Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov (April 16th 1921, London - March 28th 2004, Bursins, Swiss) was a British actor .

Man with the talents multiple Peter Ustinov was born in London (the United Kingdom), the April 16th 1921, of a father journalist, of Russian origin, Jona Ustinov (related with the father of the tenor Nicolaï Gedda, which was also called Ustinov) and of a mother painter, Nadia, Frenchwoman of origin juive.
Peter Ustinov, was Polyglotte. He readily affirmed to have blood Ethiopia N, Suisse, Italian and French… but nothing English.

Peter Ustinov is known general public for his incarnation with the cinema of the character of Hercule Poirot, celebrates detective created by Agatha Christie ( Mort on the Nile , Meurtre with the sun , Meurtre in three acts , Rendez-vous with death, etc)

He was throughout his long career: Actor, Director, writer, reciting musical works and Humoriste. As a novelist, Ustinov is known for its talents of Conteur. It even recorded discs which were a real success. It had indeed a greediness in the eyes which emphasized the side Péplum of the vie. He was also a pleasant ambassador of UNICEF.

This truculent makes a statement serbophobe in the British newspaper The European in June 1993, where it affirme : “The Serbes are people in two dimensions with a need for simplicity and so basic ideology, which one can include/understand them without effort. They need enemies, not friends, to focus their two-dimensional ideas. The life is for them a simple air, never an orchestration nor even a pleasant harmony. The animals use their resources with a happiness larger than these delayed creatures whose subscription with the human race is for a long time out-of-date. ”

It occupied since 1989 the armchair of Orson Welles with the Académie of the Art schools of Paris.

Peter Ustinov had a role in famous film of Zeffireli " Jesus de Nazareth " and, roof of its competences, it lends its voice to prince Jean in " Robin Hood" (Robin of Wood), large Walt Disney.

Since 1957, Peter Ustinov lived withdrawn in the village of Bursins, established with a score of kilometers of Geneva, on the heights of the town of Nyon, and overhanging the edges of the Lac Léman, in Suisse

It is in its house that it died out in the night of Sunday the 28th to Monday, March 29, 2004. A consecutive heart attack with the diabetes was right of the Humoriste. It was 82 years old.

Targeted studies

Peter Ustinov made his studies with prestigious London, which he hated finally. Il leaves it at the sixteen years age before integrating the London Theater School, class of Mr. Saint-Denis, to follow courses of Dramatic art. It remained there of 1937 with 1939. Just Ustinov in 1937 the Payer' S Club where it works out its clean Sketche S satirists. In 1938 it begins a career of Dramatic actor. The young actor follows courses of theater, then made his first appearance on the boards, at the 18 years age with great success. Ustinov very early shows an incredible talent of imitator. After beginnings of Comic and Imitateur in the London theaters, it obtains its first great role in a review, in 1940. It is in 1940 qu' it wrote its first play, Fishing for Shadows . He also plays this same year, its first big role in the review Swinging the spoils. 1940 are one year rich in events for Ustinov; it puts in scene the play House off regrets . It continues in this field the following year with its first setting in scene of theater, Squaring the circle . A brilliant career follows then which was prolonged during sixty years.

A man of cinema

Actor, writer, Scenario writer and Scenario writer (producing Realizer, ) British

It began with the cinema with like first role, that of the priest in One off our aircraft is missing in 1942-1943. In collaboration with E. To pace, he writes its first film scenario, The way ahead (1942-1943). In 1945, Peter Ustinov sells its first film scenario, The True Glory . In 1946, it carries out its first film and the by-product secret School for , for the London Ministère of Aviation. It is about a drama which proceeds during the Second world war. The comedies Vice will follow poured (1948) and Private Angelo (1949) as well as film of adventures Billy Budd (1962).

On is the cinematographic big screen, Peter Ustinov also made conspicuous while playing of the particularly weak and antipathetic characters such as the emperor Néron in Quo Vadis? (1951) of Mervyn LeRoy, the Mr Loyal which exhibe Lola Montès (1955) under the direction of max Ophüls, a trafficker of slaves in Spartacus (1960) or a swindler in Topkapi (1964). These two last services were worth to him a Oscar for the better actor in a supporting role.

With the small screen for television, and already in the Seventies, its career of actor of the 7e Art takes a new departure with the Televised series Jesus de Nazareth of Franco Zeffirelli, where he interprets Hérode, the king of the Jews, in the drama of Yves Boisset. Another role awaits it in a mauve taxi and another still in the adaptation of the novel of Agatha Christie, Mort on the Nile (1978), where it incarnates the famous Détective Hercule Poirot.

At the end of its career, and in years 80-90, he personifies with talent the Vicomte of Mirabeau in the French revolution (1989) under the direction of Robert Enrico. He even seems to tend to forsake the big screen with the profit of tighter budget on behalf of television.

Actor of theater, it will play nevertheless in more than 70 films where it interprets characters as various as popular.

Distinctions

Peter Ustinov received many prices and distinctions.

  • As of 1957, the Médaille Benjamin Franklin is decreed to him by the Royal Society off Arts.

  • In 1961, it receives the Oscar male best supporting role for its interpretation in the film Spartacus .
  • In 1964, it is seen giving the First price of the Syndicat of the journalists and writers for his role in the Play entitled Photo Finish .
  • the following year, in 1965, it receives its second Oscar male best supporting role for its interpretation in the Feature-length film entitled Topkapi .
  • In 1967, it is made Honorary doctor in music, by the Conservatoire of Cleveland to the the United Kingdom.
  • Of 1968 - 1973 it is Recteur of the Université of Dundee to the the United Kingdom.
  • In 1971, it claims with the honourable title of Doctor in right Honoris Causa, with the Room with the College off Philadelphia, with the the United States.
  • In 1972, it is also Doctor in Letters honoris causa , with the Université of Lancaster, the the United Kingdom.
  • In 1974, its titles of doctors decorate title of Honorary doctor Art schools, decreed by the Université of Lethbridge, with the Canada.
  • In 1978, large the Prix UNICEF is allotted to him for the whole of its humanitarian action. This same year the Price of the Hillock, to Paris, is given to him for its Autobiographie, Cher Me .
  • In 1984, it is again Honorary doctor, this time at the Université of Toronto, with the Canada.
  • In, 1988, another honorary title of Honorary doctor, is offered to him by the Georgetown university, with Washington with the the United States of America.
  • In, 1990, it is the Médaille of Knight Bachelor to the the United Kingdom which makes it move towards the honors. It is then promoted Chevalier of the Kingdom by the Queen Elizabeth II of the the United Kingdom. Lastly, it receives with Athens, the Gold medal of the City.
  • In 1991, another title of Honorary doctor, with the Faculty of Law of Ottawa, with the Canada.
  • In 1992, one ceremoniously gives the to him Grand Prix of the British Academy for the whole of sound cinematographic work. It is also chancellor of the Université of Durham, with the the United Kingdom. Then another distinction touches it, that of president of the World Federalist Movement.
  • the year 1993, with London, the Grand Prix of Criticism returns to him. It is very honoured with it.
  • In 1994, without lassitude, the Grand Prix of the Culture, in Germany to him is officially given as well as the Grand Prix of German television.
  • In 1995, the Prix of the Defense of Childhood is given to him by the former president of the the United States Jimmy Carter in the name of UNICEF. It is again Honorary doctor of the pontifical Institut of medieval studies, with the Université of Toronto, the Canada. The Belgium is not remains about it when it decrees to him, with Brussels, the degree of Honorary doctor of the Universit3e libre de Bruxelles. It was also decorated with the National order of the Cross of the South to the Brésil, in 1994.

Catalog of films

as actor

as producer

  1. School for secret (1946), of Peter Ustinov;

  2. Vice poured (1947), of Peter Ustinov;
  3. Private Angelo (1949), of Michael Anderson;
  4. Billy Budd (1962), of Peter Ustinov.

like realizer

Man with the multiple talents, it invests himself as a scenario writer and undertakes the realization of the films Billy Budd and Lady L in 1965.

Among seven the most known feature-length films, let us quote:

  1. School for secret (1946);

  2. Private Angelo (1949);
  3. Vice poured (1947);
  4. Billy Budd (1962) as a coll with De Witt Bodeen;
  5. Lady L (1965) as a coll with Carlo Ponti;
  6. Memed, my hawk , (1982).

as scenario writer

  1. The Way ahead (1944), of Carol Reed;

  2. School for secret (1946), of Peter Ustinov;
  3. Vice poured (1947), of Peter Ustinov;
  4. Billy Budd (1962), of Peter Ustinov;
  5. Lady L (1965), of Peter Ustinov.

Theater

as author

Peter Ustinov is also the talented author of plays. One owes him the writing of:

  • The Banbury Nose (1941)

  • The Coils Furnace Colonels off (love of the four colonels) (1951)
  • Romanoff and Juliet (Romanoff and Juliette) (1956)
  • The Empty Chair (the chair empties) (1956)
  • gay Paris is not so (Paris is not so merry) (1958)
  • Photo Finish (1962)
  • The Unknown Soldier and His Wife (the unknown soldier and its wife) ( 1967)
  • Halfway up the Tree (1967)
  • Beethoven' S Tenth (1982)
  • Like heard evil (1985).

as actor

  1. 1938, in the role of Waffles in The Wood Demon

  2. 1939, in the role of the Bishop in the Bishop of Limpopo Land
  3. 1940, in the role of Mr. Lescure in Fishing for Shadows
  4. 1946, in the role of Pétrovitch in Crime and Châtiment
  5. 1948, in the role of Caligula in Frenzy , adapted of a part of Ingmar Bergman.
  6. 1951 - 1952, in the role of Carabosse in Love of the four colonels
  7. 1956, in the role of the General in Romanoff and Juliet
  8. 1962, in the role of Sam Old in Photo Finish
  9. 1968, in the role of the Archbishop in The unknow soldier and his wife
  10. 1974, in the role of Boris Vassilievitch in Who' S who in hell?
  11. 1979, in the role of the King Lear in the King Lear
  12. 1983 - 1984 and 1987 - 1988, Title role with the poster in the Tenth of Beethoven
  13. 1990 - 1993, Itself in One evening with Peter Ustinov

Books

It is in 1960 that it is invested in the literature with a collection of news, Add and Dash off pity .

It wrote not less than fifteen manuscripts of which:

  • 1960, Add has dash off pity , novel (2nd ED. 1993), We where only human , delivers satirical Illustrations.

  • 1961, The Loser , Romance.
  • 1966, Frontiers off the sea , New S.
  • 1971, Krumnagel , New (2nd ED. 1993).
  • 1977, Dear Me , Autobiography. “Expensive Me”
  • 1983, My Russia , current Portrait of the ex- the USSR.
  • 1989, The Desinformer , New. Note on the life and work of Orson Welles (Publications of the Institute of France).
  • 1990, The old man and Mr. Smith , Romance.
  • 1991, broad Ustinov At , together of articles.
  • 1993, God and the state railways , news. broad Still At , together of articles.

Honorabilis Caused

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1975)

Elected official member of the Academy of the Art schools, the May 27th 1987, with the armchair of Orson Welles.

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