Michael Redgrave's Hamlet was 42 and Laurence Olivier's film Hamlet was 41.

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Their father, Sir Michael Redgrave, was a famous Shakespearean actor.

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His other production credits include TV film The Wind in the Willows, which was voiced by the likes of Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Gambon, Michael Palin and Alan Bennett.

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Other sporting celebrities include Boris Becker, Ian Botham, Zinzan Brooke, Kapil Dev, Darren Gough, Gavin Hastings, Franz Klammer, Michael Lynagh, Nigel Mansell and Sir Steve Redgrave.

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