In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero
When the... [DOC] [TLE] Whitewashing Was One Of Hollywood's Worst ... - Huffington Post [PAR] Jul 10, 2014 ... Beloved British actor Laurence Olivier played Othello in the film adaptation of 
Shakespeare's famous play about the Moor of Venice, Othello ... Black cinema 
grew as a genre, and the use of blackface became less common.