Peter Ustinov Overview:

Legendary actor, Peter Ustinov, was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov on Apr 16, 1921 in London, UK. Ustinov died at the age of 83 on Mar 28, 2004 in Genolier, Switzerland and was laid to rest in Bursins Cemetery in Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Peter Ustinov was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two for Best Supporting Actor for Spartacus (as Batiatus) and Topkapi (as Arthur Simpson) in 1960 and 1964 respectively.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1951Best Supporting ActorQuo Vadis (1951)NeroNominated
1960Best Supporting ActorSpartacus (1960)BatiatusWon
1964Best Supporting ActorTopkapi (1964)Arthur SimpsonWon
1968Best WritingHot Millions (1968)N/ANominated
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Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By , Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of , I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that a thing? Then again... Read full article


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By Beth Daniels on Apr 15, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

Born Peter Alexander, Baron Von Ustinow April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004 Memoir Dear Me, By , Penguin, 1979 Renaissance Mensch While looking for the perfect picture of , I was struck by how many of them included Muppets*. Was that a thing? Then again... Read full article


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In the 1980s, CBS broadcast several contemporary adaptations of Agatha Christie novels for U.S. television. , who first played Hercule Poirot in the theatrical Evil Under the Sun (1982), reprised his portrayal in three made-for-TV films starting with 1985's Thirteen for Dinner. Helen Ha... Read full article


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Peter Ustinov Quotes:

Captain Vere: You know Seymour, there are some men who cannot stand too much perfection. They see it as a disease, which must be stamped out at it's first rash showing.


[Simpson is talking to the Turkish guards who have arrested him]
Arthur Simon Simpson: You frighten me, sir. But, after all, that's part of your job. But if my father could hear you now he'd laugh himself sick. He wasn't no colonel, sir. I just said that in order to make myself seem important. He was a sergeant - acting sergeant - acting unpaid sergeant. And d'you know what he used to say to me? He used to say, "Arthur"... he used to call me Arthur... "Arthur, you're a carbuncle on the behind of humanity." Carbuncle! I'm a nothing! I'm a nobody!


Marcus Pendleton: Patty asks Marcus what are assets. Marcus replies "Little female donkeys" with a cackle.


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Was knighted Sir Peter Ustinov. [1990]

On 31 October 1984, he was waiting in the garden of Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, to interview her for an Irish television documentary - when she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards (Beant Singh, killed day of assassination, Satwant Singh, sentenced to hang in 1988), as she was approaching Ustinov and his film crew.

In 1958, received two Tony Award nominations for "Romanoff and Juliet": as Best Actor (Dramatic) and as Best Play Author.

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