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Peter Seamus O'Toole (1932 – 2013) was an actor of stage and screen who achieved film stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia.[1][2]
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Honours and awards
editHe went on to become one of the most honoured film and stage actors of his time.[3][4] He won an Honorary Oscar in 2002, but holds the record for most competitive Academy Award nominations for an actor without winning, going winless in eight attempts.[5]
Film
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1960 | Kidnapped | Robin MacGregor | |
The Savage Innocents | First Trooper | ||
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Capt. Monty Fitch | ||
1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | T. E. Lawrence | |
1964 | Becket | Henry II of England | |
1965 | Lord Jim | Lord Jim | |
What's New Pussycat? | Michael James | ||
The Sandpiper | Unknown | Voice; Uncredited | |
1966 | How to Steal a Million | Simon Dermott | |
The Bible: In the Beginning... | The Three Angels | ||
1967 | The Night of the Generals | Gen. Wilhelm Tanz | |
Casino Royale | Scottish Piper | Uncredited | |
1968 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II of England | |
Great Catherine | Capt. Charles Edstaston | ||
1969 | Stiletto | Man at Premier | Uncredited |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Arthur Chipping | ||
1970 | Country Dance | Sir Charles Ferguson | |
1971 | Murphy's War | Murphy | |
1972 | Under Milk Wood | Capt. Tom Cat | |
The Ruling Class | Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney | ||
Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijano | ||
1975 | Rosebud | Larry Martin | |
Man Friday | Robinson Crusoe | ||
1976 | Foxtrot | Liviu | |
1978 | Power Play | Col. Zeller | |
1979 | Caligula | Tiberius | |
Zulu Dawn | Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford | ||
1980 | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross | |
1982 | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann | |
1984 | Supergirl | Zaltar | |
1985 | Creator | Dr. Harry Wolper | |
1986 | Club Paradise | Gov. Anthony Cloyden Hayes | |
1987 | The Last Emperor | Reginald Johnston | |
1988 | High Spirits | Peter Plunkett | |
1989 | Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love | Prof. Yan McShoul | |
1990 | Wings of Fame | Cesar Valentin | |
The Rainbow Thief | Prince Meleagre | ||
The Nutcracker Prince | Pantaloon | Voice | |
1991 | King Ralph | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham | |
Isabelle Eberhardt | Maj. Lyautey | ||
1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Lord Sarn | |
1993 | The Seventh Coin | Emil Saber | |
1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
1998 | Phantoms | Dr. Timothy Flyte | |
1999 | The Manor | Mr. Ravenscroft | |
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | William Williamson | ||
2002 | Global Heresy | Lord Charles Foxley | |
The Final Curtain | J. J. Curtis | ||
2003 | Bright Young Things | Col. Blount | |
2004 | Troy | Priam | |
2005 | Lassie | The Duke | |
Mystic India | Narrator | Voice | |
2006 | Venus | Maurice | |
One Night with the King | Samuel | ||
2007 | Ratatouille | Anton Ego | Voice |
Stardust | King of Stormhold | ||
2008 | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior | |
Christmas Cottage | Glen Wesman | ||
2010 | Eager to Die | Lord Pelican | |
2012 | Eldorado | Narrator | Voice; Direct-to-video |
For Greater Glory | Father Christopher | ||
2014 | Decline of an Empire | Cornelius Gallus | Posthumous release; Direct-to-video |
2015 | Diamond Cartel | Tugboat | Posthumous release; Overdubbed |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1956 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | First Soldier | Episode: "A Tale of Two Pigtails" |
1961 | Rendezvous | John | 3 episodes |
1968 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | Television film |
1976 | Rogue Male | Sir Robert Thorndyke | Television film |
1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin | Miniseries |
1981 | Masada | General Cornelius Flavius Silva | Miniseries |
1982 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner | Television film |
1983 | Pygmalion | Professor Henry Higgins | |
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Sherlock Holmes | Voice; Television film | |
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | |||
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | |||
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | |||
Svengali | Anton Bosnyak | Television film | |
1984 | Kim | Lama | |
1986 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hampton | Episode: "Banshee" |
1989 | The Dark Angel | Silas | Television adaptation of Uncle Silas |
1990 | Crossing to Freedom | John Sidney Howard | Television film |
1992 | Civvies | Barry Newman | Miniseries |
1994 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Sam Trump | |
1995 | Heavy Weather | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth | Television film |
1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Emperor of Lilliput | Miniseries |
1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Carey-Lewis | |
1999 | Joan of Arc | Bishop Cauchon | |
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell | Jeffrey Bernard | Television film | |
2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Sidney McKnight | Episode: "One More Time" |
2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | President Paul von Hindenburg | Miniseries |
Imperium: Augustus | Augustus Caesar | ||
2005 | Casanova | Older Casanova | |
2008 | The Tudors | Pope Paul III | 7 episodes |
Iron Road | Lionel Relic | Miniseries |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Role | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
1956 | King Lear | Cornwall | Bristol Old Vic |
The Recruiting Officer | Bullock | ||
Major Barbara | Peter Shirley | ||
Othello | Lodovico | ||
The Slave of Truth | Clitandre | ||
1957 | Pygmalion | Henry Higgins | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | ||
Oh! My Papa! | Uncle Gustave | ||
Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | ||
Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | ||
1958 | Man and Superman | Tanner | |
Hamlet | Hamlet | ||
The Holiday | Roger | ||
Amphitryon '38 | Jupiter | ||
1959 | The Long and the Short and the Tall | Bamforth | Royal Court Theatre |
1960 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | Royal Shakespeare Company |
The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | ||
Troilus and Cressida | Thersites | ||
1963 | Hamlet | Hamlet | National Theatre directed by Laurence Olivier[6] |
Baal | Performer | Phoenix Theatre | |
1965 | Ride a Cock Horse | Performer | Piccadilly Theatre |
1966 | Juno and the Paycock | Jack Boyle | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin |
Man and Superman | Tanner | ||
1969 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | Abbey Theatre, Dublin |
1973 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Bristol Old Vic |
Plunder | D'Arcy Tuck | ||
1974 | The Apple Cart | King Magnus | |
Judgement | Monologue | ||
1978 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Toronto |
Present Laughter | Gary Essendine | Washington | |
Caligula | Tiberius | Chicago | |
1980 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Old Vic Theatre |
1982 | Man and Superman | Performer | Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
1984 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins | Shaftesbury Theatre |
1986 | The Apple Cart | Performer | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
1987 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins | Plymouth Theatre, Broadway |
1989, 1991, 1999 |
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Performer | Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Theatre, Old Vic |
1992 | Our Song | Performer | Apollo Theatre |
References
edit- ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (4 May 1999). "Peter O'Toole". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ O'Toole, Peter (1992). Loitering With Intent. London: Macmillan. p. 10.
- ^ Hennesy, Mark (19 May 2014). "Larger than life actor Peter O'Toole remembered at Old Vic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (15 December 2013). "Peter O'Toole's Long And Frustrating Half-Century Dance With Oscar: "Always A Bridesmaid, Never A Bride"". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Robey, Tim (16 December 2013). "Peter O'Toole at the Oscars: the unluckiest actor in history". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ Ellis, Samantha (12 March 2003). "Hamlet, National Theatre, October 1963". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
External links
edit- Peter O'Toole at IMDb
- Peter O'Toole at the Internet Broadway Database
- Peter O'Toole at the TCM Movie Database
- Peter O' Toole at the BFI's Screenonline