
Peter Ustinov
Known for Acting · 209 credits
- Born
- 1921-04-16
- Died
- 2004-03-28
- Place of birth
- Camden, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Peter Ustinov · Питер Устинов · Peter Alexander Baron Von Ustinow · پیتر اوستینوف
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.
Known For
TV Shows (84)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Host

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Wogan
1982
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter / Self - Co-Host/Presenter / Self - Presenter

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self

Omnibus
1952
as Dr. Samuel Johnson / Marshal

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
Aeschbacher
2001
as Self

Die Montagsmaler
1974
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

Heut' abend
1980
as Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Hier und heute
1998
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self

NET Playhouse
1966
as Self

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herod the Great

Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self (archive footage)

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Host / Self - President
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Seitenblicke
1987
as self

HARDtalk
1997

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self

Folio
1955

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Wilbur Fix
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self

Theatre Night
1957
as Self — Introduction

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Socrates / Abel Shaddick / Gideon
Showgeschichten
1986
as Self
Movies (125)

Death on the Nile
1978
as Hercule Poirot

Robin Hood
1973
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)

Spartacus
1960
as Lentulus Batiatus

Luther
2003
as Frederick

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
as Presenter

Quo Vadis
1951
as Nero

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Walrus

Hollywood Invasion
2011
as self

Lorenzo's Oil
1992
as Professor Nikolais

We're No Angels
1955
as Jules

Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Hercule Poirot

The Bachelor
1999
as Grandad

The French Revolution
1989
as Vicomte de Mirabeau

Logan's Run
1976
as Old Man

Lola Montès
1955
as Circus Master

Hot Millions
1968
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as Truck Driver

Appointment with Death
1988
as Hercule Poirot

Thirteen at Dinner
1985
as Hercule Poirot

The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as The Caliph

Topkapi
1964
as Arthur Simon Simpson

Short Cut to Haifa
1972
as Israeli Truck Driver

Double Murder
1977
as Harry Hellman

The Egyptian
1954
as Kaptah

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Dead Man's Folly
1986
as Hercule Poirot

Animal Farm
1999
as Old Major (voice)

Everyman
1963
as Narrator (English)

Alekan le magnifique
1998
as Self

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Captain Blackbeard

Memed My Hawk
1984
as Abdi Aga

Ashanti
1979
as Suleiman

Treasure of Matecumbe
1976
as Dr. Snodgrass

Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
as Grendel (voice)

Murder in Three Acts
1986
as Hercule Poirot

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Charlie Chan

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Sergeant Markov

Queen: Champions of the World
1995
as Self

The Marshal of Madrid
1972

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Viva Max!
1969
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

Billy Budd
1962
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Manny the Rat (voice)

The Comedians
1967
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda

The Sundowners
1960
as Rupert Venneker

Victoria & Albert
2001
as König William IV.

The Moment of Truth
1955
as The Marshall
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999
as (uncredited voice)

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
1977

The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Self

Romanoff and Juliet
1961
as The General

The Way Ahead
1944
as Rispoli

Death on the Tagus
1979
as Self

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Fawz

Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Horace Wiggins

We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
as Victor Lasnier

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''

Metamorphoses
1978
as Narrator (voice)

Beau Brummell
1954
as George, Prince of Wales

Lady L
1965
as Prince Otto of Bavaria

Le Plaisir
1952
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)

The Magic Box
1952
as Industry Man

The Goose Steps Out
1942
as Krauss

Winter Solstice
2003
as Hughie McLellan

Granpa
1989
as Granpa (voice)
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Self / Hercule Poirot

Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)

The Spies
1957
as Michel Kiminsky

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as The Priest
Barefoot in Athens
1966
as Socrates

Hotel Sahara
1951
as Emad

Tarka the Otter
1979
as Narrator (voice)

Imaginary Friends
1982
as Philip Lester

Odette
1950
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich

After Mein Kampf
1940
as Marinus van der Lubbe

Hammersmith Is Out
1972
as Doctor

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
as Grandfather

The Purple Taxi
1977
as Taubelman
Riders of the Wind
1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Private Angelo
1949
as Pvt. Angelo

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990
as Il veterinario

Children of Ghana
1988
as Voice-over (English)

The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000
as Self

A Storm in Summer
1970
as Abel Shaddick

Let the People Sing
1942
as Dr. Bentika

Einstein's Universe
1979
as Himself

An Evening with Peter Ustinov
1996
as Self

The New Lot
1943
as Keith

Peter and the Wolf
1995
as Narrator
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti
1995
as Narrator

The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
as Mr. Bossi

The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
1968
as Narrator / All voices (voice)

Nuclear Nightmares
1979
as Himself

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actor

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003
as Self

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Hercuele Poirot

Babar Comes to America
1971
as Narrator (voice)

The Peaches
1964
as Narrator (voice)

Abgehört
1984
as Genosse Kuruk
Beethovens Zehnte
1988
as Beethoven

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009
as Self (archive footage)

My Khmer Heart
2000
as Self

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute
1994
as Narrator
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio
1995
as Narrator

The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
1988
as Self - Host

Women of the World
1963
as English Narration (voice)
Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk
2002
as self

The True Glory
1945
as Commentator
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro
1995
as Narrator
Through Joy and Beyond
1979
as C. S. Lewis (voice)

Peep and the Big Wide World
1988
as Narrator (voice)

Julie's Christmas Special
1973
as Self / Santa Claus
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982

Not an Evening like any Other
1976
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'

The Legend of the Good Beasts
1956
as The Storyteller

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
1968
as Presenter

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990
as Self
About Peter Ustinov
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 Ambass… With 209 credits spanning from 1940 to 2021, Peter Ustinov has appeared in 125 films and 84 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Ustinov Movies
- Death on the Nile (1978) — as Hercule Poirot
- Robin Hood (1973) — as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
- Spartacus (1960) — as Lentulus Batiatus
- Luther (2003) — as Frederick
- Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty (2002) — as Presenter
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