
Peter Ustinov
Known for Acting · 207 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 (81)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

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

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Wogan
1982
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter / Self - Co-Host/Presenter / Self - Presenter
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Omnibus
1952
as Dr. Samuel Johnson / Marshal

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Aeschbacher
2001
as Self

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Die Montagsmaler
1974
as Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998
as Self

The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum
Hier und heute
1998
as Self

Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Heut' abend
1980
as Self

Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self (archive footage)

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Folio
1955
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Herod the Great
Seitenblicke
1987
as self

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self

The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - Host / Self - President

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Harty
1983
as Self

HARDtalk
1997
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Showgeschichten
1986
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Socrates / Abel Shaddick / Gideon

Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Wilbur Fix
Movies (126)

Spartacus
1960
as Lentulus Batiatus

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

Death on the Nile
1978
as Hercule Poirot

Logan's Run
1976
as Old Man

Quo Vadis
1951
as Nero

The Bachelor
1999
as Grandad

Ashanti
1979
as Suleiman

Lorenzo's Oil
1992
as Professor Nikolais

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Walrus

Luther
2003
as Frederick

Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Hercule Poirot

Animal Farm
1999
as Old Major (voice)

Viva Max!
1969
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

The French Revolution
1989
as Vicomte de Mirabeau

The Egyptian
1954
as Kaptah

Topkapi
1964
as Arthur Simon Simpson

Lola Montès
1955
as Circus Master

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Captain Blackbeard

We're No Angels
1955
as Jules

The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as Truck Driver

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Murder in Three Acts
1986
as Hercule Poirot

Dead Man's Folly
1986
as Hercule Poirot

Appointment with Death
1988
as Hercule Poirot

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Fawz

The Comedians
1967
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda

Thirteen at Dinner
1985
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

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

The Sundowners
1960
as Rupert Venneker

The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as The Caliph

The Spies
1957
as Michel Kiminsky

Treasure of Matecumbe
1976
as Dr. Snodgrass

The Way Ahead
1944
as Rispoli

Hotel Sahara
1951
as Emad

The Magic Box
1952
as Industry Man

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Lady L
1965
as Prince Otto of Bavaria

Billy Budd
1962
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Odette
1950
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich

Salem Witch Trials
2002
as William Stroughton

The True Glory
1945
as Commentator

Victoria & Albert
2001
as König William IV.

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

Hammersmith Is Out
1972
as Doctor

Le Plaisir
1952
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
Barefoot in Athens
1966
as Socrates

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

Abgehört
1984
as Genosse Kuruk

The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000
as Self

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
1977

Beau Brummell
1954
as George, Prince of Wales

Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Horace Wiggins

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
as Grandfather

Tarka the Otter
1979
as Narrator (voice)

Hot Millions
1968
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

The Purple Taxi
1977
as Taubelman

Winter Solstice
2003
as Hughie McLellan

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as The Priest

Short Cut to Haifa
1972
as Israeli Truck Driver

We'll Grow Thin Together
1979
as Victor Lasnier

Double Murder
1977
as Harry Hellman

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
Private Angelo
1949
as Pvt. Angelo

Hollywood Invasion
2011
as self

Everyman
1963
as Narrator (English)

The New Lot
1943
as Keith

An Evening with Peter Ustinov
1996
as Self

Queen: Champions of the World
1995
as Self

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute
1994
as Narrator

The Goose Steps Out
1942
as Krauss

After Mein Kampf
1940
as Marinus van der Lubbe

Memed My Hawk
1984
as Abdi Aga

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003
as Self

The Marshal of Madrid
1972

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990
as Il veterinario

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self

Romanoff and Juliet
1961
as The General

The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Self

The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)

Imaginary Friends
1982
as Philip Lester

Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
as Grendel (voice)

A Storm in Summer
1970
as Abel Shaddick

Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004
as Self

Gideon
1971
as Gideon

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

Women of the World
1963
as English Narration (voice)

The Moment of Truth
1955
as The Marshall

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

Nuclear Nightmares
1979
as Himself

The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
as Mr. Bossi
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti
1995
as Narrator

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991
as Self - Actor
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Self / Hercule Poirot

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990
as Self

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
as Presenter

Einstein's Universe
1979
as Himself
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999
as (uncredited voice)

The Peaches
1964
as Narrator (voice)

Babar Comes to America
1971
as Narrator (voice)
Through Joy and Beyond
1979
as C. S. Lewis (voice)

Metamorphoses
1978
as Narrator (voice)

Julie's Christmas Special
1973
as Self / Santa Claus
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro
1995
as Narrator

Let the People Sing
1942
as Dr. Bentika
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
Beethovens Zehnte
1988
as Beethoven
Riders of the Wind
1986
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Death on the Tagus
1979
as Self

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

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

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
1968
as Presenter
Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk
2002
as self

Alekan le magnifique
1998
as Self

Granpa
1989
as Granpa (voice)

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

My Khmer Heart
2000
as Self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni
1995
as Narrator
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 207 credits spanning from 1940 to 2021, Peter Ustinov has appeared in 126 films and 81 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Ustinov Movies
- Spartacus (1960) — as Lentulus Batiatus
- Robin Hood (1973) — as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
- Death on the Nile (1978) — as Hercule Poirot
- Logan's Run (1976) — as Old Man
- Quo Vadis (1951) — as Nero
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