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English actor, director, and producer
co-director of Old Vic Theatre Co. 1944-1949
founding director of British National Theatre 1962-1973
starred in movies "Wuthering Heights" 1939 (as Heathcliff), "Rebecca" 1940 (as Maxim de Winter), "Henry V" 1944 (as Henry V), "Hamlet" 1948 (as Hamlet), "Richard III" 1956 (as Richard III), "Spartacus" 1960 (as Marcus Licinius Crassus), "Othello" 1965 (as Othello), "Sleuth" 1972 (as Andrew Wyke)
generally considered greatest English stage actor of 20th century
2nd husband of Vivien Leigh 1940 (divorced 1960)
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