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Peter Ustinov

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

Born

Apr 16, 1921

Camden, London, England, UK

Died

Mar 28, 2004

Known For

Acting

Movies

126 acting

30 crew

Popularity

2.3

Known For

Spartacus
Spartacus
1960 as Lentulus Batiatus
★ 7.5
Robin Hood
Robin Hood
1973 as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
★ 7.3
Logan's Run
Logan's Run
1976 as Old Man
★ 6.6
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
1951 as Nero
★ 7.1
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
1978 as Hercule Poirot
★ 7.1
Evil Under the Sun
Evil Under the Sun
1982 as Hercule Poirot
★ 6.9
Dead Man's Folly
Dead Man's Folly
1986 as Hercule Poirot
★ 6.3
Lorenzo's Oil
Lorenzo's Oil
1992 as Professor Nikolais
★ 7.1
Luther
Luther
2003 as Frederick
★ 6.5
The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 as Truck Driver
★ 6.9
The French Revolution
The French Revolution
1989 as Vicomte de Mirabeau
★ 7.5
Topkapi
Topkapi
1964 as Arthur Simon Simpson
★ 6.5
We're No Angels
We're No Angels
1955 as Jules
★ 7.2
The Egyptian
The Egyptian
1954 as Kaptah
★ 6.4
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials
2002 as William Stroughton
★ 6.1
Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir
1952 as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
★ 7.5
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1999 as Walrus
★ 6.2
The Bachelor
The Bachelor
1999 as Grandad
★ 5.1
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 as The Priest
★ 6.6
Thirteen at Dinner
Thirteen at Dinner
1985 as Hercule Poirot
★ 5.8
Murder in Three Acts
Murder in Three Acts
1986 as Hercule Poirot
★ 5.8
The Sundowners
The Sundowners
1960 as Rupert Venneker
★ 6.7
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
1982 as Self
★ 6.7
Ashanti
Ashanti
1979 as Suleiman
★ 5.7
The Way Ahead
The Way Ahead
1944 as Rispoli
★ 6.5
The Magic Box
The Magic Box
1952 as Industry Man
★ 6.4
Lady L
Lady L
1965 as Prince Otto of Bavaria
★ 5.6
Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death
1988 as Hercule Poirot
★ 6.1
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
1999 as Old Major (voice)
★ 5.7
Lola Montès
Lola Montès
1955 as Circus Master
★ 6.8
Treasure of Matecumbe
Treasure of Matecumbe
1976 as Dr. Snodgrass
★ 6.5
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 as Captain Blackbeard
★ 6.7
Viva Max!
Viva Max!
1969 as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
★ 5.5
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
★ 5.7
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 as Il veterinario
★ 6.4
Hot Millions
Hot Millions
1968 as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
★ 6.5
The Comedians
The Comedians
1967 as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
★ 6.1
Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell
1954 as George, Prince of Wales
★ 6.5
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
★ 3.1
The Thief of Baghdad
The Thief of Baghdad
1978 as The Caliph
★ 5.2
The True Glory
The True Glory
1945 as Commentator
★ 6.3
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
1962 as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
★ 7.3
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
2003 as Hughie McLellan
★ 6.9
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
★ 5.1
Queen: Champions of the World
★ 9.0
Stiff Upper Lips
Stiff Upper Lips
1998 as Horace Wiggins
★ 5.2
Parkinson at 50
Parkinson at 50
2021 as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 as Sergeant Markov
★ 5.5
Victoria & Albert
Victoria & Albert
2001 as König William IV.
★ 7.6
Odette
Odette
1950 as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
★ 6.3
Memed My Hawk
Memed My Hawk
1984 as Abdi Aga
★ 5.0
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
1968 as Narrator / All voices (voice)
★ 6.6
The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
★ 4.2
Grendel Grendel Grendel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 as Grendel (voice)
★ 3.9
Double Murder
Double Murder
1977 as Harry Hellman
★ 2.0
The New Lot
The New Lot
1943 as Keith
movie
Barefoot in Athens
1966 as Socrates
★ 6.3
The Mouse and His Child
The Mouse and His Child
1977 as Manny the Rat (voice)
★ 6.2
Short Cut to Haifa
Short Cut to Haifa
1972 as Israeli Truck Driver
★ 5.0
The Spies
The Spies
1957 as Michel Kiminsky
★ 6.4
Hammersmith Is Out
Hammersmith Is Out
1972 as Doctor
★ 5.7
Romanoff and Juliet
Romanoff and Juliet
1961 as The General
★ 5.4
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995 as Grandfather
★ 6.3
Imaginary Friends
Imaginary Friends
1982 as Philip Lester
★ 6.0
Hotel Sahara
Hotel Sahara
1951 as Emad
★ 5.3
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
★ 8.0
The Purple Taxi
The Purple Taxi
1977 as Taubelman
★ 5.7
The Goose Steps Out
The Goose Steps Out
1942 as Krauss
★ 6.7
The Comedians in Africa
The Comedians in Africa
1967 as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.3
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
★ 8.5
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002 as Presenter
Women of the World
Women of the World
1963 as English Narration (voice)
★ 5.1
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995 as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
★ 4.8
Death on the Tagus
Death on the Tagus
1979 as Self
Let the People Sing
Let the People Sing
1942 as Dr. Bentika
★ 6.2
Julie's Christmas Special
Julie's Christmas Special
1973 as Self / Santa Claus
After Mein Kampf
After Mein Kampf
1940 as Marinus van der Lubbe
★ 10.0
The Bible According to Hollywood
★ 6.0
Tarka the Otter
Tarka the Otter
1979 as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.6
Babar Comes to America
Babar Comes to America
1971 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
We'll Grow Thin Together
We'll Grow Thin Together
1979 as Victor Lasnier
★ 4.5
Abgehört
Abgehört
1984 as Genosse Kuruk
A Storm in Summer
A Storm in Summer
1970 as Abel Shaddick
★ 6.0
Gideon
Gideon
1971 as Gideon
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
1978 as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.4
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957 as Mr. Bossi
★ 6.8
The Mermaid Frolics
The Mermaid Frolics
1977 as Self
★ 5.3
Granpa
Granpa
1989 as Granpa (voice)
★ 4.7
movie
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978 as Self / Hercule Poirot
Einstein's Universe
Einstein's Universe
1979 as Himself
★ 8.0
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991 as Self - Actor
★ 10.0
movie
Private Angelo
1949 as Pvt. Angelo
movie
Through Joy and Beyond
1979 as C. S. Lewis (voice)
Everyman
Everyman
1963 as Narrator (English)
★ 7.0
Not an Evening  like any Other
Not an Evening like any Other
1976 as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
★ 7.0
movie
Beethovens Zehnte
1988 as Beethoven
Alekan le magnifique
Alekan le magnifique
1998 as Self
The Peaches
The Peaches
1964 as Narrator (voice)
An Evening with Peter Ustinov
★ 10.0
Nuclear Nightmares
Nuclear Nightmares
1979 as Himself
★ 10.0
The Moment of Truth
The Moment of Truth
1955 as The Marshall
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009 as Self (archive footage)
Peep and the Big Wide World
Peep and the Big Wide World
1988 as Narrator (voice)
Children of Ghana
Children of Ghana
1988 as Voice-over (English)
movie
Riders of the Wind
1986 as Self - Narrator (voice)
F1 Review 1987
F1 Review 1987
1987 as Narrator
The Legend of the Good Beasts
The Legend of the Good Beasts
1956 as The Storyteller
Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf
1995 as Narrator
movie
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999 as (uncredited voice)
My Khmer Heart
My Khmer Heart
2000 as Self
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
1968 as Presenter