In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero
[DOC] [TLE] The 20 Worst Examples Of Hollywood Whitewashing | IndieWire [PAR] Feb 23, 2016 ... Laurence Olivier as Othello in "Othello" (1965) To be sure, Olivier came from a 
stage tradition where blackface was perfectly normal with respect to playing 
Shakespeare's famously jealous Moor.