Claim: Laurence Olivier starred in an adaptation of Hamlet.
Evidence: Among Olivier 's films are Wuthering Heights -LRB- 1939 -RRB- , Rebecca -LRB- 1940 -RRB- , and a trilogy of Shakespeare films as actor-director : Henry V -LRB- 1944 -RRB- , Hamlet -LRB- 1948 -RRB- , and Richard III -LRB- 1955 -RRB-.
Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet , adapted and directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier.