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Acting

Peter Ustinov

Career: Active from 1940 to 2003, busiest in 1995 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 68
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Billy Budd
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Ustinov Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.8, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 6
Character-Driven 6
Period Piece 5
Coming-of-Age 4
Historical Drama 4
Historical Context 4
Agatha Christie Adaptation 4
Nostalgic Classic 3
World War II 3
Family-Friendly 3
Slapstick Humor 3
Moral Dilemma 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

TV show

2000s

6 titles · average score 60

Luther

55

as Frederick

Winter Solstice

54

TV show

Winter Solstice

65

as Hughie McLellan

Salem Witch Trials

45

TV show · as William Stroughton

Victoria & Albert

67

TV show · as William IV

Victoria & Albert

76

as König William IV.

1990s

16 titles · average score 53

The Bachelor

33

as Grandad

Alice in Wonderland

41

as Walrus

Animal Farm

58

as Old Major (voice)

Majestät brauchen Sonne

as (uncredited voice)

Stiff Upper Lips

46

as Horace Wiggins

HARDtalk

TV show

The Old Curiosity Shop

61

as Grandfather

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio

as Narrator

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

as Narrator

Lorenzo's Oil

80

as Professor Nikolais

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

as Il veterinario

1980s

23 titles · average score 63

Around the World in 80 Days

69

TV show · as Wilbur Fix

Granpa

66

as Granpa (voice)

The French Revolution

81

TV show · as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)

Appointment with Death

54

as Hercule Poirot

Murder in Three Acts

55

as Hercule Poirot

Dead Man's Folly

57

as Hercule Poirot

Thirteen at Dinner

51

as Hercule Poirot

Memed My Hawk

63

as Abdi Aga

Evil Under the Sun

72

as Hercule Poirot

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

as Hercuele Poirot

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

35

as Charlie Chan

Grendel Grendel Grendel

59

as Grendel (voice)

1970s

26 titles · average score 60

Doctor Snuggles

71

TV show · as Doctor Snuggles (voice)

Ashanti

46

as Suleiman

Tarka the Otter

70

as Narrator (voice)

Death on the Nile

71

as Hercule Poirot

Metamorphoses

64

as Narrator (voice)

The Mouse and His Child

63

as Manny the Rat (voice)

The Purple Taxi

61

as Taubelman

Logan's Run

60

as Old Man

Treasure of Matecumbe

58

as Dr. Snodgrass

Robin Hood

66

as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)

Clochemerle

TV show · as Narrator

Hammersmith Is Out

43

as Doctor

1960s

18 titles · average score 61

Viva Max!

58

as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

Blackbeard's Ghost

75

as Captain Blackbeard

Hot Millions

68

as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith

Barefoot in Athens

as Socrates

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

34

as Fawz

Lady L

37

as Prince Otto of Bavaria

Topkapi

81

as Arthur Simon Simpson

Women of the World

51

as English Narration (voice)

Billy Budd

86

as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain

Romanoff and Juliet

59

as The General

Spartacus

84

as Lentulus Batiatus

The Sundowners

65

as Rupert Venneker

1950s

16 titles · average score 69

The Spies

66

as Michel Kiminsky

The Man Who Wagged His Tail

68

as Mr. Bossi

Lola Montès

73

as Circus Master

We're No Angels

74

as Jules

The Moment of Truth

as The Marshall

The Egyptian

63

as Kaptah

Beau Brummell

59

as George, Prince of Wales

Omnibus

75

TV show · as Marshal / Dr. Samuel Johnson

Quo Vadis

73

as Nero

Hotel Sahara

60

as Emad

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Abel Shaddick / Gideon

Odette

59

as Lt. Alex Rabinovich

1940s

11 titles · average score 61

Under Capricorn

48

Screenplay

Private Angelo

as Pvt. Angelo

Vice Versa

42

Producer, Director

School for Secrets

68

Producer, Director

The True Glory

65

as Commentator

The Way Ahead

84

as Rispoli

The New Lot

as Keith

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

69

as The Priest

The Goose Steps Out

53

as Krauss

Let the People Sing

as Dr. Bentika

After Mein Kampf

as Marinus van der Lubbe