Peter Ustinov
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE (16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. He was also a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and President of the World Federalist Movement. Ustinov was the winner of numerous awards over his life, including two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards for acting, a Grammy Award for best recording for children, as well the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He displayed a unique cultural versatility that has frequently earned him the accolade of a Renaissance man. Miklós Rózsa, composer of the music for Quo Vadis and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) to Ustinov. In 2003, shortly before his death in 2004, Durham University renamed its Graduate Society as Ustinov College in honour of the significant contributions Sir Peter had made while serving as Chancellor of the University from 1992 onwards.
Known for
Credits
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Hercule Poirot
Robin Hood (1973)
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
Spartacus (1960)
as Lentulus Batiatus
Luther (2003)
as Frederick
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (2002)
as Presenter
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Nero
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Professor Nikolais
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Hercule Poirot
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Walrus
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
as Truck Driver
Logan's Run (1976)
as Old Man
Appointment with Death (1988)
as Hercule Poirot
We're No Angels (1955)
as Jules
Hot Millions (1968)
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
The Bachelor (1999)
as Grandad
The French Revolution (1989)
as Vicomte de Mirabeau
Lola Montès (1955)
as Circus Master
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as self
Short Cut to Haifa (1972)
as Israeli Truck Driver
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as The Caliph
Topkapi (1964)
as Arthur Simon Simpson
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Hercule Poirot
Animal Farm (1999)
as Old Major (voice)
Nuclear Nightmares (1979)
as Himself
Double Murder (1977)
as Harry Hellman
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sergeant Markov
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
as Hercule Poirot
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Captain Blackbeard
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
as Hercule Poirot
Ashanti (1979)
as Suleiman
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
as Dr. Snodgrass
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Charlie Chan
Granpa (1989)
as Granpa (voice)
The Sundowners (1960)
as Rupert Venneker
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Fawz
Alekan le magnifique (1998)
as Self
The Egyptian (1954)
as Kaptah
Lady L (1965)
as Prince Otto of Bavaria
The Comedians (1967)
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Memed My Hawk (1984)
as Abdi Aga
Majestät brauchen Sonne (1999)
as (uncredited voice)
Odette (1950)
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
Viva Max! (1969)
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
as Manny the Rat (voice)
Le Plaisir (1952)
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
Billy Budd (1962)
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Queen: Champions of the World (1995)
as Self
Beau Brummell (1954)
as George, Prince of Wales
Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag (1977)
Actor
The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
as Self
Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
as The General
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
as Grendel (voice)
Metamorphoses (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
The True Glory (1945)
as Commentator
Everyman (1963)
as Narrator (English)
Victoria & Albert (2001)
as König William IV.
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Rispoli
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il veterinario
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
as Horace Wiggins
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995)
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
The Purple Taxi (1977)
as Taubelman
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
as Self / Hercule Poirot
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Tarka the Otter (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
as Grandfather
The Spies (1957)
as Michel Kiminsky
We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)
as Victor Lasnier
Death on the Tagus (1979)
as Self
The Magic Box (1952)
as Industry Man
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Marshall
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Doctor
Winter Solstice (2003)
as Hughie McLellan
After Mein Kampf (1940)
as Marinus van der Lubbe
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
as Mr. Bossi
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
The Marshal of Madrid (1972)
Actor
Women of the World (1963)
as English Narration (voice)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
as Emad
Abgehört (1984)
as Genosse Kuruk
Children of Ghana (1988)
as Voice-over (English)
The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)
as Self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro (1995)
as Narrator
Imaginary Friends (1982)
as Philip Lester
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
as Krauss
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Peter and the Wolf (1995)
as Narrator
Riders of the Wind (1986)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)
as Self
Peep and the Big Wide World (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
The Bible According to Hollywood (1994)
as Self
Gideon (1971)
as Gideon
Barefoot in Athens (1966)
as Socrates
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
as The Priest
Private Angelo (1949)
as Pvt. Angelo
An Evening with Peter Ustinov (1996)
as Self
Julie's Christmas Special (1973)
as Self / Santa Claus
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute (1994)
as Narrator
Let the People Sing (1942)
as Dr. Bentika
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (1968)
as Narrator / All voices (voice)
A Storm in Summer (1970)
as Abel Shaddick
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Hercuele Poirot
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti (1995)
as Narrator
My Khmer Heart (2000)
as Self
Einstein's Universe (1979)
as Himself
The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper (1988)
as Self - Host
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio (1995)
as Narrator
Beethovens Zehnte (1988)
as Beethoven
Babar Comes to America (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Not an Evening like any Other (1976)
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1968)
as Presenter
The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actor
The New Lot (1943)
as Keith
The Legend of the Good Beasts (1956)
as The Storyteller
Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk (2002)
as self
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004)
as Self
The Peaches (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
as Self
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990)
as Self
F1 Review 1987 (1987)
as Narrator
Through Joy and Beyond (1979)
as C. S. Lewis (voice)
Venezia, carnevale, un amore (1982)
Actor
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni (1995)
as Narrator