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{{short description|English actor (1922–2008)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Paul Scofield
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image              = Paul Scofield Allan Warren.jpg
| caption            = Scofield in 1975
| birth_name         = David Paul Scofield
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1922|1|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2008|3|19|1922|1|21|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], England
| resting_place      = St Mary's Churchyard, [[Balcombe]], [[West Sussex]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1940–2006<ref>Ian McKellen says Scofield's last public performance was on 19 April 2004, http://www.mckellen.com/writings/tribute/080330ps.htm. Scofield recorded his last radio play, "Swan Song" in 2006. He is credited with an appearance on BBC's "Poetry Please" program on 27 January 2008, but it is not clear if the recording was made from a live performance or whether material from the BBC archives was used. http://www.scofieldsperformances.com/</ref>
| spouse             = {{marriage|Joy Parker|1943}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''David Paul Scofield''' (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the [[Triple Crown of Acting]], winning an [[Academy Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and a [[Tony Award]] for his work.  Scofield established a reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. He declined the honour of a [[knighthood]], but was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1956 and became a [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] in 2001.

Scofield received the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for portraying Sir [[Thomas More]] in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1962). Four years later, he won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] when he reprised the role in the [[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|1966 film adaptation]], making him one of eleven to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. He received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] for ''Male of the Species'' (1969).

Scofield garnered acclaim for his roles in films such as ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' (1964), ''[[King Lear (1971 British film)|King Lear]]'' (1971), ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1973), ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]'' (1989), and ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1990). He portrayed [[Mark Van Doren]] in the historical drama ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]'' (1994), for which he earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. For his role as [[Thomas Danforth]] in the film adaptation of ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' (1996) he received the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]].

==Early life and education==
Paul Scofield was born on 21 January 1922 in [[Edgbaston]],<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=100133|title=Scofield, (David) Paul (1922–2008)}}</ref> [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England, the son of Mary and Edward Harry Scofield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/playeraprofileof002609mbp/playeraprofileof002609mbp_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "The Player A Profile Of An Art" |year=1961 |publisher=Simon And Schuster |access-date=22 February 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name="player">Interview. Ross, Lillian and Helen. ''The Player: A Profile of An Art.'' New York, NY 1966. {{ISBN|978-0-87910-020-9}}</ref> Scofield told his biographer, [[Garry O'Connor (writer)|Garry O'Connor]], that his upbringing was divided. His father was an [[Church of England|Anglican]] and his mother a [[Roman Catholic]]. Baptised into his mother's faith, Scofield said, "some days we were little Protestants and, on others, we were all devout little Catholics."<ref>O'Connor (2002), pp. 19–20.</ref> He added, "A lack of direction in spiritual matters is still with me."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 21.</ref>

Scofield recalled: "I was a dunce at school. But at the age of twelve I went to [[Varndean Grammar School for Boys|Varndean School]] at [[Brighton]] where I discovered [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. They did one of his plays every year, and I lived just for that."<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', p. 11.</ref><ref name="screen">[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/495735/index.html ''Paul Scofield biography.''] Access date: 16 November 2007.</ref> In 1961, Scofield wrote, "I don't have a psychological approach to acting; fundamentally, I have an intuitive approach. For me, the totally intellectual approach is never satisfactory. What matters to me is whether I like the play, for one thing, and, for another, whether I can recognize and identify myself with the character I'm to play."<ref> Edited by Tony Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (1970), ''Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors Told in Their Own Words'', Crown Publisher's, Inc. Pages 421.</ref> In 1939, Scofield left school at the age of seventeen and began training at the [[Croydon]] Repertory Theatre. Shortly after the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Scofield arrived for a physical examination and was ruled unfit for service in the [[British Army]]. He later recalled, "They found I had crossed toes. I was unable to wear boots. I was deeply ashamed."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 25.</ref>

==Career==
===1940–1959: Rise to prominence===
Scofield began his stage career in 1940 with a debut performance in American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[Desire Under the Elms]]'' at the [[Westminster Theatre]], and was soon being compared to [[Laurence Olivier]]. He played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.  From there he went to the [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] in Stratford, where he starred in [[Walter Nugent Monck]]'s 1947 revival of ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''.<ref name="fref">[http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Paul-Scofield.html Film Reference biography.] Access date: 16 November 2007.</ref>

In 1948, Scofield appeared as Hamlet at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford alongside a then unknown [[Claire Bloom]] as [[Ophelia]]. Scofield's performance was so highly praised that it caused him to be dubbed, "The Hamlet of his generation."<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 70.</ref> He was also Bassanio in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' with Bloom as an Attendee. J.C. Trewin commented, "He is simply a timeless Hamlet... None could forget Scofield's pathos, the face folded in grief, at, 'When you are desirous to be blessed, I'll blessing beg of you.' We have known many correct, almost formal Hamlets, aloof from Elsinore. Scofield was ever a prisoner within its bounds: the world had many confines, wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one of the worst."<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 72.</ref>

John Harrison, Director of the [[Leeds Playhouse]], later recalled of Scofield's Hamlet, "'Get thee to a nunnery,' so often delivered with rage or scorn, he says so gently. You have visions of quiet and prayer. A future for Ophelia."<ref name="Garry O 2002 p. 76">Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 76.</ref> In her later book, ''[[Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir]]'', Claire Bloom recalls that during the production she had a very serious crush on Scofield. As Scofield "was happily married and the father of a son", Bloom hoped only "to be flirted with and taken some notice of." But Scofield never so much as glanced at Bloom or any of the other pretty actresses in the cast.<ref name="Garry O 2002 p. 76"/> Unusually, the production had two Hamlets: Scofield and [[Robert Helpmann]] took turns playing the title role and Bloom later recalled, "I could never make up my mind which of my two Hamlets I found the more devastating: the openly homosexual, charismatic Helpmann, or the charming, shy young man from Sussex."<ref>''Leaving A Doll's House'', p. 43.</ref>

Scofield's versatility at the height of his career is exemplified by his starring roles in theatrical productions as diverse as the musical ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1958) and [[Peter Brook]]'s celebrated production of ''[[King Lear]]'' (1962). Brook wrote in his memoir, ''Threads of Time'', "The door at the back of the set opened, and a small man entered. He was wearing a black suit, steel-rimmed 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."<ref>Peter Brook, ''Threads of Time. A Memoir.'' Counterpoint, 1999.</ref>

Scofield also played in a big box office hit, ''Carve Her Name with Pride''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=21 June 2025|access-date=21 June 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-studios-the-rank-organisation-films-of-1958/|title=Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation Films of 1958}}</ref>
===1960–1979: ''A Man for All Seasons'' and acclaim===
[[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Scofield portrayed Sir [[Thomas More]] in the film and stage version of ''A Man for All Seasons'']]
One of the highlights of Scofield's career in modern theatre is the role of Sir [[Thomas More]] in [[Robert Bolt]]'s ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'', which opened in July 1960. Scofield later referred to the part as the only time "my intuition for the part has failed me."<ref> Edited by Tony Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (1970), ''Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors Told in Their Own Words'', Crown Publisher's, Inc. Page 421.</ref> Theatre reviewers published very harsh criticism of Scofield's performance at first, which forced him to "start from scratch and just work on facts, making myself totally faithful to what was on the page". After realizing "I had to find the way the man would feel; then I was able to find the way he should sound", and the vital importance of conveying complete sincerity and humility when "playing a man of spiritual depth", Scofield successfully developed a means of performing as Thomas More through trial and error.<ref> Edited by Tony Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (1970), ''Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors Told in Their Own Words'', Crown Publisher's, Inc. Pages 421-422.</ref>

[[Austrian-American]] filmmaker [[Fred Zinnemann]] later recalled of seeing the play onstage, "It dealt with the sixteenth-century English statesman Thomas More, beheaded on the orders of his King, [[Henry VIII]], for refusing to sanction his marriage to [[Anne Boleyn]]. With Paul Scofield in the lead, the play was a powerful emotional experience. It dramatized the nation's unquestioning submission to the [[Absolute monarchy|absolute power]] of the king, in stark contrast to More, whose last words before the execution were, 'I die the Kings good servant, but God's first.'"<ref> Fred Zinnemann (1992), ''A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography'', Charles Scribner Sons. Page 198.</ref>

When Fred Zinnemann was first approached about directing [[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|the 1966 film adaptation]] of ''A Man For All Seasons'' by [[Columbia Pictures]] executive [[Mike Frankovich]] in 1965 and enthusiastically agreed, the studio did not wish to cast Scofield as the lead. Preferring a more internationally bankable cast, the studio desired either [[Laurence Olivier]] or [[Richard Burton]] as Thomas More, [[Alec Guinness]] as Cardinal Wolsey, and [[Peter O'Toole]] as King Henry VIII. Both Zinnemann and screenwriter [[Robert Bolt]] disagreed, however, but still went through the motions of meeting with Olivier and then informing him politely that he had not been chosen.<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 191-192.</ref> Scofield, who was cast after Columbia grudgingly "fell in with Zinnemann's wishes", later recalled, "I was surprised and honoured to be chosen for the film, being almost unknown in the movie world... My own task was unaltered except that I now focused on my thoughts on to a camera instead of an audience."<ref> Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 192.</ref>

Even though defying the studio's casting wishes forced him to film ''A Man For All Seasons'' on a shoestring budget, Fred Zinnemann felt very differently about Scofield and later recalled of the film shoot, "For the first few days the crew did their usual work very well, the way they would have done any job, but on the third day, when Scofield made his speech about the majesty of the law, they were suddenly mesmerized by the magic of those words and they remained that way throughout the rest of the filming. So totally did Paul convey the scope of More's character that for months afterwards I couldn't help but look at him in awe, as a saint rather than an actor."<ref> Fred Zinnemann (1992), ''A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography'', Charles Scribner Sons. Page 202-204.</ref>

[[File:The Train (1964 film) trailer 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Burt Lancaster]] and Scofield in ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' (1964)]]
In 1964, Scofield acted in the [[John Frankenheimer]] war film ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' alongside [[Burt Lancaster]]. The film is set in August 1944 during [[World War II]], it pits [[French Resistance]]-member Paul Labiche (Lancaster) against German Colonel Franz von Waldheim (Scofield), who is attempting to move stolen art masterpieces by train to Germany. The film received positive acclaim and was ranked as one of the best films by the [[National Board of Review]]. 

Writing in 1961, Scofield explained, "Output in the theatre requires greater energy than anything else I know. Doubt of one's energy is the worst of all. One's output in the theatre requires energy of a sort that is never a factor in family life. Family energy generates itself. Social life outside the family can be exhausting. I don't care much for social life with people in the theatre. I'm rather good at being with people when I want to make the effort, but I'm bad at listening to people when I know what they're going to say. It isn't very interesting, and on the whole it's very draining. The interesting thing in the theatre is the work and working with people. I usually like the people in the work, but I can't go on with them outside the work as long as most actors can. And when I'm working on a part I'm thinking about it all the time, going over all the possibilities in my mind. I like to be alone when I'm working."<ref> Edited by Tony Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (1970), ''Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors Told in Their Own Words'', Crown Publisher's, Inc. Pages 419-420.</ref>

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 (theatre director)|Peter Hall]]'s production for the [[Royal National Theatre]] (1977). In a 1994 interview, Scofield explained, "One of the great strengths of the theatre is that it is ephemeral. It does exist only in what you remember and you can't check up on it afterwards and think, 'That's not as good as I remember.' If any performance I've ever given stays in someone's mind that's so much more exciting than being able to put it on the video and play it again. It's not that I don't want to take risks - the opposite is true, in fact. But the more you know about acting, the more you're aware of the pitfalls and the more nerve-racking it becomes. When I was young, I wasn't nervous at all. Even doing ''Hamlet'', I just had a go."<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 69.</ref>

Scofield also appeared as Charles Dyer in Dyer's play ''[[Staircase (play)|Staircase]]'', staged by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1966; Laurie in [[John Osborne]]'s ''A Hotel in Amsterdam'' (1968); and [[Antonio Salieri]] in the original stage production of [[Peter Shaffer]]'s ''[[Amadeus (play)|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 version of ''[[King Lear (1971 UK film)|King Lear]]'' (1971). His other major screen roles include the art-obsessed [[Wehrmacht]] Colonel von Waldheim in ''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' (1964), Strether in a 1977 TV adaptation of [[Henry James]]'s novel ''[[The Ambassadors]]'', and Tobias in [[Edward Albee]]'s ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1973).

===1980–1999===
Scofield was cast in the lead role of Sir Randolph Nettleby in the 1985 film ''[[The Shooting Party]]'', but was forced to withdraw due to an injury he suffered on set. According to the DVD extras documentary for the film, Scofield and the other male lead actors were to come into shot on a horse-drawn shooting brake driven by the renowned film horse-master George Mossman as the first shot of the first day of filming. As they turned the first corner, the plank that Mossman was standing on broke in two and he was hurled forward and down, falling between the sets of wheels and taking the reins with him. He was struck by a horse's hoof and concussed. The horses shied and broke into a gallop. Actor [[Rupert Frazer]] admitted that he was the first to jump off, landing safely, but bruised. Out of control, the horses turned to the right when confronted by a stone wall, causing the shooting brake to roll completely, catapulting the actors into a pile of scaffolding that had been stacked next to the wall. [[Robert Hardy]] stood up and realised to his amazement that he was unhurt. He looked across to see [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] stand up, "turn completely green and collapse in a heap", having broken five ribs and his shoulder blade. He noticed that Scofield was lying very still on the ground "and I saw that his shin-bone was sticking out through his trousers". As the film takes place in October during the partridge-shooting season, the filmmakers had to make a choice whether to delay filming for a year or re-cast. The ''Shooting Party'' schedule was ultimately changed to allow [[James Mason]] to take over the part of Sir Randolph Nettleby six weeks later.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4313352.stm | work=BBC News | title=Obituary: Paul Scofield | date=20 March 2008}}</ref> Scofield's broken leg also deprived him of the part of [[O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|O'Brien]] in ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]],'' in which he was replaced by [[Richard Burton]].<ref>"In Conversation with Michael Radford", ''[[Sky Arts]]'' 18 October 2013</ref>

[[Helen Mirren]], who appeared with Scofield in the 1989 film ''[[When the Whales Came]]'', said, "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."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 300.</ref> Scofield also portrayed the [[Ghost (Hamlet)|Ghost]] in [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s [[Hamlet (1990 film)|1990 film adaptation of ''Hamlet'']] alongside [[Mel Gibson]] in the title role. Despite being an [[A-list]] actor at the time, Gibson, who had grown up idolising Scofield, compared the experience of performing Shakespeare alongside him to being "thrown into [[boxing ring|the ring]] with [[Mike Tyson]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Paul Scofield's career highlights |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1582308/Paul-Scofields-career-highlights.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1582308/Paul-Scofields-career-highlights.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=20 March 2008 |access-date= 16 July 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Scofield, on the other hand, never felt similarly intimidated and later recalled about working with Gibson, "Not the actor you'd think would make an ideal Hamlet, but he had enormous integrity and intelligence."<ref> Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 302.</ref> Scofield portrayed Professor Moroi in the film of [[János Nyíri]]'s ''If Winter Comes'' (1980), for BBC Television; poet [[Mark Van Doren]] in [[Robert Redford]]'s film ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]'' (1994), and Deputy Governor [[Thomas Danforth]] in [[Nicholas Hytner]]'s film adaptation (1996) of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]''.

== Personal life and death ==
[[File:Paul Scofield's gravestone.JPG|thumb|Paul and Joy Scofield's gravestone in St Mary's churchyard, [[Balcombe]], West Sussex]]
Scofield married actress Joy Mary Parker on 15 May 1943.<ref name="ODNB"/> They had met while he played Hamlet to her Ophelia.<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 38.</ref> Scofield later said "Joy and I simply decided to be married. We were both of age and were determined. Any doubts from our families were overruled, and they were the usual ones – too young, etc. We had a week out at the end of ''[[The Moon Is Down]]'' tour, married during that week, and went straight into the [[Whitehall Theatre]]."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 39.</ref>

Paul and Joy Scofield had two children: Martin (born 1945) who became a senior lecturer in English and American literature at the University of Kent<ref name="seasons">O'Connor, Garry. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1557834997 ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons''.] Applause Theatre Book Publishers. February 2002. {{ISBN|1-55783-499-7}}.</ref> and Sarah (born 1951). When asked by Garry O'Connor how he wished to be remembered, Scofield responded "If you have a family, that is how to be remembered."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 150.</ref> When O'Connor asked about his seventieth birthday, Scofield replied, "Birthdays are a bore, really. It's true, I do like my fallow times... I hate missing anything that might be happening outside on a summer evening, something in the garden."<ref> Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 301.</ref> Filmmaker [[Michael Winner]] accordingly described Paul and Joy Scofield as "one of the few very happily married couples I've ever met."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 250.</ref>

Scofield died from [[leukemia|leukaemia]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7306378.stm | title=Oscar-winning actor Scofield dies | work=[[BBC News Online]] | date=20 March 2008 | access-date=20 March 2008 }}</ref> on 19 March 2008 at the age of 86 at the [[Royal Sussex County Hospital]]<ref name="ODNB"/> in [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], [[England]]. His memorial service was held at [[Westminster Abbey]] on the first anniversary of his death.<ref name="ODNB"/> His wife Joy died four years later on 7 November 2012, aged 90.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director 
! class="unsortable"| Notes 
|-
| 1955
| ''[[That Lady]]''
| King [[Philip II of Spain]]
| [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]
| 
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]''
| Tony Fraser
| [[Lewis Gilbert]] 
|
|-
| 1964
| ''{{sortname|The|Train|dab=1964 film}}''
| Col. von Waldheim
| [[John Frankenheimer]] 
|
|-
| 1966
| ''{{sortname|A|Man for All Seasons|dab=1966 film}}''
| Sir [[Thomas More]]
| [[Fred Zinnemann]] 
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Tell Me Lies (film)|Tell Me Lies]]''
| Guest 
| Peter Brook 
|
|-
|1969
| ''[[The Red Tent (film)|The Red Tent]]''
| The Main Judge
| [[Mikhail Kalatozov]] 
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2"|1970
| ''[[Bartleby (1970 film)|Bartleby]]''
| The Accountant
| Anthony Friedman
|
|-
| ''Nijinsky: Unfinished Project''
| Sergei Diaghilev
| Tony Richardson 
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[King Lear (1971 UK film)|King Lear]]''
| King Lear
| [[Peter Brook]] 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1973
| ''[[Scorpio (film)|Scorpio]]''
| Zharkov
| [[Michael Winner]] 
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Delicate Balance|dab=film}}''
| Tobias
| [[Tony Richardson]] 
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Ill Fares the Land''
| Narrator 
| [[Bill Bryden]]
| Voice
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Summer Lightning]]''
| Old Robert Clarke
| [[Paul Joyce]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1"|1985
| ''[[1919 (film)|1919]]''
| Alexander Scherbatov
| [[Hugh Brody]] 
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| ''[[When the Whales Came]]''
| Zachariah "The Birdman" Woodcock
| Clive Reeves 
|
|-
| ''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]''
| [[Charles VI of France]]
| [[Kenneth Branagh]] 
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[King Hamlet|The Ghost]]
| [[Franco Zeffirelli]] 
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1992
| ''[[Utz (film)|Utz]]''
| Doctor Vaclav Orlik
| [[George Sluizer]]
|
|-
| [[London (1994 film)|''London'']]
| Narrator
| [[Patrick Keiller]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1"|1994
| ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
| [[Mark Van Doren]]
| [[Robert Redford]] 
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''{{sortname|The|Crucible|dab=1996 film}}''
| Judge Thomas Danforth
| [[Nicholas Hytner]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Robinson in Space''
| Narrator
| [[Patrick Keiller]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''[[Animal Farm (1999 film)|Animal Farm]]''
| [[Boxer (Animal Farm)|Boxer]]
| [[John Stephenson (director)|John Stephenson]] 
| Voice
|-
| ''Rashi: A Light After the Dark Ages''
| Ashley Lazarus
| 
| Voice
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
1977

! Title
The Ambassadors
! Role
! Notes
! Ref. 
|-
|1965
| ''The State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill'' 
| Narrator
| ITV television special 
|
|-
|1969
| ''Male of the Species''
| Sir Emlyn Bowen 
| Television movie
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
| ''If Winter Comes''
| Professor Moroi
| Television movie
| 
|-
|''[[The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 film)|The Curse of King Tut's Tomb]]''
| Narrator 
| Voice; Television movie
|
|-
|1981
| ''[[Celebrity Playhouse]]''
| James Callifer
| Episode: [[The Potting Shed]]
|
|-
|1982
| ''[[A Song at Twilight]]''
| Sir Hugh Latymer
| 
|
|-
|1984
| ''Arena: The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel''
| Narrator
| 
|
|-
|1985
| ''[[Anna Karenina (1985 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
| Karenin
| Television Movie
|
|-
|1987
| ''[[Mister Corbett's Ghost]]''
| Mr. Corbett
| Television movie
| 
|-
|1988
| ''[[The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank]]''
| [[Otto Frank]]
| Television movie 
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|''[[Genesis: The Creation and the Flood]]''
| Narrator 
| Voice
| 
|-
| ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' || Old Martin Chuzzlewit <br/> Anthony Chuzzlewit || 6 episodes ||
|-
|1999
| ''The Disabled Century''
| Narrator 
| Voice; 3 episodes
|
|-
|}

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==Stage appearances==
* 1948: ''[[The Relapse]]'' ([[John Vanbrugh]]) (Phoenix)
* 1949: ''[[The Seagull]]'' ([[Anton Chekhov]]) (St. James's)
* 1949: ''[[Adventure Story]]'' ([[Terence Rattigan]]) (Theatre Royal, Brighton) pre-London tour
* 1950: ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' ([[Jean Anouilh]]) (Globe)
* 1952: ''[[The River Line]]'' (Morgan) (Lyric Hammersmith)
* 1952: ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'' (Shakespeare) (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Theatre Royal Brighton, Lyric Hammersmith)
* 1953: ''[[A Question of Fact]]'' (Browne) (Piccadilly)
* 1954: ''[[Time Remembered]]'' (Lyric Hammersmith and New)
* 1955: ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare) Theatre Royal, Brighton, Phoenix)
* 1956: ''[[The Power and the Glory]]'' ([[Graham Greene]]) (Phoenix)
* 1956: ''[[The Family Reunion]]'' (Phoenix)
* 1957: ''[[A Dead Secret]]'' (Ackland) (Piccadilly)
* 1958: ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (Saville)
* 1959: ''[[The Complaisant Lover]]'' ([[Graham Greene]]) (Globe)
* 1960: ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' ([[Robert Bolt]]) (Globe)
* 1968: ''[[The Hotel in Amsterdam]]'' ([[John Osborne]]) (Royal Court)
* 1970: ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Anton Chekhov]], [[Christopher Hampton]]) (Royal Court)
* 1973: ''[[Savages (play)|Savages]]'' ([[Christopher Hampton]]) (Royal Court)
* 1975: ''[[The Tempest]]'' (Shakespeare) (Wyndham's)
* 1978: ''A Family'' ([[Ronald Harwood]]) (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
* 1986: ''[[I'm not Rappaport]]'' (Gardner) (Apollo)
* 1989: ''Exclusive'' ([[Jeffrey Archer]]) (Strand)
* 1992: ''[[Heartbreak House]]'' ([[George Bernard Shaw]]) (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
* 1996: ''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]'' ([[Henrik Ibsen]])) (National Theatre, London) -->

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award 
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[39th Academy Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 |title=The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[67th Academy Awards|1994]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1971
| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]]
| ''[[King Lear (1971 British film)|King Lear]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1971-2/ |title=Bodil Prize 1971 |publisher=[[Bodil Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th British Academy Film Awards|1955]]
| rowspan="4"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Film]]
| ''[[That Lady]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1956/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1956 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st British Academy Film Awards|1967]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best British Actor]]
| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1968/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1968 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[48th British Academy Film Awards|1994]]
| rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| ''Quiz Show''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1995 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th British Academy Film Awards|1996]]
| ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1997/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1997 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| [[British Academy Television Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/television |title=BAFTA Awards: Television in 1995 |publisher=[[British Academy Television Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''Quiz Show''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[24th Golden Globe Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/paul-scofield |title=Paul Scofield |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[54th Golden Globe Awards|1996]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| ''The Crucible''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[10th Annual Grammy Awards|1967]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording]]
| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/paul-scofield/13909 |title=Paul Scofield |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Annual Grammy Awards|1968]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Spoken Word Recording]]
| ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1966
| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Actor
| rowspan="2"| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Rod Steiger]] for ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''.}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1966-69/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1966-69 |date=11 December 2013 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 1966
| [[Laurel Awards]]
| Top Male Dramatic Performance
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
|[[1980 Laurence Olivier Awards|1980]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Laurence Olivier Awards]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play|Actor of the Year in a New Play]]
|[[Amadeus (play)|''Amadeus'']]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1980 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1980/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[1986 Laurence Olivier Awards|1986]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]]
|''[[I'm Not Rappaport]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1986 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1986/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards|1993]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[Heartbreak House]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1993 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1993/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[1997 Laurence Olivier Awards|1997]]
|''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1997 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1997/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|1997]]
| [[London Film Critics Circle|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://criticscircle.org.uk/film/critics-circle-film-awards/ |title=Critics' Circle Film Awards |publisher=[[London Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[5th Moscow International Film Festival|1966]]
| [[Moscow International Film Festival]]
| Best Actor
| rowspan="3"| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=December 15, 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=January 16, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1966|1966]]
| [[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1966/ |title=1966 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1966 National Society of Film Critics Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1994 National Society of Film Critics Awards|1994]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''Quiz Show''
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| [[1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1966]]
| rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''A Man for All Seasons''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/ |title=Awards – New York Film Critics Circle |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1994]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''Quiz Show''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[21st Primetime Emmy Awards|1969]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]
| ''Male of the Species''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/paul-scofield |title=Paul Scofield |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[1st Golden Satellite Awards|1996]]
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama]]
| rowspan="2"| ''The Crucible''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1997.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 1997 1st Annual SATELLITE Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1997.shtml |archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
| Best Supporting Actor
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1996 |title=1996 SEFA Awards |publisher=Southeastern Film Critics Association |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Tony Awards|1962]]
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Leading Actor in a Play]]
| ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1962/category/any/show/any/ |title=1962 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>
|}

Scofield declined the honour of a [[knighthood]] on three occasions,<ref name="seasons"/><ref name="barnes">[http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?CTR=90388 Paul Scofield biography.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224103157/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?CTR=90388 |date=24 February 2007 }} Barnes & Noble. Access date: 16 November 2007.</ref> but was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1956 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40669 |supp=y|page=12|date=30 December 1955}}</ref> and became a [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]] in 2001.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56070 |supp=y |page=4|date=30 December 2000}}</ref> When asked the reason for his decision to decline the knighthood, Scofield responded, "I have every respect for people who are offered [a knighthood] and accept it gratefully. It is just not an aspect of life that I would want."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 320.</ref> His biographer Garry O'Connor described being knighted as "the kind of honour from which [Scofield] instinctively recoiled. Never the actor before the part he plays."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 106.</ref> 

In 1972, the [[Hamburg]]-based [[Alfred Toepfer Foundation]] awarded Scofield its annual [[Shakespeare Prize]]. When Scofield was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for ''A Man for All Seasons'', he declined to travel to [[Los Angeles]] to attend the ceremony. When Scofield won the award, his [[leading lady]] [[Wendy Hiller]], whom Fred Zinnemann had cast as Lady Alice More for being "particularly marvelous at doing a 'slow burn'",<ref> Fred Zinnemann (1992), ''A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography'', Charles Scribner Sons. Page 205.</ref> went up on stage to receive the Award Statue on Scofield's behalf. According to O'Connor, Scofield always kept his Oscar Statue "put... away in the corner of his workroom". Scofield explained, "Although it was nice to get, it's not decorative, really. I suppose that's why I don't display it. But if anyone wants to see it I'll get it out."<ref> Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', Applause Books (2002), p. 199-200.</ref> Scofield was subsequently nominated as [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''Quiz Show''. 

Scofield's many theatrical accolades include a 1962 [[Tony Award]] for ''A Man for All Seasons''. In 1969, Scofield became the sixth performer to win the [[List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards#Winners of three out of the four major entertainment awards|Triple Crown of Acting]], winning an [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]] for ''Male of the Species''. He accomplished this in only seven years (1962–1969), which is still a record. He was also one of only eleven actors [[List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards#Winners of an Academy Award and a Tony Award for the same role|to win both the Tony and the Oscar for the same role on stage and film]], for ''A Man for All Seasons''. In 2002 he was awarded the [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Letters|D. Litt]] by the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2001-2/supps/1_4628.pdf | title = Oxford University Gazette Encaenia 2002 | access-date = 25 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409070356/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2001-2/supps/1_4628.pdf | archive-date = 9 April 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2004, a poll of actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including [[Ian McKellen]], [[Donald Sinden]], [[Janet Suzman]], [[Ian Richardson]], [[Antony Sher]] and [[Corin Redgrave]], acclaimed Scofield's Lear as the greatest Shakespearean performance ever.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1469918/Scofields-Lear-voted-the-greatest-Shakespeare-performance.html ''Scofield's Lear voted the greatest Shakespeare performance''.] Telegraph.co.uk. 22 August 2004.</ref> Scofield appeared in many radio dramas for [[BBC Radio 4]], including in later years plays by [[Peter Tinniswood]]: ''On the Train to Chemnitz'' (2001) and ''Anton in Eastbourne'' (2002). The latter was Tinniswood's last work and was written especially for Scofield, an admirer of [[Anton Chekhov]]. He was awarded the 2002 [[Sam Wanamaker Prize]].

==Discography==
Paul Scofield led the cast in several dramas issued by [[Caedmon Records]]:
*''King Lear'', directed by [[Howard Sackler]] (Text edited by G.B. Harrison), with Pamela Brown (Goneril), Rachel Roberts (Regan), Ann Bell (Cordelia); Wallace Eaton (France), John Rogers (Burgundy), Trevor Martin (Cornwall), Michael Aldridge (Albany), Andrew Keir (Kent), Cyril Cusack (Gloucester), Robert Stephens (Edgar), John Stride (Edmund), Ronnie Stevens (Fool); Arthur Hewlett (Curan, Doctor), Ronald Ibbs (Gentleman, Knight), Willoughby Goddard (Oswald). Eight sides, SRS 233 (first published 1965).
*''Hamlet'', directed by Howard Sackler, (Unabridged), with Diana Wynyard (Queen), Roland Culver (Claudius), Donald Houston (Laertes), Zena Walker (Ophelia), Wilfrid Lawson. Eight sides, SRS 232 (first published 1963).
*''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', directed by Howard Sackler, with [[Barbara Jefford]], Joy Parker, John Stride, etc. Six sides, SRS 208 (first published 1964).
*T.S. Eliot, ''[[The Family Reunion]]'', with Flora Robson, Sybil Thorndike, Alan Webb. Six sides, TRS 308.
*Charles Dickens, ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', with Ralph Richardson as Scrooge. Scofield only narrated. (Caedmon)
*T.S. Eliot, ''Murder in the Cathedral'', full-cast recording of the play, directed by Howard Sackler, Scofield as Thomas a Becket, with Cyril Cusack, Julian Glover, Michael Gwynn, Alec McCowen, Geoffrey Dunn, Anthony Nicholls, Patrick Magee, Harry Andrews, Douglas Wilmer, James Hayter, Michael Aldridge, Cathleen Nesbitt, Glenda Jackson, Wendy Hiller, June Jago, Stephen Moore. Caedmon 1968 [TRS-330; LC R68-3173]

Also:
*''Homage to [[T.S. Eliot]]'', with Laurence Olivier, John Le Mesurier, Cleo Laine, Bernard Cribbins, George Devine, Groucho Marx, Alec McGowen, Anna Quayle, Clive Revill, Ian Richardson, and Nicol Williamson (1965)
*''King Lear'', with [[Harriet Walter]] (Goneril), [[Sara Kestelman]] (Regan), [[Emilia Fox]] (Cordelia), Alec McCowen (Gloucester), Kenneth Branagh (Fool), David Burke, Richard A. McCabe, Toby Stephens, etc. Released 2002 to coincide with Scofield's 80th birthday. (Naxos Audiobooks, 3-CD set).
*Virgil, ''[[The Aeneid]]'', Paul Scofield (narrator), Jill Balcon and Toby Stephens (readers). (Naxos Audiobook CD).
*T.S. Eliot, ''[[The Waste Land]]'' and ''[[Four Quartets]]'' (BBC Radiobooks CD).
*Sandor Marai, ''[[Embers (novel)|Embers]]'' (Penguin Audiobooks) – Narrator
*With David Suchet and Ron Moody, Scofield led the cast of a radio dramatization of the [[Narnia]] books by [[C.S. Lewis]], which are available as CD issues. (Tynedale Entertainment) – Narrator
*Scofield recorded abridged readings of Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol'' and ''[[Bleak House]]'' (Blackstone Audiobooks).
*''[[Façade (poem)|Façade]]'' ([[Edith Sitwell|Sitwell]]-[[William Walton|Walton]]), performed by Paul Scofield and Peggy Ashcroft, with London Sinfonietta conducted by William Walton. ([[Argo Records]], 1972)
*''Don Quixote: The Musical'', with Roy Hudd as Sancho Panza. Based on Purcell and D'Urfey's ''The Comical History of Don Quixote''. Later released on CD.(Musica Oscura, 1994)
(For a more exhaustive list, see this note:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scofieldsperformances.com/audio.htm |title=Paul Scofield Audio Performances (radio drama, Audio Books, Spoken Word), 1940s–1950s |publisher=Scofieldsperformances.com |access-date=22 February 2011}}</ref>)

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1092962.stm BBC News Interview-Paul Scofield, A Man For All Seasons]
*Obituaries:
**[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/mar/20/2 ''The Guardian'', 20 March 2008]
**[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-scofield-oscarwinning-actor-whose-phenomenal-range-was-unmatched-in-his-generation-798984.html ''The Independent'', 21 March 2008]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144845/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3591031.ece ''The Times'', 21 March 2008]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080328232007/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/03/20/db2002.xml ''The Daily Telegraph'', 22 March 2008]

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