RECENT CREDITS
Lola Montes (FILM)  Oct. 10, 2008
Luther (FILM)  Sep. 26, 2003
Quo Vadis (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2001
My Khmer Heart (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2000
The Bachelor (FILM)  Nov. 5, 1999
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HIGHLIGHTS
2003 Co-starred in "Luther," a biopic of religious reformer Martin Luther
2003 Cast as William Stoughton in the TV MiniSeries "The Salem Witch Trials
2001 Appeared in the British TV drama "Victoria & Albert"; aired on A&E in USA
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Lola Montes  2008 -Circus Master
Actor
Film


Luther  2003 -Prince Frederick
Actor
Film


Salem Witch Trials  2003 -William Stoughton
Actor
TV


Victoria & Albert  2001 -King William IV
Actor
TV


Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures  2001 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Quo Vadis  2001 -Nero
Actor
Film


My Khmer Heart  2000
Producer, Narrator
Film


The Bachelor  1999 -Grandad
Actor
Film


Animal Farm  1999 -of Old Major
Voice
TV


Stiff Upper Lips  1999 -Horace
Actor
Film


On the Trail of Mark Twain With Peter Ustinov  1999 -Presenter
Writer, Actor
TV


Alice in Wonderland  1999 -Walrus
Actor
TV


25th International Emmy Awards  1998 -Host
Actor
TV


Peter Ustinov's Mendelssohn  1997 -Host
Actor
TV


The Old Curiosity Shop  1995 -Grandfather
Actor
TV


Celebrating Haydn With Peter Ustinov  1994 -Host
Actor
TV


Inside the Vatican  1994 -Host, Narration
Writer, Actor, Narrator
TV


Lorenzo's Oil  1992 -Professor Nikolais
Actor
Film


The Alistair Cooke Salute  1992 -Co-Host
Actor
TV


Granpa  1991 -of Granpa
Voice
TV


The Wonderful Kangaroo  1990 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Monet: Legacy of Light  1990 -of Monet
Voice
TV


Travels  1989
Actor, Writer
TV


Around the World in 80 Days  1989 -Detective Fix
Actor
TV


Appointment With Death  1988 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
Film


Memed My Hawk  1987 -Abdi Aga
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Agatha Christie's "Murder in Three Acts"  1986 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
TV


Agatha Christie's "Dead Man's Folly"  1986 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
TV


Agatha Christie's "Thirteen at Dinner"  1985 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
TV


Evil Under the Sun  1982 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
Film


Why Didn't They Ask Evans?  1981 -Host
Actor
TV


The Seven Dials Mystery  1981 -Host
Actor
TV


The Great Muppet Caper  1981 -Truck Driver
Actor
Film


Players  1979 -Spectator
Actor
Film


Tarka the Otter  1979 -Narration
Narrator
Film


Ashanti  1979 -Suleiman
Actor
Film


Death on the Nile  1978 -Hercule Poirot
Actor
Film


The Last Remake of Beau Geste  1977 -Sergeant Markov
Actor
Film


Jesus of Nazareth  1977 -Herod the Great
Actor
TV


Love, Life, Liberty & Lunch  1976 -Admiral
Director, Writer, Actor
TV


Treasure of Matecumbe  1976 -Dr Snodgrass
Actor
Film


One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing  1975 -Hnup Wan
Actor
Film


Logan's Run  1975 -Old Man
Actor
Film


Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3  1973
Actor
TV


Hammersmith Is Out  1972 -Doctor
Director, Actor
Film


Gideon  1971 -Gideon
Actor
TV


A Storm in Summer  1970 -Herman Washington
Actor
TV


A Storm in Winter  1970
Actor
TV


Hot Millions  1968 -Marcus Pendleton
Screenplay, Actor
Film


The Comedians  1967 -Ambassador Pineda
Actor
Film


Lady L  1966 -Prince Otto
Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Topkapi  1964 -Arthur Simon Simpson
Actor
Film


Billy Budd  1962 -Captain Edward Fairfax Vere
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Romanoff and Juliet  1961 -The General
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Play as Source Material
Film


The Sundowners  1960 -Venneker
Actor
Film


School For Scoundrels  1960
Screenplay
Film


Spartacus  1960 -Batiatus
Actor
Film


We're No Angels  1955 -Jules
Actor
Film


Beau Brummell  1954 -Prince of Wales
Actor
Film


The Egyptian  1954 -Kaptah
Actor
Film


Le Plaisir  1954 -of DeMaupassant
Voice
Film


The Magic Box  1951
Actor
Film


The Mouse and His Child   -of Manny
Voice
Film


The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet   -Grandpa, of Phoenix
Actor, Voice
Film


The Spies   -Russsian
Actor
Film


The Thief of Bagdad   -Caliph
Actor
Film


Un Taxi mauve   -Taubelman
Actor
Film


Viva Max!   -General Maximilian Rodrigues DeSantos
Actor
Film


John Goldfarb, Please Come Home   -Fawz
Actor
Film


La Revolution Francaise   -Mirabeau
Actor
Film


Double Murder on Via Governo Vecchio   -Harry Hellman
Actor
Film


Grendel, Grendel, Grendel   -of Grendel
Voice
Film


Robin Hood   -of Prince John, a Lion
Voice
Film


Peep and the Big Wide World   -Narration
Narrator
Film


Nous maigrirons ensemble   -Victor
Actor
Film


Doctor Snuggles   -of Doctor Snuggles
Voice
TV


Omni: The New Frontier   -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV




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Highlights

2003 Co-starred in "Luther," a biopic of religious reformer Martin Luther
2003 Cast as William Stoughton in the TV MiniSeries "The Salem Witch Trials
2001 Appeared in the British TV drama "Victoria & Albert"; aired on A&E in USA
1999 Returned to features as a tea plantation owner in Raj India in the comic spoof "Stiff Upper Lips"
1992 Last film for seven years, "Lorenzo's Oil"
1986 Served as host for BBC TV series "Peter Ustinov's Russia: A Personal History"
1981 Hosted TV series, "Omni: The New Frontier"
1978 Played Hercule Poirot in "Death on the Nile"
1964 Co-starred in "Topkapi"; won second Oscar
1960 Won first Oscar for his comic turn in "Spartacus"
1957 Broadway acting debut, "Romanoff and Juliet"; also wrote play; later toured the USA
1957 US TV debut, "The Life of Samuel Johnson"; won first Emmy Award
1953 NY stage debut as playwright, "The Love of Four Colonels"
1949 First film as producer, "Private Angelo"; also director and screenplay)
1946 Directed first film, "School For Secrets"; also screenplay)
1944 First screenwriting credit, "The Way Ahead" (with Eric Ambler)
1942 Joined Royal Sussex Regiment of Army; transferred to the Directorate of Army Psychiatry, writing recruitment and propaganda films
1941 Screen acting debut, "Mein Kampf" (semi-documentary)
1941 Wrote first full-length staged play, "House of Regrets"
1941 Began stage directing career with "Squaring the Circle"
1939 Joined Aylesbury Repertory Company
1938 First stage appearance as Waffles in "The Wood Demon" at Barn Theatre in Shere
Joined Leonard Sachs' Players' Theatre where he wrote and performed monologues
Recited his monologues in a short film, "Hello, Fame!"


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