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Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Highest Rated: 100% The Way Ahead (1944)

Lowest Rated: 8% The Bachelor (1999)

Birthday: Apr 16, 1921

Birthplace: London, England, UK

By his mid-20s, this multi-faceted talent had achieved considerable success in both theater and cinema directing, writing and acting in cultivated, witty comedies. Peter Ustinov later won international acclaim and reached the peak of his fame in the early 1960s for his appearances in sweeping epics and lighthearted romps. He won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars, for his clown in "Spartacus" (1960) and his engaging con man in "Topkapi" (1964). Ustinov has also earned critical praise for his directorial efforts (which he also produced, starred in and wrote): "Romanoff and Juliet" (1962), a biting Cold War satire based on his own play, the bracing "Billy Budd" (1962) and the "Faust"-inspired Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton vehicle "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972). The spotlight fell on Ustinov as a personality, too. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he was a favored raconteur on talk shows whether or not he was publicizing a film.

Highest rated movies

100% The Way Ahead
95% Topkapi 94% Spartacus
93% Lorenzo's Oil
92% Evil Under the Sun
92% Billy Budd
84% Quo Vadis?
82% Blackbeard's Ghost

Photos

HOT MILLIONS, Peter Ustinov, 1968 ROMANOFF AND JULIET, Peter Ustinov, 1961 LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE, (aka THE FRENCH REVOLUTION), Peter Ustinov, 1989, ©Sovereign Pictures CHARLIE CHAN AND THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON QUEEN, Peter Ustinov, 1981, (c) American Cinema Releasing QUO VADIS, Leo Genn (second from left), Peter Ustinov as Nero (crown), Patricia Laffan (reflining right), 1951 SPARTACUS, Laurence Olivier, left, visiting Peter Ustinov, on-set, 1960 ODETTE, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov, 1950 THE SUNDOWNERS, from left, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, 1960 BEAU BRUMMELL, from left, front, Peter Ustinov, Rosemary Harris, Elizabeth Taylor, James Donald, 1954 COMEDIANS, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, 1967 PRIVATE ANGELO, Peter Ustinov, (center), 1949 PRIVATE ANGELO, Peter Ustinov, 1949 VIVA MAX!, from left, Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Winters, 1969 HOTEL SAHARA, Peter Ustinov and Yvonne De Carlo on the set between scenes, 1951 TOPKAPI, from left: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov (back), Gilles Segal, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Maximillian Schell, 1964 TOPKAPI, Peter Ustinov, 1964 ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING, second row from left: Peter Ustinov, Godrey Tearle; third row second from left: Eric Portman; fourth row first from left: Pamela Brown, 1942 SPARTACUS, standing, from left, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, John Ireland, Nina Foch, John Dall, Laurence Olivier; seated, from left, John Gavin, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, 1960 JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME, Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, 1965, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE, PETER USTINOV, (AIRED MARCH 13, 1979), 1979
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
45% 74% Luther Frederick the Wise (Character) $5.7M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winter Solstice Hughie McLellan (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 78% Victoria & Albert King William IV (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deutschlandspiel Igor Maximytschew (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 38% Animal Farm Old Major (Voice) - 1999
33% 62% Alice in Wonderland Walrus (Character) - 1999
8% 28% The Bachelor Grandad Shannon (Character) $21.7M 1999
40% 44% Stiff Upper Lips Horace (Character) $71.8K 1997
No Score Yet 42% The Old Curiosity Shop Grandfather (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet Grandfather/Phoenix (Voice) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bible According to Hollywood Unknown (Character) - 1994
93% 80% Lorenzo's Oil Professor Nikolais (Character) $6.9M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet C'era un castello con 40 cani Le vétérinaire Muggione (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The French Revolution: The Terrible Years André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The French Revolution André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 89% The French Revolution: The Light Years André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 43% Appointment With Death Hercule Poirot (Character) $603.6K 1988
No Score Yet 43% Dead Man's Folly Hercule Poirot (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 35% Murder in Three Acts Hercule Poirot (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 31% Thirteen at Dinner Hercule Poirot (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Memed My Hawk Abdi Aga (Character),
Director 		- 1984
92% 73% Evil Under the Sun Hercule Poirot (Character) - 1982
78% 78% The Great Muppet Caper Truck Driver (Character) - 1981
29% 32% Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Charlie Chan (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 67% Grendel Grendel Grendel Grendel (Voice) - 1980
No Score Yet 27% Ashanti Suleiman (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strumpet City Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 74% Tarka the Otter Narrator - 1979
No Score Yet 44% The Thief of Baghdad The Caliph (Character) - 1978
80% 79% Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Metamorphoses Narrator - 1978
50% 63% The Last Remake of Beau Geste Markov (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Purple Taxi Taubelman (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Murder Harry Hellman (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jesús de Nazaret Unknown (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 60% The Mouse and His Child Manny the Rat (Voice) - 1977
No Score Yet 47% Treasure of Matecumbe Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Character) - 1976
58% 67% Logan's Run Ballard:The Old Man (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 68% One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Hnup Wan (Character) - 1975
58% 81% Robin Hood Prince John/King Richard (Voice) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Robin Hood Prinz John (Voice) - 1973
29% 56% Hammersmith Is Out Doctor (Character),
Director 		- 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Storm in Summer Abel Shaddick (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 59% Viva Max General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos (Character) - 1969
67% 74% Hot Millions Marcus Pendleton/Caesar Smith (Character) - 1968
82% 71% Blackbeard's Ghost Captain Blackbeard (Character) - 1968
27% 47% The Comedians Ambassador Manuel Pineda (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedians In Africa Self - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barefoot in Athens Socrates (Character) - 1966
29% 29% Lady L Prince Otto of Bavaria (uncredited) (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1965
No Score Yet 18% John Goldfarb, Please Come Home King Fawz (Character) - 1965
95% 68% Topkapi Arthur Simon Simpson (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 55% Women of the World English Narration (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 41% Mondo Cane II Narrator - 1962
92% 87% Billy Budd Edwin Fairfax Vere (Character),
Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter 		- 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Romanoff and Juliet The General (Character),
Director,
Producer 		- 1961
79% 64% The Sundowners Rupert Venneker (Character) - 1960
94% 87% Spartacus Lentulus Batiatus (Character) $1.7M 1960
No Score Yet 67% Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird Wonderbird (Voice) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Wagged His Tail Mr. Bossi (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spies Michel Kiminsky (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wanderers Don Alfonso Pugliesi (Character) - 1956
82% 77% Lola Montes Circus Master (Character) $107.3K 1955
No Score Yet 81% We're No Angels Jules (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 52% Beau Brummell Prince of Wales (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 61% The Egyptian Kaptah (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Wonderbird Wonderbird (Voice) - 1952
84% 73% Quo Vadis? Nero (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Sahara Emad (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 50% Odette Lt Alex Rabinovich/Arnauld (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 40% Vice Versa Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Flight Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet School for Secrets Director,
Writer 		- 1946
100% 72% The Way Ahead Rispoli (Character),
Screenwriter 		- 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Battalion Rispoli (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 33% The Goose Steps Out Krauss (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Olympics: Hippocrates in Olympia Unknown (Character) -

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Around the World in 80 Days Unknown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1961 1963 1966 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Danny Kaye Show Guest 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1960