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Peter Ustinov

Actor, writer, director Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow landed his first major screen role in The Goose Steps Out (1942). Ustinov was involved in more than 80 films in Rome, London, and Hollywood during his career of nearly 60 years. Peter Ustinov played Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot in 1978’s Death on the Nile, a role he went on to reprise six more times

Aliases
  • Sir Peter Ustinov CBE FRSA
  • Sir Peter Ustinov
English
Filmography

Abgehört

1984
as Genosse Kuruk

After Mein Kampf

1940
as Marinus van der Lubbe

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as Walrus

Animal Farm

1999
as Old Major (voice)

Appointment with Death

1988
as Hercule Poirot

Around the World in 80 Days

1989
as Wilbur Fix

Ashanti

1979
as Suleiman

Barefoot in Athens

1966
as Socrates

Beau Brummell

1954
as principe di Galles

Big Truck and Sister Clare

1972
as Israeli Truck Driver

Billy Budd

1962
as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968
as Captain Blackbeard

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981
as Charlie Chan

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

2003
as Himself

Clochemerle

1972

Dead Man's Folly

1986
as Hercule Poirot

Death on the Nile

1978
as Hercule Poirot

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978
as himself

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

1978
as Hercule Poirot

Doctor Snuggles

1979
as Doctor Snuggles (voice)

Double Murder

1977
as Harry Hellman

Einstein's Universe

1979
as Host / Narrator

Evil Under the Sun

1982
as Hercule Poirot

Granpa

1989
as Granpa

Hammersmith Is Out

1972
as Doctor

Hercule Poirot

1978
as Hercule Poirot

Hollywood Invasion

2011
as Peter Ustinov

Hot Millions

1968
as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

Hotel Sahara

1951
as Emad

Inside the Vatican

1993
as Host

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965
as King Fawz

Julie's Christmas Special

1973
as Peter Ustinov

Kein Abend wie jeder andere

1976
as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'

La révolution française

1989
as Visconde de Mirabeau

Lady L

1965
as Director

Le défi mondial

1986

Les espions

1957
as Michel Kiminsky

Logan's Run

1976
as Old Man

Lola Montès

1955
as Circus Master

Lorenzo's Oil

1992
as Professor Nikolais

Luther

2003
as Frederick

Max Ophuls ou Le plaisir de tourner

1965
as Peter Ustinov

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

1990
as Peter Ustinov

Max par Marcel

2009
as Peter Ustinov

Memed My Hawk

1984
as Abdi Aga

Murder in Three Acts

1986
as Hercule Poirot

Nous maigrirons ensemble

1979
as Victor Lasnier

Odette

1950
as Lt. Alex Rabinovich

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942
as The Priest

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975
as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''

Paths of the Gods

as Narrator

Peep and the Big Wide World

1988
as Narrator (voice)

Pete's Dragon

1977
as Prince John/ Robin's Grandpapa

Planet Ustinov

1998
as Narrator

Private Angelo

1949
as Pvt. Angelo

Quo Vadis

1951
as Nero

Riders of the Wind

1986
as Self - Narrator

Robin Hood

1973
as Prince John (voice)

Romanoff and Juliet

1961
as The General

Salem Witch Trials

2002
as William Stroughton

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

2002
as Presenter

Spartacus

1960
as Lentulus Batiatus

Stiff Upper Lips

1998
as Horace Wiggins

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag

1977

Tarka the Otter

1979
as Narrator (voice)

The Bachelor

1999
as Grandad James Shannon

The Bible According to Hollywood

1994
as Peter Ustinov

The Comedians

1967
as Ambassador Manuel Pineda

The Comedians in Africa

1967
as Self (uncredited)

The Curious Adventures of Mr Wonderbird

1952
as Mr. Wonderbird (voice)

The Curious Adventures of Mr Wonderbird

1952
as Mr. Wonderbird

The Egyptian

1954
as Kaptah

The Gandhis of India

as Self - Host

The Goose Steps Out

1942
as Krauss

The Great Muppet Caper

1981
as Truck Driver

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977
as Markov

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1982
as (Host)

The Magic Box

1951
as Industry Man

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

1982
as Hercuele Poirot

The Man Who Wagged His Tail

1957
as Mr. Bossi

The Mermaid Frolics

1977
as Peter Ustinov

The Mouse and His Child

1977
as Manny the Rat

The Old Curiosity Shop

1995
as Grandfather

The Peaches

1964
as Narrator

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

1995
as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)

The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

1988
as Peter Ustinov

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

1968
as Narrator / All voices

The Sundowners

1960
as Rupert Venneker

The Thief of Bagdad

1978
as The Caliph

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

1991
as Peter Ustinov

The Way Ahead

1944
as Rispoli

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

1990
as Il veterinario

Thirteen at Dinner

1985
as Hercule Poirot

Through Joy and Beyond

1979
as C. S. Lewis

Topkapi

1964
as Arthur Simon Simpson

Treasure of Matecumbe

1976
as Dr. Snodgrass

Un taxi mauve

1977

Victoria & Albert

2001
as König William IV.

Viva Max!

1969
as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

We're No Angels

1955
as Jules

Wings of the Red Star

1993
as Narrator

Winter Solstice

2003
as Hughie McLellan

Women of the World

1963
as English Narration (voice)

Director

Movie Billy Budd 1962
Movie Hammersmith Is Out 1972
Movie Lady L 1965
Movie Memed My Hawk 1984
Movie Private Angelo 1949
Movie Romanoff and Juliet 1961
Movie School for Secrets 1946
Movie Vice Versa 1948

Writer

Movie Abgehört 1984
Movie Billy Budd 1962
Episode The DuPont Show of the Month
Crescendo 		1957
Movie Das Leben in meiner Hand 1966
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Diaghilev 1872-1929: Part 1: The Years Abroad 		1968
Episode Weltmacht Vatikan
Die Pforten der Hölle 		1995
Movie Endspurt 1963
Episode Hollywood History
Epic 		1970
Movie Hot Millions 1968
Movie La dixième de Beethoven 1985
Movie Lady L 1965
Movie Lola Montès 1955
Movie Memed My Hawk 1984
Movie Private Angelo 1949
Movie Romanoff and Juliet 1961
Movie School for Secrets 1946
Movie Spartacus 1960
Movie The New Lot 1943
Movie The Way Ahead 1944
Movie Under Capricorn 1949
Movie Vice Versa 1948

Host

Episode Les César du cinéma
5e cérémonie des César 		1980

Producer

Movie Billy Budd 1962
Movie Memed My Hawk 1984
Movie Private Angelo 1949
Movie School for Secrets 1946

Guest Star

Episode The Jack Paar Program
1962-10-26 		1962
Episode The Jack Paar Program
1962-11-09 		1962
Episode The Jack Paar Program
1963-02-22 		1963
Episode The Jack Paar Program
1963-04-05 		1963
Episode The Jack Paar Program
1963-05-10 		1963
Episode Einstein's Universe
Einstein's Universe 		1979
Episode Strumpet City
Episode 1 		1980
Episode Late Night Line-Up
Hal Roach interview 		1965
Episode I've Got a Secret
Peter Ustinov 		1960
Episode What's My Line?
Peter Ustinov 		1966
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1971
Episode The Muppet Show
Peter Ustinov 		1976
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1981
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1979
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1977
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1990
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov 		1990
Episode Das Profil
Peter Ustinov 		1963
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov, Lola Falana, Saul Goodman, Dr. Samuel Rosen 		1972
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter Ustinov, Walter Carlos 		1970
Episode Tony Awards
The 22nd Annual Tony Awards 		1968
Episode Tony Awards
The 26th Annual Tony Awards 		1972
Episode Hollywood Goes to War
The True Glory 		1970
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Woody Allen, Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Cast of Hair, James Baldwin, Paul Weiss 		1969