Ivan 6'2.25 says on 6/Jul/07
Alongside Louis De Funès,Jimmy Stewart he is my favorite actor.
In Spartacus look 2 inches taller than Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis.

Roger Field says on 12/Jan/07
My best friend Nigel Pearce introduced me to Jill Esmond, Sir Laurence Olivier's first wife. I frequently went with Nigel in 1963 to Jill's house in St.John's Wood in London, where Sir Laurence, or Larry, as we called him, would visit to see their son Tarquin. I would definitely say that Larry was 5'10" tall, a bit taller than I was. Larry trained at Edward Bolton's gym in London where I trained in 1964. Sean Connery, Albert Finney and Richard Harris also trained there. Roger Field.

Anonymous says on 24/May/06
I always thought Olivier was taller than 5`10. He didn`t look much shorter than Michael Caine in that superb movie called Sleuth. I thought he was 5`11 or 6 feet tall. But reading what our friend Frank2 says I guess I´m wrong again

Frank2 says on 7/Mar/06
I met Olivier when he attended a preview of the film A Little Romance and gave a talk. He appeared to be about 5'9" by then so I suppose he could have been 5'10" when he was in his prime. He was certainly taller than both Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas in various shots taken on the set of Spartacus. Curtis was five-nine in his prime and Douglas was five-eight. Douglas always wore lifts that boosted him by at least two and a half inches. In the film Seven Days in May he wore lifts that elevated him by over three inches. And here's an interesting fact: Just about all the major studios kept the shoes used by their contract stars in their wardrobe department. When I worked at MGM they had a gigantic auction of all of their props and wardrobe. After the auction was over they put all the stuff not sold on one of their biggest sound stages and then let the employees buy them at marked prices. I didn't buy anything, but while sorting through a lot of crap I discovered shoes that were tagged to various actors. They still had the lifts Charles Boyer wore in probably the film Gaslight. I could see they added at least two and a half inches. I found a pair of shoes worn by Clark Gable and for some reason they had a slight lift. I'd say they added about two inches. Why? I have no idea. They had some suits with Gable's name in them. I put on one of his jackets and it swallowed me up!