Ronald Harwood

Writer, Producer, Actor

November 9, 1934 — September 8, 2020 (85 years)
Sir Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL (né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Pianist
    The Pianist2002

Known For

  • The Pianist
    The Pianist2002
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly2007
  • Australia
    Australia2008
  • Quartet
    Quartet2012
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist2005
  • Love in the Time of Cholera
    Love in the Time of Cholera2007
  • The Dresser
    The Dresser1983
  • Being Julia
    Being Julia2004
  • The Statement
    The Statement2003
  • The Browning Version
    The Browning Version1994
  • Taking Sides
    Taking Sides2001
  • The Dresser
    The Dresser2015
  • Operation Daybreak
    Operation Daybreak1975
  • Cry, the Beloved Country
    Cry, the Beloved Country1995
  • Faraway Downs
    Faraway Downs6 episodes
  • The Doctor and the Devils
    The Doctor and the Devils1985
  • A Therapy
    A Therapy2012
  • A High Wind in Jamaica
    A High Wind in Jamaica1965
  • Sudden Terror
    Sudden Terror1970
  • Tales of the Unexpected
    Tales of the Unexpected9 seasons

Filmography

2023
Faraway Downs · as Screenplay
2015
2012
A Therapy · as Screenplay
2008
Australia · as Screenplay
2007
2007
2005
Oliver Twist · as Screenplay
2004
Being Julia · as Screenplay
2003
2002
The Pianist · as ScreenplayOn Plex
2001
Taking Sides · as Screenplay
1995
1994
1991
1987
1985
1979
1975
Operation Daybreak · as Screenplay
1970
1970
Sudden Terror · as Screenplay
1969
1968
1967
1965
1965
A High Wind in Jamaica · as Screenplay
1963
1963
Private Potter · as Screenplay
1955
1955

2015
The First Film · as Himself
2013
2013
Quartet: Making Quartet · as Self - Screenwriter
2013
2012
2009
2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2005
2004
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1975
Arena (1975) · as Self
1953

1955
1950
Sunday Night Theatre · as Captain Arago

2012
Quartet · as Theatre Play
1989
Countdown to War · as Play
1983
The Dresser · as Theatre Play
1981
Evita Peron · as Teleplay
1966
Arrivederci, Baby! · as Story
1953