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.
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Peter Ustinov
Filmography
Movies
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45% |
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Luther | Frederick the Wise (Character) | $5.7M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winter Solstice | Hughie McLellan (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Victoria & Albert | King William IV (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deutschlandspiel | Igor Maximytschew (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Animal Farm | Old Major (Voice) | - | 1999 |
33% |
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Alice in Wonderland | Walrus (Character) | - | 1999 |
8% |
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The Bachelor | Grandad Shannon (Character) | $21.7M | 1999 |
40% |
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Stiff Upper Lips | Horace (Character) | $71.8K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet |
Grandfather/ |
- | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Old Curiosity Shop | Grandfather (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bible According to Hollywood | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
93% |
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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 |
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The French Revolution: The Light Years | André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Appointment With Death | Hercule Poirot (Character) | $603.6K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Man's Folly | Hercule Poirot (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Murder in Three Acts | Hercule Poirot (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Thirteen at Dinner | Hercule Poirot (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Memed My Hawk |
Abdi Aga (Character), Director |
- | 1984 |
92% |
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Evil Under the Sun | Hercule Poirot (Character) | - | 1982 |
78% |
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The Great Muppet Caper | Truck Driver (Character) | - | 1981 |
29% |
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Charlie Chan (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Grendel Grendel Grendel | Grendel (Voice) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Ashanti | Suleiman (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strumpet City | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Tarka the Otter | Narrator | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Thief of Baghdad | The Caliph (Character) | - | 1978 |
80% |
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Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Metamorphoses | Narrator | - | 1978 |
50% |
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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 | Jesús de Nazaret | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Murder | Harry Hellman (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mouse and His Child | Manny the Rat (Voice) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Treasure of Matecumbe | Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Character) | - | 1976 |
58% |
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Logan's Run | Ballard:The Old Man (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Hnup Wan (Character) | - | 1975 |
58% |
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Robin Hood |
Prince John/ |
- | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robin Hood | Prinz John (Voice) | - | 1973 |
29% |
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Hammersmith Is Out |
Doctor (Character), Director |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Storm in Summer | Abel Shaddick (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Viva Max | General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos (Character) | - | 1969 |
67% |
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Hot Millions |
Marcus Pendleton/ |
- | 1968 |
82% |
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Blackbeard's Ghost | Captain Blackbeard (Character) | - | 1968 |
27% |
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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% |
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Lady L |
Prince Otto of Bavaria (uncredited) (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home | King Fawz (Character) | - | 1965 |
95% |
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Topkapi | Arthur Simon Simpson (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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Women of the World | English Narration (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Mondo Cane II | Narrator | - | 1962 |
92% |
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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% |
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The Sundowners | Rupert Venneker (Character) | - | 1960 |
94% |
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Spartacus | Lentulus Batiatus (Character) | $1.7M | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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Lola Montes | Circus Master (Character) | $107.3K | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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We're No Angels | Jules (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Beau Brummell | Prince of Wales (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Egyptian | Kaptah (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Wonderbird | Wonderbird (Voice) | - | 1952 |
84% |
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Quo Vadis? | Nero (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel Sahara | Emad (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Odette |
Lt Alex Rabinovich/ |
- | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Way Ahead |
Rispoli (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal Battalion | Rispoli (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Goose Steps Out | Krauss (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Olympics: Hippocrates in Olympia | Unknown (Character) | - |
TV
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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 |