Peter Ustinov Net Worth
Peter Ustinov Net Worth is
$850,000
Peter Ustinov Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (/ˈjuːstɪnɒf/ or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/; 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, humorist, 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 as 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, Durham University changed the name of its Graduate Society to Ustinov College in honour of the significant contributions Ustinov had made as Chancellor of the university from 1992 until his death. | Date Of Birth | April 16, 1921, Swiss Cottage, United Kingdom |
| Died | March 28, 2004, Genolier, Switzerland |
| Place Of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Writer, Director |
| Spouse | Helene de Lau (m. 1972–2004), Suzanne Cloutier (m. 1954–1971), Isolde Denham (m. 1940–1950) |
| Children | Tamara Ustinov, Igor Ustinov, Pavla Ustinov, Andrea Ustinov |
| TV Shows | Jesus of Nazareth, Doctor Snuggles |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on playing The Old Man in Logan's Run (1976)] Slightly depressing, because I turned up in Hollywood and I said to Mr Westmore, one of the famous family of make-up men, "It's terrible! I've got to play a man of a hundred years, it means I'll have to be at the studio 5 o'clock every morning to be made up!" He said, "No no, I think ten minutes will be enough." |
| 2 | [Responding, when he was asked if he thought there was too much sex in movies and on television]: No. My feeling is that we're going to discover and exploit some entirely new and unsuspected erogenous zone. The one I'm thinking of is the ear. Think of it. It's ideal. It's circular, there's a cavity in it, and it's surrounded by hair. I can imagine them hiding ears in the movies and TV, and people saying, 'For a second there, you could get a flashing look at her left lobe.' |
| 3 | Life is unfair but remember it is unfair in your favor. |
| 4 | Rita Hayworth wanted to be the next Mrs. [David Niven. Rita was a great deal of fun and extremely beautiful - all that glorious red hair. David loved her, but not enough to want her for his wife. I don't know if he loved Hjördis [his wife Hjördis Genberg], but when she became Mrs. David Niven it made him safe from all the others who wanted to be his wife. |
| 5 | World government is not only possible, it is inevitable; and when it comes, it will appeal to patriotism in its truest, in its only sense, the patriotism of men who love their national heritages so deeply that they wish to preserve them in safety for the common good. |
| 6 | [on the invasion of Iraq in 2003] Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. |
| 7 | [on Russian-American relations] There was a great campaign to make life difficult for Vladimir Putin when he came in. Nobody ever mentions that George Bush was head of the CIA. What's the difference between the CIA and the KGB? Except that probably the KGB are more thorough, intelligent and more respectful of foreign traditions. |
| 8 | [on Palestinian suicide bombers] They require the kind of courage that none of us would have. It's a kind of courage that's very hard to understand. And it's our duty to try to understand it because it is the courage of desperation. And what is the difference between somebody who goes into a coffee house with the intention of killing as many people as possible - and does so - and somebody who's in an aeroplane at the height of five miles, unobtainable by any anti-aircraft gun, and lets their bombs drop as scientifically as possible, in order to kill as few people as possible? I guarantee that the one who tries to kill as few people as possible will kill many more than the one who goes into a snack bar and blows himself or herself up. But in this campaign, I wonder how many of the people who have been killed were terrorists? I think very, very few. To my mind, it's a big lie. |
| 9 | [on the American and British invasion of Afghanistan in 2001] You can't fight terrorism without becoming a terrorist yourself. |
| 10 | [about the collapse of the Soviet Union] I suppose you can't blame [Mikhail Gorbachev, but it is his fault for making America the only superpower. |
| 11 | People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights. |
| 12 | [regarding his portrayal of supersleuth Hercule Poirot] When Rosalind Hicks, Agatha Christie's daughter, first saw me, she said, "That's not Poirot". I said, "It is now, my dear". |
| 13 | I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. |
| 14 | Mervyn LeRoy, the director of Quo Vadis (1951), gave me this gem of advice on how to play the Emperor Nero: "The way I see Nero, this is the kinda guy who plays with himself nights". |
| 15 | Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them. |
| 16 | I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe them to be an immense people. Not only have they supplied the world with two leaders of the stature of Jesus Christ and Karl Marx, but they have even indulged in the luxury of following neither one nor the other. |
| 17 | The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought. |
| 18 | [on critics] They search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. |
| 19 | Two members of my profession who are not urgently needed by my profession, Mr. Ronald Reagan and Mr. George Murphy, entered politics, and they've done extremely well. Since there has been no reciprocal tendency in the other direction, it suggests to me that our job is still more difficult than their new one. |
| 20 | Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. |
| 21 | ...the great thing about history is that it is adaptable. |
| 22 | A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His mother Nadia Benois was the costume designer on two films that he directed: Vice Versa (1948) and Private Angelo (1949). |
| 2 | He directed his then mother-in-law Moyna MacGill in Private Angelo (1949). |
| 3 | Along with Hugh Burden, he is one of two actors to appear in both One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) and One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975). |
| 4 | Rector of the University of Dundee in Scotland from 1968 to 1974. |
| 5 | Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Terence Stamp in Billy Budd (1962). |
| 6 | Auditioned for the role of Detective Fix in the movie Around the World in 80 Days but was rejected. Would later get the part in television remake more than 30 years later. |
| 7 | Anonymously dubbed several Italian actors on the soundtrack of Beat the Devil (1953). |
| 8 | He played five different English / British kings: leonine versions of Prince John (the future King John) and his elder brother Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood (1973), the future King George IV in Beau Brummell (1954), his great-nephew King Edward VII in Strumpet City: Episode #1.1 (1980) and George IV's younger brother and eventual successor King William IV in Victoria & Albert (2001). |
| 9 | His father was of one quarter Polish Jewish, one half Russian, one eighth African Ethiopian, and one eighth German, descent, while his mother was of one half Russian, one quarter Italian, one eighth French, and one eighth German, ancestry. Peter was a member of the royal family of Russia and the royal family of Ethiopia. Peter's paternal grandfather, Plato Grigorivich von Ustinov, was Russian. Peter's paternal grandmother, Magdalena Hall, was born in Magdala, Ethiopia (Magdalena's father, Moritz Hall, born in Krakow, was of Polish Jewish descent, while Magdalena's mother was born in Ethiopia, to a German father, Christoph Eduard Zander, from Kothen, and to a black Ethiopian mother, Woizero Essete Work Meqado de Choa, making Peter of 1/16th Ethiopian descent). Peter's maternal grandfather, Leontij Ludovic Benois, was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a prominent artistic family, and was of one quarter French, one quarter German, and one half Italian, ancestry. Peter's maternal grandmother, Maria Alexandrovna Sapjhnkoff, was Russian. |
| 10 | On 31 October 1984 he was waiting in the garden of Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi to interview her for an Irish television documentary when she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards (Beant Singh, who was killed while trying to escape after his arrest, and Satwant Singh, sentenced to hang in 1988) as she was approaching Ustinov and his film crew. |
| 11 | Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1986. |
| 12 | Made a comedy record in the late 1950s, "Mock Mozart" and "Phoney Folk Lore". He had been performing these as party pieces. Overdubbing allowed Ustinov to sing multiple parts. His producer was George Martin, future producer of The Beatles. (Martin later described Ustinov as "Britain's answer to Orson Welles.") |
| 13 | Both his father and uncle were officers in the German army and fought Britain in WWI. |
| 14 | Winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (1960), Ustinov stands as the only actor to win an Oscar for a Stanley Kubrick film. In fact, Peter Sellers is the only other actor to receive so much as a nomination. |
| 15 | Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 |
| 16 | In 1964, he accepted the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" on behalf of Margaret Rutherford, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony |
| 17 | In 1958, received two Tony Award nominations for "Romanoff and Juliet": as Best Actor (Dramatic) and as Best Play Author. |
| 18 | He was a Humanist Laureate, a member of the International Academy of Humanism. |
| 19 | According to Peter Wright, in his book "Spycatcher," Ustinov's father Klop Ustinov had been active in MI5 (British Security Service, Counterespionage) as an agent runner during the Second World War. He also had the distinction of having held commissions in the Russian, German and British armies (presumably at different times). |
| 20 | Funeral service held at Geneva's historic Cathedral of St Pierre. He was later buried in the village of Bursins, where he had lived in a Chateau since 1971. (April 2004) |
| 21 | He was known to proudly say "I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins." |
| 22 | Was fluent in French, German, English, Italian, Russian and Spanish, and could pass in Turkish and Greek among others. |
| 23 | Has a song written about him: "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" - written and recorded by Lauren Christy. |
| 24 | Chancellor of the University of Durham from 1992 until his death in 2004. |
| 25 | Peter and Suzanne had 3 children: two daughters, Pavla Ustinov and Andrea Ustinov, and a son Igor Ustinov. |
| 26 | In January 1963, the Mirisch Company sued him for damages after he pulled out of The Pink Panther (1963), which was in production in Rome with his replacement, Peter Sellers. |
| 27 | First marriage to Isolde Denham, daughter of Reginald Denham and Moyna MacGill. Their daughter is Tamara Ustinov. Isolde was half-sister of Angela Lansbury. |
| 28 | His father was a German subject who came to Soviet Russia on personal business where he met his future wife. Shortly after they were married they decided to leave Russia and settle in Britain. As Ustinov has said, "It is for that very reason that I am addressing you today in English." |
| 29 | During WWII Pvt. Peter Ustinov was batman to Lt. Col. David Niven. |
| 30 | Was the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF from 1968 until his death in 2004. |
| 31 | The New London Theatre in Drury Lane WC2 first opened on 2nd January 1973 with Peter Ustinov's play "The Unknown Soldier and His Wife" |
| 32 | He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. |
| 33 | He was knighted in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. |
| 34 | His mother was artist Nadia Benois, the niece of Alexandre Benois. Both were designers for the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. Both also worked for the "Russian Seasons" and "Ballets Russes" productions by impresario Sergei Diaghilev. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mouse and His Child | 1977 | Manny the Rat (voice) | |
| The Purple Taxi | 1977 | Taubelman | |
| Jesus of Nazareth | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Herod the Great |
| Kein Abend wie jeder andere | 1976 | TV Movie | Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop' |
| Treasure of Matecumbe | 1976 | Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass | |
| Logan's Run | 1976 | Old Man | |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | 1975 | Hnup Wan | |
| The Sound of Petula | 1974 | TV Series | |
| Robin Hood | 1973 | Prince John - A Lion King Richard (voice) | |
| Big Truck and Sister Clare | 1972 | Israeli Truck Driver | |
| Hammersmith Is Out | 1972 | Doctor | |
| Clochemerle | 1972 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Babar Comes to America | 1971 | TV Movie | Narrator / All voices (voice) |
| Gideon | 1971 | TV Movie | Gideon |
| A Storm in Summer | 1970 | TV Movie | Abel Shaddick |
| Viva Max | 1969 | General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos | |
| The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant | 1968 | TV Movie | Narrator / All voices (voice) |
| Hot Millions | 1968 | Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith | |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | 1968 | Captain Blackbeard | |
| Klapzubova jedenáctka | 1968 | TV Series | |
| The Comedians | 1967 | Ambassador Manuel Pineda | |
| Barefoot in Athens | 1966 | TV Movie | Socrates |
| Lady L | 1965 | Prince Otto of Bavaria (uncredited) | |
| The Peaches | 1965 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | 1965 | King Fawz | |
| Topkapi | 1964 | Arthur Simon Simpson | |
| Billy Budd | 1962 | Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy | |
| Romanoff and Juliet | 1961 | The General | |
| The Sundowners | 1960 | Rupert Venneker | |
| Spartacus | 1960 | Batiatus | |
| Folio | 1958 | TV Series | Narrator |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1958 | TV Series | Comedian / Various Customs Officials |
| Omnibus | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Dr. Samuel Johnson Marshal |
| The Man Who Wagged His Tail | 1957 | Mr. Bossi | |
| Les espions | 1957 | Michel Kaminsky | |
| I girovaghi | 1956 | Don Alfonso Pugliesi | |
| The Legend of the Good Beasts | 1956 | Short | The Storyteller |
| Lola Montès | 1955 | Circus Master | |
| We're No Angels | 1955 | Jules | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | The Marshal |
| Peer Gynt | 1954 | TV Movie | Peer Gynt |
| Beau Brummell | 1954 | Prince of Wales | |
| The Egyptian | 1954 | Kaptah | |
| Martin Luther | 1953 | Duke Francis of Luneberg (uncredited) | |
| The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | 1952 | Wonderbird (English version, voice) | |
| Le Plaisir | 1952 | Narrator (English version, voice, uncredited) | |
| The Magic Box | 1951 | Industry Man | |
| Quo Vadis | 1951 | Nero | |
| Hotel Sahara | 1951 | Emad | |
| Odette | 1950 | Lt. Alex Rabinovich Arnauld | |
| Private Angelo | 1949 | Pvt. Angelo | |
| The Way Ahead | 1944 | Rispoli - Cafe Owner | |
| The New Lot | 1943 | Short | Keith (uncredited) |
| Let the People Sing | 1942 | Dr. Bentika | |
| The Goose Steps Out | 1942 | Krauss | |
| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | 1942 | The Priest | |
| New Acres | 1941 | Short | Young pioneer |
| After Mein Kampf?: The Story of Adolph Hitler | 1940 | Documentary | Marinus van der Lubbe (uncredited) |
| Winter Solstice | 2003 | TV Movie | Hughie McLellan (as Sir Peter Ustinov) |
| Luther | 2003 | Frederick the Wise (as Sir Peter Ustinov) | |
| Salem Witch Trials | 2002 | TV Movie | William Stroughton |
| Victoria & Albert | 2001 | TV Movie | King William IV |
| Deutschlandspiel | 2000 | TV Movie | Igor Maximytschew |
| The Bachelor | 1999 | Grandad James Shannon | |
| Animal Farm | 1999 | TV Movie | Old Major (voice) |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1999 | TV Movie | Walrus |
| Stiff Upper Lips | 1998 | Horace | |
| The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet | 1995 | Grandfather / Phoenix (voice, as Sir Peter Ustinov) | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | 1995 | TV Movie | Grandfather |
| Wings of the Red Star MIG Force | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | |
| Lorenzo's Oil | 1992 | Professor Nikolais | |
| Peter Ustinov on the Orient Express | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Peter Ustinov (as Sir Peter Ustinov) |
| The Orchestra | 1990 | TV Movie | |
| C'era un castello con 40 cani | 1990 | Le vétérinaire Muggione | |
| Granpa | 1989 | TV Short | Granpa (voice) |
| La révolution française | 1989 | André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les") | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Detective Wilbur Fix |
| Peep and the Big Wide World | 1988 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Appointment with Death | 1988 | Hercule Poirot | |
| Murder in Three Acts | 1986 | TV Movie | Hercule Poirot |
| Dead Man's Folly | 1986 | TV Movie | Hercule Poirot |
| Thirteen at Dinner | 1985 | TV Movie | Hercule Poirot |
| Abgehört | 1984 | TV Movie | Genosse Kuruk |
| Memed My Hawk | 1984 | Abdi Aga | |
| Imaginary Friends | 1982 | TV Movie | Philip Lester |
| Evil Under the Sun | 1982 | Hercule Poirot | |
| Venezia, carnevale - Un amore | 1982 | ||
| The Search for Santa Claus | 1981 | Short | Grandfather |
| Grendel Grendel Grendel | 1981 | Grendel (voice) | |
| The Great Muppet Caper | 1981 | Truck Driver | |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | 1981 | Charlie Chan | |
| Strumpet City | 1980 | TV Series | King Edward VII |
| Doctor Snuggles | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Doctor Snuggles |
| Tarka the Otter | 1979 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Nous maigrirons ensemble | 1979 | Victor Lasnier | |
| Ashanti | 1979 | Suleiman | |
| The Thief of Baghdad | 1978 | TV Movie | The Caliph |
| Death on the Nile | 1978 | Hercule Poirot | |
| Metamorphoses | 1978 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Doppio delitto | 1977 | Harry Hellman | |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste | 1977 | Markov |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside the Vatican | 1993 | TV Mini-Series 2 episodes | |
| Peter Ustinov on the Orient Express | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Russia | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | |
| La dixième de Beethoven | 1985 | TV Movie play | |
| Abgehört | 1984 | TV Movie novel 'Overheard' | |
| Memed My Hawk | 1984 | ||
| Foto finis-yaris bitti | 1977 | TV Mini-Series play "Photo Finish" | |
| Ustinovs Ferngespräche | 1971 | TV Movie | |
| Endspurt | 1970 | TV Movie play "Photo Finish" | |
| Au théâtre ce soir | 1969 | TV Series play "The love of four colonels" - 1 episode | |
| Hot Millions | 1968 | writer | |
| Estudio 1 | 1967 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Das Leben in meiner Hand | 1966 | TV Movie play | |
| Lady L | 1965 | ||
| Photo Finish | 1965 | TV Movie play | |
| Thursday Theatre | TV Series play - 1 episode, 1965 writer - 1 episode, 1965 | ||
| Gran teatro | 1964 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Endspurt | 1963 | TV Movie play "Photo Finish" | |
| Billy Budd | 1962 | screenplay | |
| Romanoff and Juliet | 1961 | ||
| Spartacus | 1960 | uncredited | |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1958 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Omnibus | 1958 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1957 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Indifferent Shepherd | 1957 | TV Movie | |
| Theatre Night | 1957 | TV Series play - 1 episode | |
| Lola Montès | 1955 | dialogue: English version - uncredited | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1950-1955 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| Under Capricorn | 1949 | uncredited | |
| Private Angelo | 1949 | writer | |
| Vice Versa | 1948 | written by | |
| Carnival | 1946 | additional dialogue | |
| Secret Flight | 1946 | ||
| The True Glory | 1945 | Documentary uncredited | |
| The Way Ahead | 1944 | screenplay | |
| The New Lot | 1943 | Short writer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memed My Hawk | 1984 | ||
| Hammersmith Is Out | 1972 | ||
| Lady L | 1965 | ||
| Billy Budd | 1962 | ||
| Romanoff and Juliet | 1961 | ||
| Omnibus | 1958 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Private Angelo | 1949 | ||
| Vice Versa | 1948 | ||
| Secret Flight | 1946 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memed My Hawk | 1984 | producer | |
| Billy Budd | 1962 | producer | |
| Romanoff and Juliet | 1961 | producer | |
| Private Angelo | 1949 | producer | |
| Vice Versa | 1948 | producer | |
| Secret Flight | 1946 | producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Farm | 1999 | TV Movie performer: "Beasts of the World" | |
| Blackbeard's Ghost | 1968 | performer: "Heart of Oak" - uncredited | |
| The Sundowners | 1960 | performer: "Botany Bay" - uncredited | |
| We're No Angels | 1955 | performer: "Three Angels" - uncredited |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Zauberflöte | 1971 | TV Movie stage director | |
| Let the People Sing | 1942 | dialogue director - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ustinovs Ferngespräche | 1971 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Aquarius | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Festival Game | 1970 | Documentary | |
| Die Drehscheibe | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Musician |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1963-1970 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Zu Hause bei den Menuhins | 1970 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lieder, Arien und Geschichten | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host and Presenter: Special Award for Audrey Hepburn |
| Now and Then | 1967 | TV Series documentary short | Himself |
| Zwischenstation | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Comedians in Africa | 1967 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| What's My Line? | 1957-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest |
| The 38th Annual Academy Awards | 1966 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Sunday Night | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cinema | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Michelangelo: The Last Giant | 1965 | TV Movie documentary | Michelangelo (voice) |
| Cinéastes de notre temps | 1965 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Late Night Line-Up | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Open House | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinépanorama | 1964 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Alleman | 1964 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Gala de l'union | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 36th Annual Academy Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Himself - Accepting Supporting Actress Award for Margaret Rutherford |
| The Jack Paar Program | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Das Profil | 1963 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mondo pazzo | 1963 | Documentary | Narrator (English version, voice) |
| La donna nel mondo | 1963 | Documentary | English Narration (voice) |
| Lectures pour tous | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1957-1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| The David Susskind Show | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1960 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 31st Annual Academy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Special Effects |
| This Is Your Life | 1959 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Small World | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Person to Person | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Jack Hylton's Monday Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Night Before Christmas | 1957 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Night Beat | 1957 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Theatre Night | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Introduction |
| This Week | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Music for You | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| The True Glory | 1945 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hullo, Fame! | 1940 | Documentary | |
| Hollywood Invasion | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Siberia: Railroad Through the Wilderness | 2004 | Short documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| B. trifft... | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Unsere Besten | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| III nach neun | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Die Johannes B. Kerner Show | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Quest for the Athlos | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself, Narrator |
| Charlie Chaplin - Les années suisses | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Die 10... | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Universum | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Gero von Boehm begegnet... | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Seitenblicke | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Jukebox Heroes | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| Hippocrates in Olympia | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Film Genre | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 100 Greatest Films | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows | 2001 | TV Special | Himself (as Sir Peter Ustinov) |
| In 80 Jahren um die Welt | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Showgeschichten | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wetten, dass..? | 1991-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | 2001 | Documentary | Himself (as Sir Peter Ustinov) |
| The 10 Commandments of Creativity | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Sabine Christiansen | 2000 | TV Series | |
| Beckmann | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Majestät brauchen Sonne | 2000 | Documentary | Voice (voice, uncredited) |
| My Khmer Heart | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
| Musik ohne Grenzen | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself - Co-Host |
| The Panel | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 1999 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Frostrup on Sunday | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| On the Trail of Mark Twain | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| A Royal Birthday Celebration | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Television's Greatest Hits | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| HARDtalk | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Caiga quien caiga | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Die Nacht der Stars | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Life on Earth: A True Civilisation | 1996 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| Happy Birthday Ma'am | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 49th Bafta Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| This Is Your Life | 1975-1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| An Evening with Sir Peter Ustinov | 1995 | TV Movie | Himself (as Sir Peter Ustinov) |
| Paths of the Gods | 1995 | Documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Queen: Champions of the World | 1995 | Documentary | Himself |
| 23rd Annual International Emmys Gala Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Celebrating Haydn with Peter Ustinov | 1994 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Clive Anderson Talks Back | 1994 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Bible According to Hollywood | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Inside the Vatican | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Host |
| Alistair Cooke Salute | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Timewatch | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Saturday Night Clive | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-1991 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Light the Darkness | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Laurence Olivier Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Trouble with Agatha Christie | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| Peter Ustinov in China | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Maurizio Costanzo Show | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Der fließende Fels | 1990 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Der alte Römer |
| Télé Caroline | 1990 | TV Series | Himself |
| Un dia és un dia | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Kids First | 1990 | Himself | |
| Today | 1966-1989 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| La nuit des Césars | 1977-1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Le président des Césars |
| The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Cinema 3 | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Le divan | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Mardi cinéma | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| An Audience with Peter Ustinov | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Aspel & Company | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Immortal Beethoven | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Russia | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Host |
| World Challenge | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Late Show | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Le défi mondial | 1986 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host |
| Auf los geht's los | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| C'est encore mieux l'après-midi | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Gandhis of India | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Well-Tempered Bach with Peter Ustinov | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| Champs-Elysées | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| 7 sur 7 | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962-1983 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Omnibus | 1983 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | 1982 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Host |
| Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | 1982 | TV Short documentary | Himself / Hercule Poirot |
| Omni: The New Frontier | 1981 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host (1981) |
| Clapper Board | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night at the Mill | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Stars | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Midnight Special | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Panorama | 1953-1980 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| WWF Club | 1980 | TV Series | Himself (Guest) |
| Chaos Supersedes E.N.S.A.. | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| The British Greats | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gala de l'Unicef | 1969-1980 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Every Night Something Atrocious | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Interviewee |
| Morte no Tejo | 1979 | Documentary | |
| Through Joy and Beyond | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | C. S. Lewis (voice) |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1970-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself - Actor |
| Over Easy | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monsieur Cinéma | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cities | 1979 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Einstein's Universe | 1979 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Interview |
| Good Morning America | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Aujourd'hui Madame | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | 1978 | TV Short | Himself / Hercule Poirot |
| Dinah! | 1976-1977 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Late Late Show | 1977 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1977 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Mermaid Frolics | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Great English Garden Party: Peter Ustinov Looks at 100 Years of Wimbledon | 1977 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Les rendez-vous du dimanche | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| Summa Summarum | 1977 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Stars on Sunday | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| Behind the Scenes of 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste' | 1977 | Documentary short | Himself / Markov |
| The Muppet Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest Star |
| Paul Anka für UNICEF in München (Die Zugaben) | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Just a Nimmo | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Numéro 1 | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mighty Continent | 1974 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host - Narrator |
| Je später der Abend... | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| Julie's Christmas Special | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself / Santa Claus |
| The 27th Annual Tony Awards | 1973 | TV Special | Himself |
| Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3 | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself / Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Jack Paar Tonite | 1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Peter Ustinov og hans verden | 1973 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 26th Annual Tony Awards | 1972 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aus dem Archiv - 60 Jahre Fernsehen | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Die Ringstraße - Trilogie eines Boulevards | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Various Characters |
| Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series | Grandad James Shannon |
| Memòries de la tele | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Max par Marcel | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Legenden | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Artour | 2008 | TV Series | |
| Il falso bugiardo | 2008 | Himself | |
| Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery | 2007 | Video documentary | Hercule Poirot (in 'Death on the Nile' & 'Evil Under the Sun') |
| Deutschland spielt auf | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Lord Lichfield: A Tribute | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Agatha Christie Code | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Hercule Poirot |
| Ciclo Agatha Christie | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Timeshift | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Memorial Tribute |
| 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Memorial Tribute |
| Sendung ohne Namen | 2002-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Maurizio Costanzo Show | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Classified X | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology | 1987 | Documentary | Himself |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1977-1982 | TV Series | Captain Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach / Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass |
| Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lionpower from MGM | 1967 | Short uncredited | |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | 1951 | Documentary |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Honorary Award | Bavarian Film Awards | ||
| 2001 | Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement | Golden Camera, Germany | International | |
| 1998 | Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award | Joseph Plateau Awards | ||
| 1998 | Honorary Award of the Bavarian Minister President | Bavarian TV Awards | ||
| 1994 | Honorary Bambi | Bambi Awards | Lifetime Achievement | |
| 1992 | Britannia Award | BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards | Excellence in Film | |
| 1989 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Informational or Documentary Host | Peter Ustinov in China (1990) |
| 1988 | Award of Excellence | Banff Television Festival | ||
| 1984 | Nocciola d'Oro | Giffoni Film Festival | ||
| 1980 | Evening Standard British Film Award | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Actor | Death on the Nile (1978) |
| 1974 | Golden Camera | Golden Camera, Germany | Best German Actor | Notenwechsel (1989) |
| 1972 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Special Award | For the originality of his whole artistic works. |
| 1970 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | A Storm in Summer (1970) |
| 1967 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama | Barefoot in Athens (1966) |
| 1965 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Supporting Performance, Male | Topkapi (1964) |
| 1965 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Topkapi (1964) |
| 1961 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Spartacus (1960) |
| 1959 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | For the Album "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 1958 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Actor - Best Single Performance - Lead or Support | Omnibus (1952) |
| 1952 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Quo Vadis (1951) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by a Host or Interviewer | Russia (1986) |
| 1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | The Well-Tempered Bach with Peter Ustinov (1985) |
| 1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | Omni: The New Frontier (1981) |
| 1981 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album | For the Album "A Curb in the Sky" |
| 1979 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Death on the Nile (1978) |
| 1978 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | For the Album "Russell Hoban: The Mouse and his Child" |
| 1974 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | For the Album "The Little Prince" |
| 1972 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Hammersmith Is Out (1972) | |
| 1969 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Written American Comedy | Hot Millions (1968) |
| 1969 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Hot Millions (1968) |
| 1965 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Topkapi (1964) |
| 1963 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Written American Drama | Billy Budd (1962) |
| 1963 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best British Screenplay | Billy Budd (1962) |
| 1963 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Billy Budd (1962) |
| 1962 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Romanoff and Juliet (1961) |
| 1961 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Spartacus (1960) |
| 1961 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Romanoff and Juliet (1961) | |
| 1952 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Quo Vadis (1951) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Supporting Performance | Spartacus (1960) |
Known for movies
Robin Hood (1973)
as Prince John - A Lion / King Richard
Spartacus (1960)
as Batiatus
Death on the Nile (1978)
as Hercule Poirot
Billy Budd (1962)
as Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy