An episode of ABC News Nightline from July 11, 1989, focusing on the death of famed actor Laurence Olivier. Reactions from Charlton Heston, Rosemary Harris, and Michael Blakemore are included.
I totally agree with Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier was trully the best actor cinema or theater has ever known, his talent was huge , I doubt that it ever will be an actor of that magnitude, what he had was unique , and we'll never see the like again !!
I would also have to include Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud as someone who could hold their own with Olivier. There will never be anyone like these people in the theater again.
Best actor who did shakespeare and hamlet my favorite actors are not only tv actors but also actors who play theater on stage i love the actor i wasn't born yet but this guy is a legend rip larry olivier king richard 3
How about Alec Guinness ? Certainly he is deserving of being added to that Pantheon. And possesses the least self-conscious, least ostentatious acting technique
I was doing two a days preparing for my senior season of high school football in Birmingham. It feels like it was yesterday and 35 years ago all at once.
What Donaldson asks at 17:15 reminds me of something Ben Kingsley once said, sort of "Give me a mask and I'll play any role", and maybe he wasn't referring to a physical mask, make up or disguise but I think anything an actor may use to help in performing should be used.
I remember just where I was when I heard the news: at an outdoor dinner table in Provence, surrounded by colleagues from the Festival d'Avignon. We all fell silent, and stayed that way for some minutes, perhaps sharing the same thought, "Good night sweet prince, and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Such an extraordinary artist.
The Greatest Actor for the Last 400 Years.. Immortalized, Cherished and Loved For All Time...
He was the best actor Laurence Olivier is unforgettable
Olivier was the greatest actor of alll time. All actors since then do not compare.
I totally agree with Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier was trully the best actor cinema or theater has ever known, his talent was huge , I doubt that it ever will be an actor of that magnitude, what he had was unique , and we'll never see the like again !!
He was not the best but a great actor indeed and one of the greatest shakespearian/classical actor
Interviewee Rosemary Harris, born 1927, still active at 95…September 2022.
Thank you for this!!
what a great tribute from Charlton Heston. Heston was a great actor in his own right
Uh...
I would also have to include Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud as someone who could hold their own with Olivier. There will never be anyone like these people in the theater again.
And Sir Guinness.
And Laughton
There's something about British actors with their accent that they can make anything seem a great performance
Excellent interview. The "overboiled shrimp" story from Rosemary Harris seems to sum things up perfectly.
Best actor who did shakespeare and hamlet my favorite actors are not only tv actors but also actors who play theater on stage i love the actor i wasn't born yet but this guy is a legend rip larry olivier king richard 3
Touching remembrances for ^ The King ^
People on TV used to speak so much better. Flowingly and eloquently. Today all we get are sound bytes, stuttering, cliches, and bad grammar.
The best.
How about Alec Guinness ?
Certainly he is deserving of being added to that Pantheon.
And possesses the least self-conscious, least ostentatious acting technique
George Smiley!
R.I.P 😢😢😢 Laurence Olivier 1907-1989
I was doing two a days preparing for my senior season of high school football in Birmingham.
It feels like it was yesterday and 35 years ago all at once.
Nice movie throwback
I enjoyed his voice on narration of The World at War.
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He couldn’t do his Othello in blackface nowadays!
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sir you mean
His last film was the Bounty with Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Daniel Day Lewis and Lia Nesson
What Donaldson asks at 17:15 reminds me of something Ben Kingsley once said, sort of "Give me a mask and I'll play any role", and maybe he wasn't referring to a physical mask, make up or disguise but I think anything an actor may use to help in performing should be used.
Over-rated...and over the top
I remember just where I was when I heard the news: at an outdoor dinner table in Provence, surrounded by colleagues from the Festival d'Avignon. We all fell silent, and stayed that way for some minutes, perhaps sharing the same thought, "Good night sweet prince, and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Such an extraordinary artist.