Peter Ustinov

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

206

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-04-16

Day of death

2004-03-28 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Camden, London, England, UK

Peter Ustinov

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Aeschbacher

    Aeschbacher

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Johannes B. Kerner Show

    The Johannes B. Kerner Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Die Drehscheibe

    Die Drehscheibe

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Numéro un

    Numéro un

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • What Am I?

    What Am I?

  • Sabine Christiansen

    Sabine Christiansen

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Aktuelle Schaubude

    Aktuelle Schaubude

  • Die Montagsmaler

    Die Montagsmaler

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Im Dialog

    Im Dialog

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Boulevard Bio

    Boulevard Bio

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • Heut' abend

    Heut' abend

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • Viva Max!

    Viva Max!

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Egyptian

    The Egyptian

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Zeil um Zehn

    Zeil um Zehn

  • Blackbeard's Ghost

    Blackbeard's Ghost

  • Blauer Panther

    Blauer Panther

  • Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • Showgeschichten

    Showgeschichten

  • Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile

  • Folio

    Folio

  • Thirteen at Dinner

    Thirteen at Dinner

  • Babar Comes to America

    Babar Comes to America

  • Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

  • The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • Topkapi

    Topkapi

  • Logan's Run

    Logan's Run

  • Music & Guests

    Music & Guests

  • There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

    There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

  • Gideon

    Gideon

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti

  • Peep and the Big Wide World

    Peep and the Big Wide World

  • Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

    Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • Let the People Sing

    Let the People Sing

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • Odette

    Odette

  • Hotel Sahara

    Hotel Sahara

  • The Great Muppet Caper

    The Great Muppet Caper

  • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

  • Harty

    Harty

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

  • Lebens-Künstler

    Lebens-Künstler

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • Hammersmith Is Out

    Hammersmith Is Out

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

  • The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

  • Evil Under the Sun

    Evil Under the Sun

  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

  • Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death

  • Le Plaisir

    Le Plaisir

  • Romanoff and Juliet

    Romanoff and Juliet

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Lorenzo's Oil

    Lorenzo's Oil

  • Doctor Snuggles

    Doctor Snuggles

  • Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts

  • The Ten Commandments of Creativity

    The Ten Commandments of Creativity

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball

    The Secret Policeman's Ball

  • The Peaches

    The Peaches

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Parkinson at 50

    Parkinson at 50

  • The Purple Taxi

    The Purple Taxi

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Imaginary Friends

    Imaginary Friends

  • Ashanti

    Ashanti

  • Lola Montès

    Lola Montès

  • Barefoot in Athens

    Barefoot in Athens

  • After Mein Kampf

    After Mein Kampf

  • The Marshal of Madrid

    The Marshal of Madrid

  • The Spies

    The Spies

  • Luther

    Luther

  • The Bible According to Hollywood

    The Bible According to Hollywood

  • Victoria & Albert

    Victoria & Albert

  • Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

    Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

  • Lady L

    Lady L

  • The Comedians

    The Comedians

  • Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

  • The Last Remake of Beau Geste

    The Last Remake of Beau Geste

  • The Thief of Baghdad

    The Thief of Baghdad

  • The Bachelor

    The Bachelor

  • Small World

    Small World

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Julie's Christmas Special

    Julie's Christmas Special

  • Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews

    Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews

  • Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

    Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

  • The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

    The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

  • Beau Brummell

    Beau Brummell

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

  • The True Glory

    The True Glory

  • Women of the World

    Women of the World

  • Double Murder

    Double Murder

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

  • The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

    The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

  • The Trouble With Agatha Christie

    The Trouble With Agatha Christie

  • Zwischenstation

    Zwischenstation

  • Saturday Night Clive

    Saturday Night Clive

  • Private Angelo

    Private Angelo

  • Das Profil

    Das Profil

  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution

  • The Mermaid Frolics

    The Mermaid Frolics

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

  • Through Joy and Beyond

    Through Joy and Beyond

  • Clochemerle

    Clochemerle

  • The Man Who Wagged His Tail

    The Man Who Wagged His Tail

  • An Audience with Peter Ustinov

    An Audience with Peter Ustinov

  • Riders of the Wind

    Riders of the Wind

  • Klapzubova jedenáctka

    Klapzubova jedenáctka

  • Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

    Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

  • The Legend of the Good Beasts

    The Legend of the Good Beasts

  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution

  • Nuclear Nightmares

    Nuclear Nightmares

  • Peter and the Wolf

    Peter and the Wolf

  • Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

  • Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

    Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

  • Victoria & Albert

    Victoria & Albert

  • Tarka the Otter

    Tarka the Otter

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio

  • Jukebox Heroes

    Jukebox Heroes

  • F1 Review 1987

    F1 Review 1987

  • Beethovens Zehnte

    Beethovens Zehnte

  • Hot Millions

    Hot Millions

  • Strumpet City

    Strumpet City

  • Venezia, carnevale, un amore

    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

  • We'll Grow Thin Together

    We'll Grow Thin Together

  • Memed My Hawk

    Memed My Hawk

  • Diaghilev: The Years Abroad

    Diaghilev: The Years Abroad

  • Paths of the Gods

    Paths of the Gods

  • Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

    Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

  • Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly

  • Big Truck and Sister Clare

    Big Truck and Sister Clare

  • Alekan le magnifique

    Alekan le magnifique

  • Einstein's Universe

    Einstein's Universe

  • Death on the Tagus

    Death on the Tagus

  • The Mouse and His Child

    The Mouse and His Child

  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

  • My Khmer Heart

    My Khmer Heart

  • Children of Ghana

    Children of Ghana

  • Stiff Upper Lips

    Stiff Upper Lips

  • Treasure of Matecumbe

    Treasure of Matecumbe

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro

  • The Comedians in Africa

    The Comedians in Africa

  • Grendel Grendel Grendel

    Grendel Grendel Grendel

  • Everyman

    Everyman

  • Majestät brauchen Sonne

    Majestät brauchen Sonne

  • Granpa

    Granpa

  • An Evening with Peter Ustinov

    An Evening with Peter Ustinov

  • Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag

    Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag

  • Not an Evening like any Other

    Not an Evening like any Other

  • The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

    The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

  • The New Lot

    The New Lot

  • Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk

    Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk

  • A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

  • Abgehört

    Abgehört

  • Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni