Laurence Olivier played a role in a film.
Laurence Olivier . In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager , but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the avant garde English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in The Entertainer , a part he later played on film . His later films included Sleuth ( 1972 ) , Marathon Man ( 1976 ) , and The Boys from Brazil ( 1978 ) . Marathon Man is a 1976 American suspense-thriller film directed by John Schlesinger .