Peter Ustinov

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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.
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Movie		Character	Year
	Quo Vadis	Nero	1951
	The Egyptian	Kaptah	1954
	Lola Montès	Circus Master	1955
	The Sundowners	Rupert Venneker	1960
	Spartacus	Lentulus Batiatus	1960
	Billy Budd	Edwin Fairfax Vere	1962
	Alleman	Narrator (English)	1963
	The Comedians	Ambassador Manuel Pineda	1967
	Blackbeard's Ghost	Robyn's Grandfather Captain Blackbeard	1968
	Robin Hood	Prince John	1973
	One of our Dinosaurs is Missing	Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''	1975
	Logan's Run	Old Man	1976
	The Last Remake of Beau Geste	Markov	1977
	Death on the Nile	Hercule Poirot	1978
	Lorenzo's Oil	Professor Nikolais	1992
	The Old Curiosity Shop	Grandfather	1995
	Stiff Upper Lips	Horace Wiggins	1999
	Animal Farm	Old Major (voice)	1999
	The Bachelor	Grandad James Shannon	1999
	An Audience with Peter Ustinov	himself	2005