The Shakespearean actor, who was nominated for 11 competitive Oscars - taking home one for 1948's Hamlet - wore the nose during his 1955 Academy Award-nominated Richard III performance.

The prosthetic nose Sir Laurence Olivier used to play Richard III is an unusual item in a new Hollywood auction. Julien's Auctions and TCM Present: A Week of Hollywood Legends takes the stage from ...

Article on collection of three Shakespeare films starring Laurence Olivier scheduled for release on DVD; films are Henry V, Hamlet and Richard III; photo (M) By Stephanie Zacharek Advertisement ...

For most of his adult life, stage legend and Oscar-winning actor Laurence Olivier swam daily. “He really made it a commitment,” recalls his son Richard Olivier to Closer. “He would swim 30 ...

4 As well as starring in the title role in Shakespeare’s Richard III (1955), Laurence Olivier also directed the film Credit: Getty ...

By that time, Sir Laurence was a household name, having already filmed Henry V, Richard III and Hamlet, a project for which he won three of his four Oscars.

Tony Award-winning actress Joan Plowright died on Jan. 16 at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England. Plowright was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her death.

The real Richard III But does Richard III deserve the reputation that Shakespeare has created for him? For while Shakespeare's Richard is unarguably a villain, the historical figure is more contested.