award for ""A Man for All Seasons"". In 1969, Scofield became the sixth performer to win the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for ""Male of the Species"". He was also one of only eight actors to win both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film, for ""A Man for All Seasons"". Scofield declined the honour of a knighthood on three"
"Nigel Davenport Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films ""A Man for All Seasons"" and ""Chariots of Fire"", respectively. Davenport was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, to Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn) and Arthur Henry Davenport. His father was a bursar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He grew up in an academic family and was educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. Originally he chose to study Philosophy, Politics and"
"Nigel Davenport Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films ""A Man for All Seasons"" and ""Chariots of Fire"", respectively. Davenport was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, to Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn) and Arthur Henry Davenport. His father was a bursar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He grew up in an academic family and was educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. Originally he chose to study Philosophy, Politics and"
"role was played by Patrick Troughton. In the ""1973 film"", based on the miniseries, he was played by Michael Gough. In ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966), he was played by Nigel Davenport. In ""Anne of the Thousand Days"" (1969), Peter Jeffrey took the role. He went on to reprise the role in a 1996 BBC adaptation of Mark Twain's 1881 novel ""The Prince and the Pauper"". Sir Rex Harrison portrayed him in the 1978 adaptation of the same novel called ""Crossed Swords"". Mark Strong portrayed Norfolk in the 2003 ITV feature ""Henry VIII"". In the Showtime series ""The Tudors"""
"A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, and a one-hour live television version starring Bernard Hepton was produced in 1957 by the BBC, but after Bolt's success with ""The Flowering Cherry"", he reworked it for the stage. It was first performed in London opening at the Globe Theatre (now Gielgud Theatre) on 1 July 1960. It later found its way to Broadway, enjoying a critically and commercially successful run"
"glasses and holding a suitcase. For a moment we wondered who this stranger was and why he was wandering onto our stage. Then we realised that it was Paul, transformed. His tall body had shrunk; he had become insignificant. The new character now possessed him entirely. In a career devoted chiefly to the classical theatre, Scofield starred in many Shakespeare plays and played the title role in Ben Jonson's ""Volpone"" in Peter Hall's production for the Royal National Theatre (1977). Highlights of his career in modern theatre include the roles of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's ""A Man for"
"as the Saturday Night Theatre on BBC Radio 4 on 28 February 1959: The play was produced, with the following cast, as the Saturday Play on BBC Radio 4 on 7 October 2006, as part of its Betrayal season: A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, and a one-hour live television version starring Bernard Hepton was produced in 1957 by the BBC, but after Bolt's success with ""The Flowering"
"Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Martin Chamberlain as King Henry VIII, Richard Johnson as the Duke of Norfolk (historically, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk), and Roy Kinnear as the narrator, ""The Common Man"", who was cut from the previous film. (The ""Common Man' functions in the manner of a Greek chorus throughout the play, appearing at crucial moments and seeming to comment on the action.) The film from 1988 follows the original stage play more literally, runs a half hour longer than the film from 1966, and could be considered more ""stagy"" than that earlier film, which not only divided the"
"the Best Actor category for the role, losing to Sean Penn's performance in ""Milk"". In 2000, he played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical version of ""A Christmas Carol"" at Madison Square Garden. He has also appeared in notable off-Broadway productions, including in the title role of Robert Kalfin's Chelsea Theater Center production of ""The Prince of Homburg"", which was filmed by PBS for the Theatre in America series. He starred as Sir Thomas More in the 2008 Broadway revival of ""A Man for All Seasons"". In late 2009, he starred alongside Cameron Diaz and re-united with ""Superman"
"Hiller. Hiller was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year. ""A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)"" In the Showtime series ""The Tudors"", Catherine Byrne portrayed Alice More (Harpur) from 2007-2008. Alice More Alice, Lady More (née Harpur; 1474–1546 or 1551) - also known as Dame Alice Moore - was the second wife of Sir Thomas More, who served as Lord Chancellor of England. She is a prominent figure in Tudor history and literature. She was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Adern)"
"better actor."" Heston enjoyed acting on stage, believing it revivified him as an actor. He never returned to Broadway, but acted in regional theatres. His most frequent stage roles included the title role in ""Macbeth"", and Mark Antony in both ""Julius Caesar"" and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". He played Sir Thomas More in ""A Man for All Seasons"" in several regional productions in the 1970s and 1980s, eventually playing it in London's West End. The play was a success and the West End production was taken to Aberdeen, Scotland, for a week, where it was staged at His Majesty's Theatre. Samuel"
"last episode of the first season of the TV series""The Saint"" tilted ""The Charitable Countess"" with Roger Moore as Simon Templar and Patricia Donahue as Countess Rovagna, Davenport played a supporting role as Countess's confidant, Aldo Petri. He made an impression as Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk in ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966), co-starred with Michael Caine in the war movie ""Play Dirty"", and had a major role as Lord Bothwell in ""Mary, Queen of Scots"". In 1972, he appeared as George Adamson, opposite Susan Hampshire in ""Living Free"", the sequel to ""Born Free"". During the production of"
"The 20th-century agnostic playwright Robert Bolt portrayed Thomas More as the tragic hero of his 1960 play ""A Man for All Seasons"". The title is drawn from what Robert Whittington in 1520 wrote of More: More is a man of an angel's wit and singular learning. I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness and affability? And, as time requireth, a man of marvelous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity. A man for all seasons. In 1966, the play, ""A Man for All Seasons"", was adapted into a film with the"
"Yvonne Mitchell and Constance Cummings.<ref name=""http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/anniversary/playhouseplayers.html""></ref> In 1966 he persuaded his old friend Richard Burton and his wife Elizabeth Taylor to star in an OUDS production of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus to raise fund for an extension at the Playhouse.<ref name=""http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/18961/frank-hauser""></ref> After leaving Oxford in 1973, Hauser directed many West End productions including Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons (Savoy, 1987), with Charlton Heston as Sir Thomas More. His last production was the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Hobson's Choice. Frank Hauser (director) Frank Hauser CBE (1 August 1922 – 14 October 2007) was a British Theatre director.<ref name=""http://www.filmreference.com/film/17/Frank-Hauser.html""></ref> Frank"
"thenBurlington, Ontario where he found work as a school supplies salesman before he started working in local theatre, working primarily with the Players' Guild of Hamilton. Notable productions there included ""Murder in the Cathedral"" as Thomas Becket, ""The Heiress"", ""Arms and the Man"", ""Auntie Mame"", ""Separate Tables"" ""Pygmalion"" as Henry Higgins, for which he won the Western Ontario Drama Festival Phelps Award for Best Actor in 1958 and Sir Thomas More in ""A Man for All Seasons"" for which he won the Henry Osborne Trophy for Best Actor in the Dominion of Canada Award at the Dominion Drama Festival in"
"became a full-time writer at the age of 33 when his play ""The Flowering Cherry"" was staged in London in 1958, with Celia Johnson and Ralph Richardson. Although he was best known for his original play ""A Man for All Seasons"" – a depiction of Sir Thomas More's clash with King Henry VIII over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon – which won awards on the stage and in its film version, most of his writing was screenplays for films or television. Bolt was known for dramatic works that placed their protagonists in tension with the prevailing society. He won"
"in audiences, so the producers approached Richard Burton, who turned down the part. Laurence Olivier was also considered, but director Zinnemann demanded that Scofield be cast. He played More both in London's West End and on Broadway; the latter appearance led to a Tony Award. Alec Guinness was the studio's first choice to play Cardinal Wolsey, and Peter O'Toole was the first choice to play Henry VIII. Richard Harris was also considered. Bolt wanted film director John Huston to play Norfolk, but he refused. Vanessa Redgrave was originally to have played Margaret, but she had a theatre commitment. She agreed"
"""A Man for All Seasons"", being portrayed as a contrarian, somewhat thick-headed man who would always oppose whatever doctrine was the established one. After arguing theology with Roper, More says, ""They're a cantankerous lot, the Ropers, always swimming against the stream. Old Roper was the same."" In the 1966 film adaptation Roper was portrayed by Corin Redgrave. William Roper William Roper (c. 1496 – 4 January 1578) was an English lawyer and member of Parliament. The son of a Kentish gentleman, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More. He wrote a highly regarded biography of his father-in-law. William Roper"
"Could Get Killed"" ""' ""A Man for All Seasons"" — Robert Bolt ""' Richard Attenborough — ""The Sand Pebbles"" ""' Jocelyne LaGarde — ""Hawaii"" ""' Dean Martin — ""The Dean Martin Show"" ""' Marlo Thomas — ""That Girl"" ""' ""I Spy"" 24th Golden Globe Awards The 24th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966 films, were held on February 15, 1967. ""' Paul Scofield — ""A Man for All Seasons"" ""' Alan Arkin — ""The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"" ""' Anouk Aimée — ""A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)"" ""'"
"he was instrumental in many aspects of the play's development, including the casting of Paul Scofield as Thomas More. In 1966 he was nominated in the same category for James Goldman's ""The Lion in Winter."" He later directed Katharine Hepburn and Christopher Reeve in ""A Matter of Gravity"" in 1976. He frequently collaborated with Bolt, directing ""The Tiger and the Horse"" and ""Gentle Jack"" (and appearing in ""Zhivago"", which Bolt scripted). One of his most famous theatrical roles was opposite Alec Guinness in the stage production of Bridget Boland's ""The Prisoner"", for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award, and"
"Paul Scofield David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor of stage and screen who was known for his striking presence, distinctive voice, and for the clarity and effortless intensity of his delivery. Regarded as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time, Scofield preferred the stage over film. This, and his decision to put his family first, has meant that he has never been as well known outside the United Kingdom as some other actors. Outside his homeland, Scofield is best known for his Academy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award-"
"Peter Barkworth Peter Wynn Barkworth (14 January 1929 – 21 October 2006) was an English actor. He twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor; for ""Crown Matrimonial"" in 1975 and for ""Professional Foul"" and ""The Country Party"" in 1978. He also starred in the ITV series ""Manhunt"" (1970) and the BBC series ""Telford's Change"" (1979). His film appearances included ""Where Eagles Dare"" (1968), ""Patton"" (1970), ""International Velvet"" (1978) and ""Champions"" (1984). Peter Barkworth was born at Margate, Kent. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Bramhall in Cheshire and Barkworth was educated at Stockport School. His headmaster"