Peter Ustinov



First NamePeter
Last NameUstinov
Full Name at BirthPeter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov
Age82 (age at death)
Date of BirthApril 16, 1921
BirthplaceLondon, England
Date of DeathMarch 28, 2004
Location of DeathGenolier, Vaud, Switzerland
Cause of DeathHeart Failure
Height5' 11½" (182 cm)
BuildLarge
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignAries
ReligionSecular Humanist
EthnicityWhite
NationalityBritish
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameEvil Under the Sun
FriendsDavid Niven

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE (or Russian: ; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theater and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was, for much of his career, a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits, as well as 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.


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Filmography

Selected Peter Ustinov film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2003
Frederick the Wise

2003
Hughie McLellan

2002
Salem Witch Trials
William Stroughton

2001
King William IV

2000
Deutschlandspiel
Igor Maximytschew

1999
Grandad James Shannon

1999
Walrus

1999
Old Major

1998
Horace

1995
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Grandfather , Phoenix

1995
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather

1993
Wings of the Red Star MIG Force
-

1992
Professor Nikolais

1990
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Le vétérinaire Muggione

1990
The Orchestra
-

1989
La révolution française
André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau

1989
Detective Wilbur Fix

1989
Granpa

1988
Hercule Poirot

1988
Peep and the Big Wide World
Narrator

1986
Hercule Poirot

1986
Hercule Poirot

1985
Hercule Poirot

1984
Memed My Hawk
Abdi Aga

1984
Abgehört
Genosse Kuruk

1983
Imaginary Friends
-

1982
Hercule Poirot

1982
Wortwechsel
-

1982
Venezia, carnevale - Un amore
-

1981
Truck Driver

1981
The Search for Santa Claus
Grandfather

1980
Strumpet City
King Edward VII

1979
Suleiman

1979
Narrator

1979
Doctor Snuggles

1979
We'll Grow Thin Together
Victor

1978
Hercule Poirot

1978
Metamorphoses
Narrator

1978
The Caliph

1977
Harry Hellman

1977
Manny the Rat

1977
Taubleman

1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Herod the Great

1976
Old Man

1976
Dr. Snodgrass

1976
Kein Abend wie jeder andere
Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'

1973
Prince John - a Lion, King Richard

1973
Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3
-

1972
Doctor

1972
Clochemerle
Narrator

1971
Gideon
Gideon

1971
Narrator/All voices

1970
A Storm in Summer
Abel Shaddick

1969
General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

1968
Marcus Pendleton, Caesar Smith

1968
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Narrator/All voices

1968
Klapzubova jedenáctka
-

1967
Ambassador Manuel Pineda

1965
Prince Otto of Bavaria

1964
Arthur Simon Simpson

1964
The Peaches
Narrator

1962
Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

1961
The General

1960
Lentulus Batiatus

1960
Rupert Venneker

1957
Michel Kiminsky

1956
Comedian, Various Customs Officials

1956
I girovaghi
Don Alfonso

1955
Circus Master

1955
Jules

1954
Prince of Wales

1954
Kaptah

1952
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Wonderbird

1952
Narrator

1952
Omnibus
Dr. Samuel Johnson, Marshal

1951
Emad

1951
Nero

1951
The Magic Box
Industry Man

1951
Abel Shaddick, Gideon, Socrates

1950
Lt. Alex Rabinovich/Arnauld

1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
Marshall

1949
Private Angelo
Pvt. Angelo

1944
Rispoli: Cafe owner

1943
The New Lot
Keith

1942
The Goose Steps Out
Krauss

1942
Let the People Sing
Dr. Bentika

Director Credits

1984
Memed My Hawk
-

1965
-

1962
-

1952
Omnibus
-

1949
Private Angelo
-

1948
-

1946
-

Writer Credits

1993
Inside the Vatican
-

1986
Russia
-

1985
La dixième de Beethoven
-

1984
Memed My Hawk
-

1984
Abgehört
-

1977
Photo Finish: The Race Finished
-

1970
Endspurt
-

1968
-

1966
Au théâtre ce soir
-

1966
Das Leben in meiner Hand
-

1965
-

1964
Estudio 1
-

1964
The Wednesday Play
-

1964
Thursday Theatre
-

1963
Endspurt
-

1962
-

1960
-

1957
Indifferent Shepherd, The
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1955
-

1952
Omnibus
-

1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
-

1949
Private Angelo
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1948
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1946
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1944
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1943
The New Lot
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