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