Peter Ustinov
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: April 16, 1921
Place of Birth: Camden, London, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Hughie McLellan
as Frederick
as William Stroughton
as Presenter
as König William IV.
as William IV
as Self
as Self
as Grandad
as (uncredited voice)
as Old Major (voice)
as Walrus
as Self
as Self
as Horace Wiggins
as Narrator
as Self
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
as Grandfather
as Narrator
as Professor Nikolais
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Actor
as Il veterinario
as Granpa (voice)
as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les")
as Vicomte de Mirabeau
as Wilbur Fix
as Self - Host
as Hercule Poirot
as Narrator (voice)
as Voice-over (English)
as Narrator
as Hercule Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
as Genosse Kuruk
as Abdi Aga
as Philip Lester
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Hercule Poirot
as Self
as Hercuele Poirot
as Grendel (voice)
as Truck Driver
as Doctor Snuggles
as Self
as Charlie Chan
as King Edward VII
as Self
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as Victor Lasnier
as Suleiman
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Hercule Poirot
as Narrator (voice)
as The Caliph
as Self
as Harry Hellman
as Manny the Rat (voice)
as Self
as Sergeant Markov
as Taubelman
as Herod the Great
as Self
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum
as Dr. Snodgrass
as Old Man
as Self
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self / Santa Claus
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
as Doctor
as Narrator
as Israeli Truck Driver
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Gideon
as Abel Shaddick
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
as Narrator / All voices (voice)
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
as Self - Guest
as Captain Blackbeard
as reporter
as Presenter
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Prince Otto of Bavaria
as Arthur Simon Simpson
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as English Narration (voice)
as Narrator (English)
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
as Self
as Self
as The General
as Rupert Venneker
as Lentulus Batiatus
as Self
as Michel Kiminsky
as Mr. Bossi
as The Storyteller
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Co-Host/Presenter
as Self - Host
as Self - Host / Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Circus Master
as Jules
as George, Prince of Wales
as Kaptah
as Self
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
as Marshal
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
as Industry Man
as Socrates
as Abel Shaddick
as Gideon
as Nero
as Emad
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self - Panelist
as Self
as Self
as Commentator
as Rispoli
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Keith
as Dr. Bentika
as Krauss
as The Priest
as Marinus van der Lubbe