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