Peter Ustinov
Acting
Biography
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 various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and President of the World Federalist Movement. Ustinov was the winner of numerous awards over his life, including two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards for acting, a Grammy Award for best recording for children, as well the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He displayed a unique cultural versatility that has frequently earned him the accolade of a Renaissance man. Miklós Rózsa, composer of the music for Quo Vadis and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) to Ustinov. In 2003, shortly before his death in 2004, Durham University renamed its Graduate Society as Ustinov College in honour of the significant contributions Sir Peter had made while serving as Chancellor of the University from 1992 onwards.
Born: April 16, 1921
Place of Birth: Camden, London, England, UK
Known For
After Mein Kampf
Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Parkinson at 50
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his favourite encounters.
The Trouble With Agatha Christie
An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and members of her family.
Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
An Evening with Peter Ustinov
An Evening with Peter Ustinov is a fireworks of polyglot humour. Two-time Oscar winner and ennobled Sir Peter Ustinov in was an actor, writer, entertainer and world citizen. In his 1996 One Man Show, he lets review his moving life. Encounters with famous personalities of contemporary history become tangible through his own amusing and concise representation. It brings personal characteristics to life and gives the evening an atmosphere of the unpredictable. A gala evening with prominent guests in the Konzerthaus Berlin, Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt.
Nuclear Nightmares
Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fragile system that deters either side from initiating the first nuclear strike. Although the world's political climate has mellowed since the Cold War era, Nuclear Nightmares takes the viewer back in time to gain a perspective of what it was like to live under a very real nuclear threat.
The French Revolution
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Apostrophes
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Hughie McLellan
as Frederick
as William Stroughton
as Presenter
as König William IV.
as William IV
as Self
as Self
as Grandad
as (uncredited voice)
as Old Major (voice)
as Walrus
as Self
as Self
as Horace Wiggins
as Narrator
as Self
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
as Grandfather
as Narrator
as Professor Nikolais
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Actor
as Il veterinario
as Granpa (voice)
as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Vicomte de Mirabeau
as Wilbur Fix
as Self - Host
as Hercule Poirot
as Narrator (voice)
as Voice-over (English)
as Narrator
as Hercule Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
as Genosse Kuruk
as Abdi Aga
as Philip Lester
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Hercule Poirot
as Self
as Hercuele Poirot
as Grendel (voice)
as Truck Driver
as Doctor Snuggles
as Self
as Charlie Chan
as King Edward VII
as Self
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as Victor Lasnier
as Suleiman
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Hercule Poirot
as Narrator (voice)
as The Caliph
as Self
as Harry Hellman
as Manny the Rat (voice)
as Self
as Sergeant Markov
as Taubelman
as Herod the Great
as Self
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum
as Dr. Snodgrass
as Old Man
as Self
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self / Santa Claus
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
as Doctor
as Narrator
as Israeli Truck Driver
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Gideon
as Abel Shaddick
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
as Narrator / All voices (voice)
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
as Self - Guest
as Captain Blackbeard
as reporter
as Presenter
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Prince Otto of Bavaria
as Arthur Simon Simpson
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as English Narration (voice)
as Narrator (English)
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
as Self
as Self
as The General
as Rupert Venneker
as Lentulus Batiatus
as Self
as Self
as Michel Kiminsky
as Mr. Bossi
as Self — Introduction
as The Storyteller
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self - Co-Host/Presenter
as Self - Host / Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Circus Master
as Jules
as George, Prince of Wales
as Kaptah
as Self
as Dr. Samuel Johnson
as Marshal
as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
as Industry Man
as Socrates
as Abel Shaddick
as Gideon
as Nero
as Emad
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self - Panelist
as Self
as Self
as Commentator
as Rispoli
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Host
as Keith
as Dr. Bentika
as Krauss
as The Priest
as Marinus van der Lubbe