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