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Also Known As	Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov • Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov
Born	April 16, 1921 • London • England
Died	March 28, 2004 (aged 82) • Switzerland
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1965) • Academy Award (1961) • Grammy Award (1959) • Academy Award (1965): Actor in a Supporting Role • Academy Award (1961): Actor in a Supporting Role • Emmy Award (1970): Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role • Emmy Award (1967): Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama • Emmy Award (1958): Actor (Best Single Performace), Lead or Support • Golden Globe Award (1952): Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture • Grammy Award (1960): Best Recording for Children
Notable Works	autobiography • “Billy Budd”
Married To	Suzanne Cloutier (1954–1971) • Helene du Lau d'Allemans (married 1972) • Isolde Denham (1940–1950)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Big Truck and Sister Clare" (1972) • "Private Angelo" (1949) • "La révolution française" (1989) • "Les espions" (1957) • "The Bachelor" (1999) • "Tarka the Otter" (1978) • "The Way Ahead" (1944) • "The Great Muppet Caper" (1981) • "The Steve Allen Show" (1958) • "Beau Brummell" (1954) • "Folio" (1958) • "Quo Vadis" (1951) • "Doctor Snuggles" (1979–1981) • "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977) • "La bergère et le ramoneur" (1952) • "The Egyptian" (1954) • "Memed My Hawk" (1984) • "Evil Under the Sun" (1982) • "C'era un castello con 40 cani" (1990) • "Topkapi" (1964) • "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989) • "The Mouse and His Child" (1977) • "Doppio delitto" (1977) • "Klapzubova jedenáctka" (1968) • "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972) • "Grendel Grendel Grendel" (1981) • "The Goose Steps Out" (1942) • "Hot Millions" (1968) • "We're No Angels" (1955) • "Spartacus" (1960) • "Venezia, carnevale - Un amore" (1982) • "I girovaghi" (1956) • "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992) • "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" (1942) • "Luther" (2003) • "Blackbeard's Ghost" (1968) • "The Comedians" (1967) • "Death on the Nile" (1978) • "Lola Montès" (1955) • "Omnibus" (1957–1958) • "Odette" (1950) • "Strumpet City" (1980) • "Viva Max" (1969) • "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961) • "Un taxi mauve" (1977) • "Appointment with Death" (1988) • "Robin Hood" (1973) • "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing" (1975) • "The Magic Box" (1951) • "The Sundowners" (1960) • "Treasure of Matecumbe" (1976) • "Ashanti" (1979) • "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" (1977) • "Metamorphoses" (1978) • "Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn" (1957) • "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" (1965) • "Nous maigrirons ensemble" (1979) • "Hotel Sahara" (1951) • "Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen" (1981) • "Stiff Upper Lips" (1998) • "Clochemerle" (1972) • "Billy Budd" (1962) • "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1955) • "Logan's Run" (1976) • "Let the People Sing" (1942) • "The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet" (1995) • "The Sound of Petula" (1974)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Lady L" (1965) • "School for Secrets" (1946) • "Vice Versa" (1948) • "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972) • "Omnibus" (1958) • "Billy Budd" (1962) • "Memed My Hawk" (1984) • "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961) • "Private Angelo" (1949)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Russia" (1986) • "Gran teatro" (1964) • "The Way Ahead" (1944) • "Billy Budd" (1962) • "Thursday Theatre" (1965) • "Omnibus" (1958) • "Foto finis-yaris bitti" (1977) • "Carnival" (1946) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957) • "Au théâtre ce soir" (1969) • "Private Angelo" (1949) • "Memed My Hawk" (1984) • "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950–1955) • "School for Secrets" (1946) • "Hot Millions" (1968) • "Inside the Vatican" (1993) • "Theatre Night" (1957) • "Estudio 1" (1967) • "Lady L" (1965) • "Vice Versa" (1948) • "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961) • "New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts" (1970) • "Sunday Night" (1965) • "ITV Play of the Week" (1958)