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 A great man and perhaps the world’s best actor.  Have seen his few films and A Man For All Seasons is my top movie of all time but a smaller film called The Train is among his best.  Scofield never lived more than ten miles from his birthplace.  No ego.  It makes me think much of his self is on-screen in his roles.

Among screen actors I would place him with Anthony Hopkins and Kenneth Brannagh.  Slightly above Peter O’Toole.

His rivals on these shores were Jack Lemmon and Spencer Tracy.  Perhaps Rod Steiger, Gene Hackman and Burt Lancaster.  Scofield acted opposite Lancaster in The Train. 

I’ve seen so little stage acting that I can’t make comparisons.  Your thoughts?

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