David Paul Scofield was a renowned English stage and screen actor. Popularly known as Paul Scofield he discovered Shakespeare early in his life and grew up to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his time. Although he had worked in all kinds of media, stage acting was his first love. He also found radio equally fascinating. His distinctive voice and clarity of pronunciation made him highly suitable for that. He also had a striking presence, which made him equally popular on stage and screen. He was very instinctive and came to the rehearsals with open mind. He knew that he would find some aspect of the character on which he would be able to build his performance and that might be hairstyle or a key phase or even voice. Although equally acclaimed as a film star Scofield featured in only around twenty films. That was mainly because he was very choosey about the roles he played and also because he always put his family first and did not like to leave them for long.