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
Spartacus (1960)
as Lentulus Batiatus
Robin Hood (1973)
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Hercule Poirot
Logan's Run (1976)
as Old Man
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Hercule Poirot
The Bachelor (1999)
as Grandad
Luther (2003)
as Frederick
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Walrus
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Captain Blackbeard
Appointment with Death (1988)
as Hercule Poirot
Quo Vadis (1951)
as Nero
The Egyptian (1954)
as Kaptah
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
as Truck Driver
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
as Professor Nikolais
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
as Hercule Poirot
We're No Angels (1955)
as Jules
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
as Hercule Poirot
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
as Hercule Poirot
Lola Montès (1955)
as Circus Master
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as The Caliph
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
as Manny the Rat (voice)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Fawz
Animal Farm (1999)
as Old Major (voice)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Charlie Chan
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Sergeant Markov
Hot Millions (1968)
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Le Plaisir (1952)
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
Queen: Champions of the World (1995)
as Self
The French Revolution (1989)
as Vicomte de Mirabeau
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
as The Priest
Short Cut to Haifa (1972)
as Israeli Truck Driver
Beau Brummell (1954)
as George, Prince of Wales
Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
as Dr. Snodgrass
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (2002)
as Self - Presenter
Ashanti (1979)
as Suleiman
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
as Horace Wiggins
Victoria & Albert (2001)
as König William IV.
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
The Marshal of Madrid (1972)
Actor
The Sundowners (1960)
as Rupert Venneker
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
as Mr. Bossi
Billy Budd (1962)
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
The Comedians (1967)
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
The Magic Box (1952)
as Industry Man
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
as Krauss
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995)
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
Memed My Hawk (1984)
as Abdi Aga
The Spies (1957)
as Michel Kiminsky
Winter Solstice (2003)
as Hughie McLellan
Double Murder (1977)
as Harry Hellman
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Marshall
The Bible According to Hollywood (1994)
as Self
Viva Max! (1969)
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
Lady L (1965)
as Prince Otto of Bavaria
Topkapi (1964)
as Arthur Simon Simpson
A Storm in Summer (1970)
as Abel Shaddick
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)
as Self / Hercule Poirot
The Purple Taxi (1977)
as Taubelman
The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)
as Self
The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
as Grandfather
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Doctor
Let the People Sing (1942)
as Dr. Bentika
Nuclear Nightmares (1979)
as Himself
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Rispoli
The Trouble With Agatha Christie (1991)
as Self - Actor
Odette (1950)
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il veterinario
Riders of the Wind (1986)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
as Self
Julie's Christmas Special (1973)
as Self / Santa Claus
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Hercuele Poirot
Women of the World (1963)
as English Narration (voice)
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
as Grendel (voice)
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)
as Self
Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag (1977)
Actor
After Mein Kampf (1940)
as Marinus van der Lubbe
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990)
as Self
F1 1987 Official Review (1987)
as Narrator
Babar Comes to America (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
Peep and the Big Wide World (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Einstein's Universe (1979)
as Himself
An Evening with Peter Ustinov (1996)
as Self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute (1994)
as Narrator
Tarka the Otter (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Not an Evening like any Other (1976)
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
The Legend of the Good Beasts (1956)
as The Storyteller
We'll Grow Thin Together (1979)
as Victor Lasnier
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1968)
as Presenter
Metamorphoses (1978)
as Narrator (voice)
Majestät brauchen Sonne (1999)
as (uncredited voice)
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (1968)
as Narrator / All voices (voice)
The True Glory (1945)
as Commentator
The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper (1988)
as Self - Host
Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews (2004)
as Self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro (1995)
as Narrator
Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
as The General
Through Joy and Beyond (1979)
as C. S. Lewis (voice)
Granpa (1989)
as Granpa (voice)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
as Emad
Venezia, carnevale, un amore (1982)
Actor
The New Lot (1943)
as Keith
Barefoot in Athens (1966)
as Socrates
Gideon (1971)
as Gideon
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio (1995)
as Narrator
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
as Self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti (1995)
as Narrator
Imaginary Friends (1982)
as Philip Lester
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni (1995)
as Narrator
Alekan le magnifique (1998)
as Self
My Khmer Heart (2000)
as Self
Private Angelo (1949)
as Pvt. Angelo
Death on the Tagus (1979)
as Self
Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk (2002)
as self
Peter and the Wolf (1995)
as Narrator
The Peaches (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Abgehört (1984)
as Genosse Kuruk
Children of Ghana (1988)
as Voice-over (English)
Beethovens Zehnte (1988)
as Beethoven