Spartacus (film) Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles
Edward Righton (actor) he played the comic barber, and in John O'Keeffe's comedy "Wild Oats", he filled the role of an old sea dog. Edward Righton (actor) Thomas Edward Corrie Burns Righton (1838 - January 1899), known as Edward Righton, was an English actor. Righton began his career in Liverpool in 1850. Among many other London roles, Righton played the role of Verges in "Much Ado About Nothing" and Mr. Furnivail in "Two Roses". He created the role of Lutin in "The Happy Land", a musical burlesque written in 1872 by W. S. Gilbert. He also created the role of Boomblehardt in Gilbert's