Ralph Richardson

His career has often been compared with that of Olivier, Alec Guinness and John Gielgud. His brother lives across Lake Washington in Kirkland. His film appearances included The Heiress, Richard III (playing Buckingham to Laurence Olivier's Richard), O Lucky Man!, Oh! What a Lovely War and Time Bandits. Skerritt moved to Seattle, Washington in 1988. After World War II, he became co-director of the Vic, and also appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon. He also starred in the television series Picket Fences (1992-1996). Thereafter he became one of the Old Vic's major stars. His most notable film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970) and Alien (1979).

Richardson was born in Cheltenham and made his West End début in 1926. He made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). Sir Ralph David Richardson (December 19, 1902 - 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, did their best to make the transition to film. Skerritt was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and made his television debut in 1962 in Combat!. Tom Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor.