Sir Laurence ---, actor (7)
I believe the answer is:
olivier
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">sir laurence</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">actor</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Sir Laurence Olivier)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for olivier that I've seen before include "National Theatre's first artistic director, d. 1989" , "Classical actor" , "Great English actor playing rilievo" , "He starred in classic films of Hamlet and Henry V" , "Former acting lord" .)