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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.
Honours and awards
He went on to become one of the most honoured film and stage actors of his time. 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.
Film
Year | 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
Year | 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 | |
1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin | Miniseries |
1981 | Masada | General Cornelius Flavius Silva | |
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
Year | 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 |
Baal | Performer | Phoenix Theatre | |
1965 | Ride a Cock Horse | 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 | Apollo Theatre |
References
- 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
- 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