Actor
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 v ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling | Self (archive footage)
2021 -- Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- Max par Marcel: Lola Montès | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Winter Solstice | Hughie McLellan
2003 -- Luther | Frederick
2003 -- Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years | Self
2002 -- Salem Witch Trials | William Stroughton
2002 -- Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty | Presenter
2002 -- Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk | self
2001 -- Victoria & Albert | König William IV.
2000 -- Deutschlandspiel | Igor Maximytschew
2000 -- My Khmer Heart | Self
2000 -- The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self
1999 -- The Bachelor | Grandad
1999 -- Animal Farm | Old Major (voice)
1999 -- Alice in Wonderland | Walrus
1998 -- Alekan le magnifique | Self
1998 -- Stiff Upper Lips | Horace Wiggins
1996 -- Ein Abend mit Peter Ustinov | Entertainer
1995 -- Pierre et le Loup | Narrateur
1995 -- The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet | Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
1995 -- The Old Curiosity Shop | Grandfather
1995 -- Paths of the Gods |
1994 -- The Bible According to Hollywood | Self
1994 -- Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute | Narrator
1992 -- Lorenzo's Oil | Professor Nikolais
1991 -- The Trouble With Agatha Christie | Self - Actor
1990 -- Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren | Self
1990 -- There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs | Il veterinario
1989 -- Granpa | Granpa
1989 -- The French Revolution: Years of Hope | Vicomte de Mirabeau
1989 -- The French Revolution: Years of Rage | Vicomte de Mirabeau
1988 -- The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper | Self - Host
1988 -- Beethovens Zehnte | Beethoven
1988 -- Appointment with Death | Hercule Poirot
1988 -- An Audience with Peter Ustinov | Self
1988 -- Children of Ghana | Voice-over (English)
1988 -- Peep and the Big Wide World | Narrator (voice)
1987 -- F1 Review 1987 | Narrator
1986 -- Murder in Three Acts | Hercule Poirot
1986 -- Riders of the Wind | Self - Narrator (voice)
1986 -- Dead Man's Folly | Hercule Poirot
1985 -- Thirteen at Dinner | Hercule Poirot
1984 -- Abgehört | Genosse Kuruk
1984 -- Memed My Hawk | Abdi Aga
1982 -- Imaginary Friends | Philip Lester
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1982 -- Evil Under the Sun | Hercule Poirot
1982 -- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Hercuele Poirot
1981 -- Grendel Grendel Grendel | Grendel (voice)
1981 -- The Great Muppet Caper | Truck Driver
1981 -- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Charlie Chan
1979 -- Through Joy and Beyond | Voice of C. S. Lewis
1979 -- Nuclear Nightmares | Himself
1979 -- Tarka the Otter | Narrator (voice)
1979 -- We'll Grow Thin Together | Victor Lasnier
1979 -- Ashanti | Suleiman
1979 -- Morte no Tejo |
1979 -- Einstein's Universe | Himself
1978 -- Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot
1978 -- Metamorphoses | Narrator (voice)
1978 -- The Thief of Baghdad | The Caliph
1978 -- Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Self / Hercule Poirot
1977 -- Double Murder | Harry Hellman
1977 -- The Mouse and His Child | Manny the Rat (voice)
1977 -- Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag |
1977 -- The Mermaid Frolics | Self
1977 -- The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Sergeant Markov
1977 -- The Purple Taxi | Taubelman
1977 -- Jesus of Nazareth | Herod the Great
1976 -- Kein Abend wie jeder andere | Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
1976 -- Treasure of Matecumbe | Dr. Snodgrass
1976 -- Logan's Run | Old Man
1975 -- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
1973 -- Julie's Christmas Special | Self / Santa Claus
1973 -- Robin Hood | Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
1972 -- Hammersmith Is Out | Doctor
1972 -- The Marshal of Madrid |
1972 -- Big Truck and Sister Clare | Israeli Truck Driver
1971 -- Babar Comes to America | Narrator (voice)
1971 -- Gideon | Gideon
1970 -- A Storm in Summer | Abel Shaddick
1969 -- Viva Max! | General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
1968 -- The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant | Narrator / All voices (voice)
1968 -- Hot Millions | Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
1968 -- Blackbeard's Ghost | Captain Blackbeard
1968 -- Diaghilev: The Years Abroad | Presenter
1967 -- The Comedians | Ambassador Manuel Pineda
1967 -- The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited)
1966 -- Barefoot in Athens | Socrates
1965 -- Lady L | Prince Otto of Bavaria
1965 -- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Fawz
1964 -- Topkapi | Arthur Simon Simpson
1964 -- The Peaches | Narrator (voice)
1963 -- Women of the World | English Narration (voice)
1963 -- Everyman | Narrator (English)
1962 -- Billy Budd | Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
1961 -- Romanoff and Juliet | The General
1960 -- The Sundowners | Rupert Venneker
1960 -- Spartacus | Lentulus Batiatus
1957 -- The Spies | Michel Kiminsky
1957 -- The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Mr. Bossi
1956 -- The Legend of the Good Beasts | The Storyteller
1955 -- Lola Montès | Circus Master
1955 -- We're No Angels | Jules
1954 -- Beau Brummell | George, Prince of Wales
1954 -- The Egyptian | Kaptah
1952 -- Le Plaisir | Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
1952 -- The Magic Box | Industry Man
1951 -- Quo Vadis | Nero
1951 -- Hotel Sahara | Emad
1950 -- Odette | Lt. Alex Rabinovich
1949 -- Private Angelo | Pvt. Angelo
1945 -- The True Glory | Commentator
1944 -- The Way Ahead | Rispoli
1943 -- The New Lot | Keith
1942 -- Let the People Sing | Dr. Bentika
1942 -- The Goose Steps Out | Krauss
1942 -- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | The Priest
1940 -- After Mein Kampf | Marinus van der Lubbe
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