# A Dead Man for All Seasons: R.I.P. Paul Scofield

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-man-for-all-seasons-r-i-p-paul-scofield/442146 "2008-03-20T22:10:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-man-for-all-seasons-r-i-p-paul-scofield/442146/1 "2008-03-20T22:10:50Z")

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Actor [Paul Scofield](http://imdb.com/name/nm0006890/) is dead at 86.

Hardly tragic on a personal scale as he had a very long life and wonderful career, but he was truly one of the acting greats. In addition to Thomas More (his “and when the devil turns round on you where will you hide?” is one of my favorite moments in film) I really liked him as the subdued Judge Danforth in _The Crucible_ and the pompous but supportive father in _Quiz Show_ as well as many earlier performances.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-man-for-all-seasons-r-i-p-paul-scofield/442146/2 "2008-03-20T22:13:53Z")

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[You missed the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460478).

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-man-for-all-seasons-r-i-p-paul-scofield/442146/3 "2008-03-20T22:15:16Z")

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[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]  
[You missed the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460478).  
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DAMN YOU ABSENT SEARCH FEATURE! DAMN YOU TO HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

(Nevertheless, he’s still dead.)

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dead-man-for-all-seasons-r-i-p-paul-scofield/442146/4 "2008-03-21T02:14:48Z")

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Oh man! He was so fantastic in _Henry V_.