walter hudd played lawrence of arabia in the film.
walter hudd played lawrence of arabia in the film.
who played lawrence of arabia in the film?
walter hudd
the title of the novel is a play on "lawrence of arabia", a popular name for the british army officer t. e. lawrence, who became famous for his exploits in the middle east, particularly as a liaison during the arab revolt of 1916-1918. buckley finished writing the novel on may 19, 2004, the anniversary of lawrence's death. the pun "florence of arabia" was first coined by noël coward, who told the actor peter o'toole (who played lawrence in the film "lawrence of arabia") that "if you'd been any prettier, it would have been "florence of arabia"."
florence of arabia
bullet::::- "ross" was originally written as a film script for the rank organization, with dirk bogarde cast as lawrence. the project fell through due to a combination of financial difficulties and political turmoil in iraq, where it was to be filmed. a later attempt to adapt the play, with laurence harvey as lawrence, was scrapped when david lean's "lawrence of arabia" went into production.









































bullet::::- alec guinness, who had played lawrence to great acclaim in the theatre, played prince faisal, who never appears in the play but is mentioned frequently, in the 1962 film "lawrence of arabia".
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