Trevor Howard for Best Actor. He was nominated for a BAFTA on four other occasions. and received two other Emmy nominations, one as a lead and the other as a supporting actor. He also received three Golden Globe Award nominations. Howard was reunited with Holden for "The Lion" (1962). He was Captain Bligh to Marlon Brando's Fletcher Christian in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962). He was in a TV movie production of "Hedda Gabbler" (1962) and played the title prime minister in "The Invincible Mr Disraeli" (1963), an episode of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" for which he won an Emmy award
The Bounty (1984 film) of the "Bounty" replica; at the last possible moment, Mel Gibson brought in his friend Roger Donaldson to direct the film, as producer De Laurentiis did not want to lose the millions he had already put into the project over what he thought was as insignificant a person as the director dropping out. Anthony Hopkins was one of two actors considered for the role of Captain Bligh by David Lean. The other was Oliver Reed. Christopher Reeve, Sting and David Essex were considered for the role of Fletcher Christian. The role of Peter Heywood (who inspired the character 'Roger Byam'