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3	->''"I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world."''
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5	[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE, FRSA (16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English [[RenaissanceMan actor, playwright, screenwriter, stage and opera director, stage designer, radio and television host, newspaper columnist, raconteur and diplomat]] of Russian, Polish Jewish, German and Ethiopian descent. He also spoke six languages fluently.
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7	In short, a prime example of RenaissanceMan. A very witty and very knowledgeable one at that.
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9	He earned his first [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nomination for his role as Roman emperor UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} in the 1951 adaptation of ''Literature/QuoVadis''. This was followed by two Oscar wins in the Best Supporting Actor category, for ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (the only Oscar ever awarded to a performance in a Creator/StanleyKubrick film) and ''Film/{{Topkapi}}''. He also received numerous other accolades including three Emmy Awards for his performances in ''Omnibus: The Life of Samuel Johnson'', ''Barefoot in Athens'', and ''A Storm in Summer''. He also won a Grammy for his narration of ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf''. He never did win a Tony sadly, although he was nominated twice for his 1958 play ''Romanoff and Julie'' as both the playwright and actor. Among his many other roles, he portrayed Franchise/HerculePoirot five times, starting with ''Death on the Nile'' in 1978.
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11	In his later years he scaled back his acting career doing charity work for UNICEF as Goodwill Ambassador.
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14	!!Works with pages on this wiki:
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16	* ''Film/OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing'' (1942) as the Priest
17	* ''Literature/QuoVadis'' (1951) as UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}
18	* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheKingAndTheMockingbird The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird]]'' (1952) as Mr. Wonderbird (English dub of an incomplete French animated movie)
19	* ''Literature/TheEgyptian'' (1954) as Kapteh
20	* ''Film/LolaMontes'' (1955) as the Circus Master
21	* ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1955) as Jules
22	* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (1960) as Batiatus
23	* ''Film/TheSundowners'' (1960) as Rupert Venneker
24	* ''Literature/BillyBudd'' (1962) as Captain Vere -- also directed
25	* ''Film/{{Topkapi}}'' (1964) as Arthur Simon Simpson
26	* ''Film/{{The Comedians\|1967}}'' as Ambassador Pineda
27	* ''Film/BlackbeardsGhost'' (1968) as [[UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} Captain Edward "Blackbeard" Teach]]
28	* ''Film/VivaMax'' (1969) as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
29	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robin Hood\|1973}}'' (1973) as Prince John/King Richard (voice)
30	* ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing'' (1975) as Hnup Wan
31	* ''Film/LogansRun'' (1976) as the Old Man
32	* ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977) as Herod the Great
33	* ''Film/{{Death on the Nile\|1978}}'' (1978) as Franchise/HerculePoirot
34	** ''Film/EvilUnderTheSun'' (1982)
35	** ''Thirteen at Dinner'' (1985)
36	** ''Literature/DeadMansFolly'' (1986)
37	** ''Murder in Three Acts'' (1987)
38	** ''Literature/AppointmentWithDeath'' (1988)
39	* ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' (1981) as the Truck Driver
40	* ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' (1989) as Detective Fix
41	* ''Film/LorenzosOil'' (1992) as Professor Nikolais
42	* ''Literature/TheOldCuriosityShop'' (1995) as Grandfather
43	* ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland\|1999}}'' (1999) as the Walrus
44	* ''Film/{{Animal Farm\|1999}}'' (1999) as Old Major
45	* ''Film/{{Luther\|2003}}'' (2003) as Frederick III The Wise

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