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name: "Donald Wolfit"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-wolfit"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 April 1902"
died: "17 February 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:26.327389+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Donald Wolfit

Actor. Born 20 April 1902 in New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. Died 17 February 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 April 1902, New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 February 1968
- **Also known as:** Дональд Вулфит, Donald Woolfitt

## Biography

Donald Wolfit was an English actor and actor-manager. Born Donald Woolfitt on 20 April 1902 in New Balderton, Nottinghamshire, he made his London stage debut in 1924 and later simplified the spelling of his surname. He appeared in seasons at the Old Vic and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre before establishing his own touring company in 1937, taking Shakespeare productions around Britain and overseas.

Wolfit appeared in numerous films from the 1930s onwards. His screen credits include Mr Brown in *Room at the Top* (1959), General Murray in *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Bishop Folliot in *Becket* (1964) and 'Macbeth' in *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968). He was knighted in 1957 and died on 17 February 1968 in Hammersmith, London.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Fi1m 90, as General Murray — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)

## Also known for

- *Becket* (1964), Bishop Folliot
- *Room at the Top* (1958), Mr. Brown
- *The Charge of the Light Brigade* (1968), 'Macbeth'
- *Blood of the Vampire* (1958), Doctor Callistratus

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