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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Daniel J. Travanti to Dick Vitale
Peter Ustinov Biography (1921-)
Full name, Peter Alexander Ustinov; born April 16, 1921, in London, England;son of Iona (a journalist; professional name, "Klop") and Nadia (a painter and scenic designer; maiden name, Benois) Ustinov; married Isolde Denham, 1940(divorced, 1950); married Suzanne Cloutier (an actress), 1953 (divorced, 1971); married Helene du Lau d'Allemans, June 17, 1972; children: (first marriage) Tamara; (second marriage) Pavla, Igor, Andrea. Avocational interests: Reading, collecting prints and drawings, classical music, cars, lawn tennis, squash. Career: Actor, writer, director, producer, set designer,and costume designer. Joint director, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, U.K., 1963---; worked as a professional impersonator in clubs and traveling revues; also appeared in radio for the BBC (London), in Germany, Belgium, Rome, Italy, Paris, New York City, and Hollywood. University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, rector, 1968-73; UNICEF, goodwill ambassador, 1969---; University of Dundee, rector, 1971-73; University of Durham, chancellor, 1992; World Federalist Movement, president, 1992; owner of a vineyard. Military service: British Army, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1942-46; also served with the Royal Army Ordinance Corps, the Kinematograph Service, and the Directorate of Army Psychiatry. Member: British Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, British Film Academy, Dramatists Guild, British League of Dramatists, British Screenwriters Society, London Society of Authors, Royal Society of Arts(fellow), Societe des Auteurs (France), Arts Theatre, Royal Society of Literature (fellow, 1978), Academy of Fine Arts (Paris, 1988), Garrick Club, Savage Club, Royal Automobile Club, Queen's Club. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor, 1951, Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actor, 1952, both for Quo Vadis; Donaldson Award, Best First Play,New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Foreign Play, 1953, both for The Love of Four Colonels;
Evening Standard Award, Best New Play, 1956, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, Best Actor in a Play, 1958, both for Romanoff and Juliet; Royal Society of Arts, Benjamin Franklin Medal, 1957; Emmy Award, 1957, for "The Life of Samuel Johnson," Omnibus; Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor, 1961, for Spartacus; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best British screenplay, 1963, for Billy Budd(with DeWitt Bodeen); Academy Award, Best SupportingActor, 1964, Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor--musical/comedy, 1965, both for Topkapi; Syndicat des journalistes et ecrivains (France), First Prize, 1964, for Photo Finish; Emmy Award, Outstanding Single Performance in a Leading Role, 1966, for "Barefoot in Athens," Hallmark Hall of Fame; Cleveland Institute of Music, D.Mus., 1967; Academy Award nomination, Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (with Ira Wallach), 1968, Writers Guild, British comedy screenplay award, 1969, both for Hot Millions; University of Dundee, L.L.D., 1969; Emmy Award, Outstanding Single Performance in a Leading Role, 1970, for "Storm in Summer," Hallmark Hall of Fame; La Salle College, D.F.A., 1971; University of Lancaster, Litt.D., 1972; Peabody Award, 1972; Berlin Film Festival, special Silver Bear Award, 1972, for creative work and for direction of Hammersmith Is Out; Order of the Smile (Warsaw, Poland), 1974, for dedication to the idea of international assistance to children; Commander of the British Empire, 1975; Jordanian Independence Medal, 1978; Distinguished Service Award from UNICEF, 1978; Prix de la Butte, 1979; Variety Club of Great BritainAward, Best Actor, 1979; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best actor, 1979, for Death on the Nile; Emmy Award nomination, 1984, for The Well Tempered Bach; University of Toronto, honorarydoctorate, 1984, 1995; Commander, Order of Arts and Letters (France), 1985; Grammy Award for Peter and the Wolf; elected to Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, 1988; University of Georgetown, L.H.D., 1988; Knight of the Realm, 1990; Medal of Honor, Charles University, 1991; University of Ottawa, LL.D., 1991; Britannia Award, 1992; Critics Circle Award, 1993; German Cultural Award, 1994; German Bambi, 1994; International Child Survival Award, 1995; Rudolph Valentino Award, 1995; Norman Cousins Global Governance Award, 1995; Free University of Brussels, honorary doctorate, 1995; German Video Prize, 1997, for life-time achievement. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, writer, director, producer, set designer, costume designer
- Birth Details
- April 16, 1921
- London, England
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Mein Kampf--My Crimes, Associated British, 1940
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Hullo Fame!,1941
- Krauss, The Goose Steps Out, United Artists, 1942
- Priest, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, United Artists, 1942
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Let the People Sing, Anglo-American, 1942
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The New Lot(documentary), 1943
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The True Glory(documentary), 1945
- Rispoli, The Way Ahead(also known as The Immortal Battalion), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
- Title role, Private Angelo, Associated British/Pathe, 1949
- Emad, Hotel Sahara, United Artists, 1951
- Lt. Alex Rabinovich/Arnaud, Odette, United Artists, 1951
- Nero, Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
- Film distributor, The Magic Box, British Lion, 1952
- Voice (English language version), La bergere et le ramoneur(also known as The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep), 1952
- Prince of Wales/King George IV, Beau Brummel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1954
- Kaptah, The Egyptian, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
- Narrator, House of Pleasure(also known as Le Plaisir), Meyer-Kingsley, 1954
- Circus master, Lola Montes(also known as The Sins of Lola Montes and The Fall of Lola Montes), Brandon, 1955
- Jules, We're No Angels, Paramount, 1955
- Don Alfonso, The Wanderers(also known as I girovaghi), 1956
- Michael Kiminsky, The Spies(also known as Les Espions), 1957
- Voice, The Adventures of Mr. Wonderful(also known as Adventuresof Mr. Wonderbird), 1959
- Lentulus Batiatus, Spartacus, Universal, 1960
- Rupert Venneker, The Sundowners, Warner Bros., 1960
- Mr. Bossi, The Man Who Wagged His Tail(also known as An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn,
Un angelo e sceso a Brooklyn, and Un angelpaso por Brooklyn), Continental, 1961
- The General, Romanoff and Juliet(also known as Dig That Juliet), Universal, 1961
- Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, Billy Budd, United Artists, 1962
- Narrator, Women of the World(also known as La donna del mondo), 1963
- Narrator (English), Alleman(also known as Everyman and The Human Dutch), 1963
- Narrator, The Peaches,1964
- King Fawz, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, Twentieth Century-Fox,1964
- Arthur Simpson, Topkapi, United Artists, 1964
- Prince Otto, Lady L., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
- Ambassador Pinada, The Comedians, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
- Captain Blackbeard, Blackbeard's Ghost, Buena Vista, 1968
- Marcus Pendleton/Caesar Smith, Hot Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1968
- General Maximilian Rodrigues de Santos, Viva Max!, Commonwealth United, 1969
- Doctor, Hammersmith Is Out, Cinerama, 1972
- Voice of Prince John, Robin Hood(animated), Buena Vista, 1973
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Big Truck and Sister Clare,1973
- Hnup Wan, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Buena Vista, 1975
- Old Man, Logan's Run, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1976
- Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass, Treasure of Matecumbe, Buena Vista, 1976
- Sergeant Markov, The Last Remake of Beau Geste, Universal, 1977
- Voice of Manny, The Mouse and His Child(animated), Sanrio, 1977
- Taubelman, The Purple Taxi(also known as Un Taxi Mauve), Quartet, 1977
- Narrator, Tarka the Otter, Rank Film Distributors, 1978
- Hercule Poirot, Death on the Nile, Paramount, 1978
- Harry Hellman, Double Murders(also known as Doppio delittoand Double Murder on Via Governo Vecchio), Warner Bros./Prduzione Internationale Cinematografica, 1978
- Narrator, Metamorphosis(also known as Winds of Change; animated), Sanrio, 1978
- Spectator, Players, Paramount, 1979
- Suleiman, Ashanti(also known as Ashanti, Land of No Mercy),Columbia, 1979
- Victor, We'll Grow Thin Together(also known as Nous maigrirons ensemble), Silenes, 1979
- Charlie Chan, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, American Cinema, 1981
- Voice of Grendel, Grendel, Grendel, Grendel(animated), Victorian Film Corporation, 1981
- Truck driver, The Great Muppet Caper, Universal, 1981
- Grandfather, The Search for Santa Claus,1981
- Hercule Poirot, Evil Under the Sun, Universal, 1982
- Abdi Aga, Memed My Hawk(also known as The Lion and the Hawk), Focus, 1984
- Hercule Poirot, Appointment with Death, Cannon, 1988
- Narrator, Peep and the Big Wide World(animated short film), National Film Board of Canada, 1988
- Mirabeau, La Revolution Francaise(also known as The French Revolution), 1989
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C'era un castello con 40 cani,1990
- Professor Nikolais, Lorenzo's Oil, Universal, 1992
- Grandpa and voice of Phoenix, The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet, ABC Video, 1995
- Horace, Stiff Upper Lips, Cowboy Booking, 1998
- Voice of Old Major the pig, Animal Farm,1999
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Film Director, Except Where Indicated
- And producer (with George H. Brown), School for Secrets(also knownas Secret Flight), General Film Distributors, 1946
- And producer (with George H. Brown), Vice-Versa, General Film Distributors, 1948
- (With Michael Anderson) and producer, Private Angelo, Associated British/Pathe, 1949
- And producer, Romanoff and Juliet(also known as Dig That Juliet), Universal, 1961
- And producer, Billy Budd, United Artists, 1962
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Lady L., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
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Hammersmith Is Out, Cinerama, 1972
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Memed My Hawk(also known as The Lion and the Hawk), Focus,1984
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Narrator, Clochmerle,1972
- Host and narrator, Omni: The New Frontier, syndicated, 1981
- Host, Peter Ustinov's Russia: A Personal History, BBC, 1986
- Himself, Planet Ustinov,1998
- Also appeared as host, In All Directions, BBC.
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Miniseries
- Host, Nicholas Nickleby, syndicated, 1983
- Detective Fix, Around the World in 80 Days, NBC, 1989
- Grandfather, The Old Curiosity Shop, Disney Channel, 1995
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Movies
- Herod the Great, Jesus of Nazareth, NBC, 1977
- Caliph, The Thief of Baghdad, NBC, 1978
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Abgehoert,1984
- Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's "Thirteen at Dinner," CBS, 1985
- Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's "Murder in Three Acts," CBS,1986
- Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's "Dead Man's Folly," CBS,1986
- Walrus, Alice in Wonderland, NBC, 1999
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Specials
- "The Life of Samuel Johnson," Omnibus, NBC, 1957
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Crescendo, CBS, 1957
- Narrator, The Countdown, CBS, 1958
- Danton, The Empty Chair, NBC, 1958
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Ustinov in Orbit, ATV, 1962
- Socrates, "Barefoot in Athens," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1966
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Ustinov ad lib,1969
- Herman Washington, "Storm in Summer" (also known as "The Merchant of Scarsdale"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1970
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A Storm in Winter,1970
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Conversation with Lord North,1971
- Title role, "Gideon," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1971
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Burt Bacharach--Opus No. 3, ABC, 1973
- Narrator, The Mighty Continent,1974
- Admiral, Love, Life, Liberty, and Lunch, ABC, 1976
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A Quiet War,1976
- Narrator, Einstein's Universe, BBC, then PBS, 1979
- Host, The Seven Dials Mystery, syndicated, 1981
- Host, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, syndicated, 1981
- Various roles, Imaginary Friends,1982
- Host (syndicated), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,1983
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The Well Tempered Bach,1984
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The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1986
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World Challenge,1986
- Host, The Immortal Beethoven with Peter Ustinov, PBS, 1987
- Host, Peter Ustinov in China, Global TV (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1988
- Host, The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper(also known as TheSecret of Jack the Ripper), syndicated, 1988
- Host, The Mozart Mystique with Peter Ustinov, PBS, 1990
- Narrator, "The Wonderful Kangaroo," Survival Specials, PBS, 1990
- Voice of Monet, Monet: Legacy of Light, PBS, 1990
- Voice of Granpa, Granpa(animated), Showtime, 1991
- Co-host, The Alistair Cooke Salute, PBS, 1992
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Ustinov Meets Pavarotti,1993
- Host and narrator, Inside the Vatican, PBS, 1994
- Host, Celebrating Haydn with Peter Ustinov(also known as The Seasons of Haydn with Peter Ustinov), PBS, 1994
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Haydn Gala,1995
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Russia Now,1995
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Paths of the Gods,1996
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Peter Ustinov Talking with David Frost, PBS, 1996
- Host, Peter Ustinov's Mendelssohn, PBS, 1997
- Host, The 25th International Emmy Awards,1998
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Following the Equator,1998
- Also appeared as narrator, History of Europe, BBC; narrator, The Hermitage; and narrator, The Ballerinas; in Peer Gynt, BBC.
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Episodic
- "Moment of Truth," Omnibus, NBC, 1958
- Himself, The Muppet Show,1976
- Voice of title role, Doctor Snuggles(animated), syndicated, 1981
- "Ustinov on the Orient Express," Travels, PBS, 1989
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Television Work
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Series
- Producer, In All Directions, BBC.
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Specials
- Director, Love, Life, Liberty, and Lunch, ABC, 1976
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Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Waffles, The Wood Demon, Barn Theatre, Shere, U.K.,1938
- (London debut) Title role, The Bishop of Limpopoland(sketch), Players' Theatre Club, London, 1939
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French Without Tears, Aylesbury Repertory Theatre, Aylesbury, U.K., 1939
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Pygmalion, Aylesbury Repertory Theatre, Aylesbury, U.K., 1939
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White Cargo, Aylesbury Repertory Theatre, Aylesbury, U.K., 1939
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Rookery Nook, Aylesbury Repertory Theatre, Aylesbury, U.K., 1939
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Laburnum Grove, Aylesbury Repertory Theatre, Aylesbury, U.K., 1939
- Reverend Alroy Whittingstall, First Night, Richmond Theatre, London, 1940
- Ensemble, Swinging the Gate(revue), Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1940
- M. Lescure, Fishing for Shadows, Threshold Theatre, London, 1940
- Ensemble, Diversion(revue), Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1940
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Hermoine Gingold Revue, London, 1940
- Ensemble, Diversion 2(revue), Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1941
- Petrovitch, Crime and Punishment, New Theatre, London, 1946
- Caligula, Frenzy, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1948
- Sergeant Dohda, Love in Albania, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, then St. James's Theatre, both London, 1949
- Carabosse, The Love of Four Colonels, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1951
- The General, Romanoff and Juliet, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1956-57
- (Broadway debut) The General, Romanoff and Juliet, Plymouth Theatre, 1957
- Old Sam, Photo Finish, Saville Theatre, London, 1962 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1963
- The Archbishop, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, Chichester Theatre Festival, Chichester, U.K., 1968 then New London Theatre, London, 1973
- Boris Vassilievitch Krivelov, Who's Who in Hell, Lunt-FontanneTheatre, New York City, 1974
- Title role, King Lear, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford,Ontario, Canada, 1979 then 1980
- The Stage Manager, The Marriage(opera), Piccola Scala, Milan, Italy, 1981 then Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1982
- Ludwig, Beethoven's Tenth, Paris, France, 1982
- Ludwig, Beethoven's Tenth, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, U.K., then Vaudeville Theatre, London, later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, all 1983 then Nederlander Theatre, New York City,1984
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An Evening with Peter Ustinov(solo show), Royal Haymarket Theatre,London, 1990
- Also appeared in Madame Liselotte Beethoven-Fink, 1939; Squaring the Circle, 1941.
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Stage Director, Except Where Indicated
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Fishing for Shadows, Threshold Theatre, London, 1940
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Squaring the Circle, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1941
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The Man in the Raincoat, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland,1949
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Love in Albania, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, then St. James's Theatre, both London, 1949
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The Love of Four Colonels, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1951
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The Love of Four Colonels, Birmingham, U.K., 1951
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A Fiddle at the Wedding, Royal Theatre, Brighton, U.K., 1952
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No Sign of the Dove, Savoy Theatre, London, 1953
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No Sign of the Dove, Leeds, U.K., 1953
- (With Nicholas Garland) Photo Finish, Saville Theatre, London, 1962 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1963
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L'Heure Espagnole(opera), Royal Opera, Covent Garden Opera House, London, 1962
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Erwartung(opera), Royal Opera, Covent Garden Opera House, London,1962
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Gianni Schicci(opera), Royal Opera, Covent Garden Opera House, London, 1962
- (With Nicholas Garland) Photo Finish, Dublin, Ireland, then Paris,1964
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Halfway Up the Tree, London, 1967
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Halfway Up the Tree, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1967
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The Magic Flute(opera), Hamburg Opera, Hamburg, West Germany, 1968
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The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, Chichester Theatre Festival, Chichester, U.K., 1968 then New London Theatre, London, 1973
- Also producer, set designer, and costume designer, Don Quichotte(opera), Paris Opera, Paris, France, 1973
- Also set designer and costume designer, Don Giovanni(opera), Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1973
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Les Brigands(opera), Berlin Opera, Berlin, West Germany, 1978
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The Marriage(opera), Piccola Scala, Milan, Italy, 1981 then Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, 1982
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Mavra(opera), Piccola Scala, Milan, 1982
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The Flood(opera), Piccola Scala, Milan, 1982
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Katja Kabanowa(opera), Hamburg Opera, Hamburg, 1985
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The Marriage of Figaro(opera), Mozarteum and the Hamburg Opera, 1987
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Jolanthe(opera), Dresden Opera, 1993
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Francesca da Rimini(opera), 1993
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The Love of the Three Oranges(opera), Bolschoi, Moscow, Russia, 1997
- Also directed King Lear, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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Major Tours
- The General, Romanoff and Juliet, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1958-59
- Also appeared as the General, Romanoff and Juliet, U.S.S.R. cities.
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RECORDINGS
- Recorded Peter and the Wolf;
Nutcracker Suite;(with Jean Cocteau) The Soldier's Tale;
Hary Janos;
The Little Prince;
Grandpa, Babar and Father Christmas;
The Old Man of Lochnager;
Grandpa;
Peter Ustinov Reads the Orchestra;
Mock Mozart;
The Grand Prix of Gibralter.
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WRITINGS
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For Film
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New Lot(documentary), 1943
- (Co-author) The True Glory(documentary), 1944
- (With Eric Ambler) The Way Ahead(also known as The Immortal Battalion), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
- (With Eric Maschwitz, Stanley Haynes, and Guy Green) Carnival, General Film Distributors, 1946
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School for Secrets(also known as Secret Flight), General Film Distributors, 1946
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Vice-Versa, General Film Distributors, 1948
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Private Angelo, Associated British/Pathe, 1949
- (With Hal E. Chester and Patricia Moyes) School for Scoundrels, Continental Distributing, 1960
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Romanoff and Juliet(also known as Dig That Juliet), Universal, 1961
- (With Robert Rossen) Billy Budd, United Artists, 1962
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Lady L., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
- (With Ira Wallach) Hot Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
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Memed My Hawk(also known as The Lion and the Hawk), Focus,1984
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For the Stage
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The Bishop of Limpopoland(sketch), Players' Theatre Club, London, 1939
- (Contributor) Swinging the Gate(revue), Ambassadors' Theatre,London, 1940
- (Translator and adapter) Fishing for Shadows, Threshold Theatre, London, 1940
- (Contributor) Diversion(revue), Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1940
- (Contributor) Diversion 2(revue), Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1941
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House of Regrets, Arts Theatre, London, 1942 published by JonathanCape, 1943
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Beyond, Arts Theatre, London, 1943 published by English Theatre Guild, 1944 then in Five Plays, Little, Brown, 1965
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Blow Your Own Trumpet, Playhouse Theatre, London, 1943 published in Plays about People, Jonathan Cape, 1950
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The Banbury Nose, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1944 published byJonathan Cape, 1945
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The Tragedy of Good Intentions, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, U.K., 1945 published in Plays About People,1950
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The Man Behind the Statue, Opera House, Manchester, U.K., 1946
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The Indifferent Shepherd, Criterion Theatre, London, 1948 published in Plays About People,1950
- (Adapter) Frenzy, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1948
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The Man in the Raincoat, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland,1949
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The Love of Four Colonels, first produced in Birmingham, U.K., then Wyndham's Theatre, London, both 1951 later Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1953 published by English Theatre Guild, 1951 then Dramatists Play Service, 1953 later in Five Plays, Little, Brown, 1965
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The Moment of Truth, first produced in Nottingham, U.K., then Adelphi Theatre, London, both 1951 published by English Theatre Guild, 1953 thenin Five Plays, Little, Brown, 1965
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High Balcony, first produced in London, 1952
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No Sign of the Dove, first produced in Leeds, U.K., then Savoy Theatre, London, both 1953 published in Five Plays, Little, Brown, 1965
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The Empty Chair, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1956
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Romanoff and Juliet, first produced in Manchester, then PiccadillyTheatre, London, both 1956 later Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1957 published by English Theatre Guild, 1957 then Random House, 1958 later in FivePlays, Little, Brown, 1965
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Paris Not So Gay, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, U.K., 1958
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Photo Finish, first produced in Dublin, Ireland, then Saville Theatre, London, both 1962 later Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1963 published by Heinemann, 1962 then Little, Brown, 1963 revised acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service, 1964
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The Life in My Hands, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, U.K., 1963
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The Unknown Soldier and His Wife: Two Acts of War Separated by a Trucefor Refreshment, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1967 then Chichester Theatre Festival, Chichester, U.K., 1968 later New London Theatre, London, 1973 published by Random House, 1967 then Heinemann, 1968
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Halfway Up the Tree, first produced in West Germany, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, later Queen's Theatre, London, all 1967 published by Random House, 1968 then English Theatre Guild, 1970
- (Book for musical) R Loves J, Chichester Theatre Festival, Chichester, 1973
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Who's Who in Hell, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1974
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Overheard, Royal Theatre, Brighton, U.K., then Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, both 1981
- (Adapter of libretto) The Marriage(opera), Piccola Scala, Milan, Italy, 1981 then Edinburgh Festival, 1982
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Beethoven's Tenth, first produced in Paris, 1982 then Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, U.K., later Vaudeville Theatre, London, andCenter Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, all 1983 then Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1984
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An Evening with Peter Ustinov(solo show), Royal Haymarket Theatre,London, 1990
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For Television
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Series
- Wrote for In All Directions, BBC.
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Episodic
- "Moment of Truth," Omnibus, NBC, 1958
- "Ustinov on the Orient Express," Travels, PBS, 1989
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Specials
- (With Leslie Stevens) Crescendo, CBS, 1957
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The Empty Chair, NBC, 1958
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Ustinov ad lib,1969
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Love, Life, Liberty, and Lunch, ABC, 1976
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Imaginary Friends,1982
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Inside the Vatican, PBS, 1994
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Other Writings
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Add a Dash of Pity(short stories), Little, Brown, 1959
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Peter Ustinov's Diplomats: A Book of Photographs(photographs and commentary), Bernard Geis Associates, 1960
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The Loser(novel), Little, Brown, 1961
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We Were Only Human(cartoons), Little, Brown, 1961
- (Illustrator) Poodlestan: A Poodle's Eye View of History by Paul Marc Henry, Reynal, 1965
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The Frontiers of the Sea(short stories), Little, Brown, 1966
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The Wit of Peter Ustinov,1969
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Krumnagel(novel), Little, Brown, 1971
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Rectorial Address Delivered in the University, 3rd November, 1972(lecture), University of Dundee Press, 1972
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Dear Me(autobiography), Little, Brown, 1977
- (Introduction) A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes, Paddington,1979
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Happiness(lecture), University of Birmingham, 1980
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My Russia(nonfiction), Little, Brown, 1983
- (Introduction) Niven's Hollywood by Tom Hutchinson, Salem House, 1984
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Peter Ustinov in Russia(nonfiction), Summit Books, 1988
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Ustinov at Large,1990
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The Disinformer: Two Novellas,1991
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The Old Man and Mr. Smith: A Fable,1991
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Ustinov Still at Large,1995
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Quotable Ustinov,1995
- Contributor of articles to such periodicals as Atlantic and Listener.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
- Narrator, Baron Munchausen: Eighteen Truly Tall Tales, Caedmon, 1972
- (With others) Kodaly: Hary Janos, Psalmus Hungaricus, Peacock Variations,1995
- Also recorded Mock Mozart and Phoney Folk Lore, Parlophone; TheGrand Prix of Gibralter, Orpheum; narrator, Peter and the Wolf; narrator, The Nutcracker Suite; narrator, The Soldier's Tale; narrator, Hary Janos; narrator, The Little Prince; narrator,The Old Man of Lochnagar.*
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