Peter Ustinov

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-04-16

Deathday 2004-03-28 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Camden, London, England, UK

Also Known As Sir Peter Ustinov, Питер Устинов, Peter Alexander Baron Von Ustinow

Peter Ustinov

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Ustinov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Parkinson at 50

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Winter Solstice

as Hughie McLellan

2003
Luther

as Frederick

2002
Salem Witch Trials

as William Stroughton

2001
Victoria & Albert

as König William IV.

2001
Victoria & Albert

as William IV

2001
2001
Aeschbacher

as Self

2000
Deutschlandspiel

as Igor Maximytschew

2000
1999
The Bachelor

as Grandad

1999
Animal Farm

as Old Major (voice)

1999
1999
Beckmann

as Self

1998
Stiff Upper Lips

as Horace Wiggins

1997
Im Dialog

as self

1996
1995
Pierre et le Loup

as Narrateur

1995
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)

1995
The Old Curiosity Shop

as Grandfather

1995
1992
Lorenzo's Oil

as Professor Nikolais

1991
DAS!

as Self

1990
Zeil um Zehn

as Self

1989
Granpa

as Granpa

1989
1989
1989
1989
1988
Beethovens Zehnte

as Beethoven

1988
Appointment with Death

as Hercule Poirot

1988
Peep and the Big Wide World

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Children of Ghana

as Voice-over (English)

1987
F1 Review 1987

as Narrator

1987
Seitenblicke

as self

1986
Murder in Three Acts

as Hercule Poirot

1986
Riders of the Wind

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1986
Dead Man's Folly

as Hercule Poirot

1986
1985
Thirteen at Dinner

as Hercule Poirot

1984
Abgehört

as Genosse Kuruk

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Abdi Aga

1983
Harty

as Self

1982
Imaginary Friends

as Philip Lester

1982
1982
Evil Under the Sun

as Hercule Poirot

1982
Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1982
Wogan

as Self

1982
1981
Grendel Grendel Grendel

as Grendel (voice)

1981
The Great Muppet Caper

as Truck Driver

1981
Doctor Snuggles

as Doctor Snuggles

1981
1980
Strumpet City

as King Edward VII

1980
Heut' abend

as Self

1979
Through Joy and Beyond

as Voice of C. S. Lewis

1979
Tarka the Otter

as Narrator (voice)

1979
1979
We'll Grow Thin Together

as Victor Lasnier

1979
Ashanti

as Suleiman

1979
1979
1978
Death on the Nile

as Hercule Poirot

1978
Metamorphoses

as Narrator (voice)

1978
The Thief of Baghdad

as The Caliph

1978
1977
Double Murder

as Harry Hellman

1977
The Mouse and His Child

as Manny the Rat (voice)

1977
1977
The Purple Taxi

as Taubelman

1977
Jesus Of Nazareth

as Herod the Great

1977
Jesus of Nazareth

as Herod the Great

1977
1976
Kein Abend wie jeder andere

as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'

1976
Treasure of Matecumbe

as Dr. Snodgrass

1976
Logan's Run

as Old Man

1976
1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum

1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1974
3 nach 9

as Self

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1974
1974
1973
Julie's Christmas Special

as Self / Santa Claus

1973
Robin Hood

as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)

1972
1972
Big Truck and Sister Clare

as Israeli Truck Driver

1972
Clochemerle

as Narrator

1971
Babar Comes to America

as Narrator (voice)

1971
Gideon

as Gideon

1971
1970
A Storm in Summer

as Abel Shaddick

1969
Viva Max!

as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

1968
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

as Narrator / All voices (voice)

1968
Hot Millions

as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

1968
Blackbeard's Ghost

as Captain Blackbeard

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
1967
The Comedians

as Ambassador Manuel Pineda

1967
The Comedians in Africa

as Self (uncredited)

1966
Barefoot in Athens

as Socrates

1965
Lady L

as Prince Otto of Bavaria

1964
Topkapi

as Arthur Simon Simpson

1964
The Peaches

as Narrator (voice)

1964
1964
1963
Women of the World

as English Narration (voice)

1963
Everyman

as Narrator (English)

1962
Billy Budd

as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

1962
Das Profil

as Self

1961
Romanoff and Juliet

as The General

1960
The Sundowners

as Rupert Venneker

1960
Spartacus

as Lentulus Batiatus

1957
The Spies

as Michel Kiminsky

1957
1956
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host/Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
1955
Lola Montès

as Circus Master

1955
1955
1955
Was bin ich?

as self

1954
Beau Brummell

as George, Prince of Wales

1954
The Egyptian

as Kaptah

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Le Plaisir

as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)

1952
The Magic Box

as Industry Man

1951
Quo Vadis

as Nero

1951
Hotel Sahara

as Emad

1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abel Shaddick

1951
1950
Odette

as Lt. Alex Rabinovich

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
Private Angelo

as Pvt. Angelo

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self

1945
The True Glory

as Commentator

1944
The Way Ahead

as Rispoli

1943
The New Lot

as Keith

1942
1940
After Mein Kampf

as Marinus van der Lubbe

Writer

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Writer

1968
Hot Millions

as Writer

1965
Lady L

as Writer

1962
Billy Budd

as Screenplay

1961
1960
Spartacus

as Screenplay

1949
Under Capricorn

as Screenplay

1949
Private Angelo

as Screenplay

1948
Vice Versa

as Writer

1946
1944
The Way Ahead

as Screenplay

1943
The New Lot

as Writer

Director

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Director

1972
Hammersmith Is Out

as Director

1971
Die Zauberflöte

as Director

1965
Lady L

as Director

1962
Billy Budd

as Director

1961
1952
Omnibus

as Director

1949
Private Angelo

as Director

1948
Vice Versa

as Director

1946
School for Secrets

as Director

Producer

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Producer

1962
Billy Budd

as Producer

1949
Private Angelo

as Producer

1948
Vice Versa

as Producer

1946
School for Secrets

as Producer