"Who played King Henry the Eighth opposite Paul Scofield's ""Sir Thomas More"" in the 1966 film, ""A Man for all Seasons""?"
A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and refused to take an Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End stage premiere, also took the role in the film, starring alongside Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles and Susannah York. Also appearing are Nigel Davenport, Leo McKern, Corin Redgrave and, in one of his earliest screen roles, John Hurt. "A Man for All Seasons" was a critical and box office success. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards, while the
A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) film was also entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where Scofield won the award for Best Actor. A Man for All Seasons (1966 film) A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British biographical drama film in Technicolor based on Robert Bolt's play of the same name and adapted for the big screen by Bolt himself. It was released on 12 December 1966. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who had previously directed the films "High Noon" and "From Here to Eternity". The film and play both depict the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord