Peter Ustinov

1921-2004

Biography: life and films

Peter Ustinov was an English actor. He was born in London, England on 16th April 1921 and died in Genolier, Vaud, Switzerland on 28th March 2004, aged 82.

His best films as an actor include Garson Kanin's The True Glory (1945), Max Ophüls's Lola Montès (1955), Jules Dassin's comedy-thriller Topkapi (1964), John Guillermin's Death on the Nile (1978) and Guy Hamilton's crime-thriller Evil Under the Sun (1982), and whose best work as a film director include School for Secrets (1946), Vice Versa (1948) and Romanoff and Juliet (1961).

Peter Ustinov appeared in 61 films, scripted 13 films and directed 8 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Robert Stevenson (2 films), Michael Curtiz (2), Michael Anderson (2), Gualtiero Jacopetti (2), Gary Sinyor (2), Eric Till (2) and Clive Donner (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), comedy (22), War (8), Documentary (7), Fantasy (6), history (5), Animation (5), romance (4), Thriller (4), Biography (4), crime-thriller (2), comedy-thriller (2) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Peter Ustinov over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Hullo, Fame! (1940) [a]

Mein Kampf - My Crimes (1940) [a]

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) [a]

The Goose Steps Out (1942) [a]

The Way Ahead (1944) [a,w]

The True Glory (1945) [a]

School for Secrets (1946) [d,w]

Vice Versa (1948) [d,w]

Private Angelo (1949) [a,d,w]

Under Capricorn (1949) [w]

Odette (1950) [a]

Hotel Sahara (1951) [a]

Quo Vadis (1951) [a]

La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952) [a]

Beau Brummell (1954) [a]

The Egyptian (1954) [a]

Lola Montès (1955) [a]

We're No Angels (1955) [a]

I Girovaghi (1956) [a]

Les Espions (1957) [a]

Un Angelo è sceso a Brooklyn (1957) [a]

Spartacus (1960) [a,w]

The Sundowners (1960) [a]

Romanoff and Juliet (1961) [a,d,w]

Billy Budd (1962) [a,d,w]

La Donna nel mondo (1963) [a]

Mondo cane n. 2 (1963) [a]

Topkapi (1964) [a]

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965) [a]

Lady L (1965) [d,w]

The Comedians (1967) [a]

Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) [a]

Hot Millions (1968) [a,w]

Viva Max (1969) [a]

Hammersmith Is Out (1972) [a,d]

Robin Hood (1973) [a]

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) [a]

Logan's Run (1976) [a]

Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) [a]

Doppio delitto (1977) [a]

The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) [a]

The Mouse and His Child (1977) [a]

Un taxi mauve (1977) [a]

Death on the Nile (1978) [a]

Winds of Change (1978) [a]

Ashanti (1979) [a]

Nous maigrirons ensemble (1979) [a]

Tarka the Otter (1979) [a]

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) [a]

Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981) [a]

The Great Muppet Caper (1981) [a]

Evil Under the Sun (1982) [a]

Memed My Hawk (1984) [a,d,w]

Appointment with Death (1988) [a]

La Révolution française (1989) [a]

C'era un castello con 40 cani (1990) [a]

Lorenzo's Oil (1992) [a]

Paths of the Gods (1995) [a]

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet (1995) [a]

Stiff Upper Lips (1998) [a]

The Bachelor (1999) [a]

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) [a]

The Will to Resist (2002) [a]

Luther (2003) [a]



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