Paul Scofield 1922-2008

Paul Scofield in 1955, the year of his film debut in That Lady Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Kobal Collection

Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield in the play The Complaisant Lover at the Globe in 1959 Photograph: Rex Features

Orson Welles and Paul Scofield in the 1966 film A Man For All Seasons Photograph: Cinetext/Columbia/Allstar

Scofield played Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons, opposite Susannah York as Margaret More Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

Scofield was named best actor at the 1967 Academy Awards for his performance in A Man For All Seasons. The film won six Oscars in total Photograph: John Springer Collection/Corbis

1967: Paul Scofield poses with his dog in the yard of his then home in Balcombe, England Photograph: AP

Scofield was acclaimed for his Shakespearean roles, including King Lear in 1970 Photograph: Kobal Collection

Scofield in Uncle Vanya at The Royal Court in 1970 Photograph: Reg Wilson/Rex Features

1979: Paul Scofield as Salieri in Amadeus at the National Theatre Photograph: Nobby Clark/Hulton Archive/Getty

Paul Scofield, Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in the 1989 film Henry V Photograph: Renaissance Films/BBC/Curzon Films/The Kobal Collection

Vanessa Redgrave and Paul Scofield in John Gabriel Borkman at the National Theatre in 1996 Photograph: Alastair Muir/Rex Features

Scofield as John Gabriel Borkman Photograph: Robbie Jack/Corbis

Scofield's final film role was Judge Thomas Danforth in Nicholas Hytner's 1996 film of Arthur Miller's The Crucible Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive