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{{Short description|British actor and humanitarian (1921–2004)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[Sir]]
| name                = Peter Ustinov
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSA}}
| image               = Sir Peter Ustinov Allan Warren.jpg
| caption             = Ustinov in 1986
| office              = [[Chancellor of Durham University]]
| 1blankname          = {{nowrap|[[List of vice-chancellors and wardens of Durham University|Vice-Chancellor]]}}
| 1namedata           = {{ubl|[[Evelyn Ebsworth]]|[[Kenneth Calman]]}}
| term_start          = 1992
| term_end            = 28 March 2004
| predecessor         = [[Margot Fonteyn]]
| successor           = [[Bill Bryson]]
| birth_name          = Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1921|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place         = London, England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2004|3|28|1921|4|16|df=yes}}
| death_place         = [[Genolier]], Switzerland
| resting_place       = Bursins Cemetery, [[Bursins]], Switzerland
| party               = 
| spouse              = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Isolde Denham|1940|1950|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Suzanne Cloutier]]|1954|1971|end=div}}|{{marriage|Helene du Lau d'Allemans|1972}}}}
| children            = 4, including [[Tamara Ustinov|Tamara]]
| signature           = 
| parents             = {{unbulleted list|[[Jona von Ustinov]]|[[Nadia Benois]]
}}
}}

'''Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov''' {{needs IPA}} (16 April 1921{{spaced ndash}}28 March 2004) was a British actor and humanitarian. An internationally known [[raconteur]], he was a fixture on television [[talk show]]s and lecture circuits for much of his career. Ustinov received [[#Awards and nominations|numerous accolades]] including two [[Academy Awards]], three [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], a [[Silver Bear]], and a [[Grammy Award]] as well as was nominated for three [[BAFTA Awards]], two [[Tony Awards]], and two [[Laurence Olivier Awards]]. In 1992, Ustinov was awarded with the [[Britannia Award|British Academy Britannia Award]].

Ustinov received two [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960), and ''[[Topkapi (film)|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also starred in notable films such as ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951), ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' (1960), ''[[Billy Budd (film)|Billy Budd]]'' (1962), and ''[[Hot Millions]]'' (1968). He voiced [[John, King of England|Prince John]] and [[Richard I of England|King Richard]] in the [[Walt Disney Animation|Walt Disney Animated]] film ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1973), and portrayed [[Agatha Christie]]'s fictional detective [[Hercule Poirot]] six times for both film and television.

Ustinov also displayed a unique cultural versatility which frequently earned him the accolade of a [[Polymath|Renaissance man]]. [[Miklós Rózsa]], composer of the music for ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No.&nbsp;1, Op. 22 (1950) to Ustinov.

An intellectual and diplomat, Ustinov held various academic posts, and served as a [[goodwill ambassador]] for [[UNICEF]] and president of the [[World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy|World Federalist Movement (WFM)]]. In 2003, [[Durham University]] changed the name of its Graduate Society to [[Ustinov College, Durham|Ustinov College]], in honour of the significant contributions Ustinov had made as chancellor of the university from 1992 until his death.

==Early life and education==
Peter Alexander [[Freiherr]] von Ustinov was born on 16 April 1921 at 45 [[Belsize Park]], [[London]].<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=93510|title=Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander (1921–2004)}}</ref> His father, [[Jona von Ustinov|Jona Freiherr von Ustinov]], was of [[Russians|Russia]]n, [[Germans|German]], [[Polish Jews|Polish]], [[Ethiopia]]n, and [[Jewish]] descent. Ustinov's paternal grandfather was [[Baron]] [[Plato von Ustinov]], a [[Russian nobility|Russian noble]], and his grandmother was Magdalena Hall, of mixed German-Ethiopian-Jewish origin.<ref>{{Cite book|title=BBC pronouncing dictionary of British names|last=Miller|first=Gertrude M.|date=1971|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=British Broadcasting Corporation|isbn=978-0-19-431125-0|location=London|oclc=154639|type= The pronunciations were accepted by Sir Peter himself}}</ref> Ustinov's great-grandfather [[Moritz Hall]], a Jewish refugee from [[Kraków]] and later a Christian convert and colleague of Swiss and German missionaries in Ethiopia, married into a German-Ethiopian family.<ref>For his biography, with references to archival documentation and publications on him and his family, see Holtz: "Hall, Moritz", in: Siegbert Uhlig (ed.): [[Encyclopaedia Aethiopica]], vol. 2, Wiesbaden 2005. Also, a family photo shows Ustinov's grandmother with her husband and their children, including Ustinov's father Jona.</ref>
Ustinov's paternal great-great-grandparents (through Magdalena's mother) were the German painter Eduard Zander and the [[Ethiopian nobility|Ethiopian aristocrat]] Court-Lady Isette-Werq of [[Gondar]].<ref name="McEwan45">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltudAgAAQBAJ|title=The Story of Däräsge Maryam|last1=McEwan|first1=Dorothea|date=2013|publisher=LIT Verlag|isbn=978-3-643-90408-9|location=Münster|page=45|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>

Ustinov's mother, [[Nadia Benois|Nadezhda Leontievna Benois]], known as Nadia, was a painter and ballet designer of French, German, Italian, and Russian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmaria.ru/en/2011/vy-sokij-gost-v-prihode-poseshheniya-pre/|title=Distinguished Guest in the Visitation Parish|last=Strutynski|first=Stanislaw|website=visitmaria.ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215012718/http://www.visitmaria.ru/en/2011/vy-sokij-gost-v-prihode-poseshheniya-pre/|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seplis.com/person/peter-ustinov/4309297/|title=Peter Ustinov|website=SEPLIS Beta|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100437/http://www.seplis.com/person/peter-ustinov/4309297/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father, [[Leon Benois]], was an [[Imperial Russia]]n architect and owner of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s painting ''[[The Benois Madonna]]''. Leon's brother [[Alexandre Benois]] was a stage designer who worked with [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] and [[Sergei Diaghilev|Diaghilev]]. Their paternal ancestor Jules-César Benois was a chef who had left France for [[Saint Petersburg]] during the [[French Revolution]] and became a chef to Emperor [[Paul I of Russia]].

Jona (or Iona) worked as a press officer at the [[Embassy of Germany, London|German embassy in London]] in the 1930s and was a reporter for a German news agency. In 1935, two years after [[Adolf Hitler]] [[Machtergreifung|came to power]] in Germany, Jona von Ustinov began working for the British intelligence service [[MI5]] and became a [[British subject]], thus avoiding internment during the war. Ustinov claimed that the statutory notice of his application for citizenship was published in a [[Wales|Welsh]] newspaper so as not to alert the Germans;<ref>According to Ustinov in his biography ''Dear Me''</ref> notice of "Iona von Ustinow"'s intention to apply for [[History of British nationality law|naturalisation]] was published in a London newspaper in July 1935<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001745/19350726/006/0006 |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Kensington News and West London Times |date=26 July 1935 |page=6 |title=Legal Notices}}</ref> and his naturalisation gazetted in December.<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 34230
| date = 10 December 1935
| page = 7952
| quote = Ustinow, lona; Germany; Journalist; Flat B, 34, Redcliffe Gardens, S.W.10. 25 November, 1935.
}}</ref> He was the controller of [[Wolfgang Gans zu Putlitz]], an MI5 spy in the German embassy in London, who furnished information on Hitler's intentions before the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/oct/05/politicians-soviet-agents-mi5-book|title=MI5 monitored union and CND leaders with ministers' backing, book reveals|last=Norton-Taylor|first=Richard|date=5 October 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622134149/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/05/politicians-soviet-agents-mi5-book|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=live|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> ([[Peter Wright (MI5 officer)|Peter Wright]] mentions in his book ''[[Spycatcher]]'' that Jona was possibly the spy known as U35; Ustinov says in his autobiography that his father hosted secret meetings of senior British and German officials at their London home.)

Ustinov was educated at [[Westminster School]] and had a difficult childhood because of his parents' constant fighting. While at school, Ustinov considered anglicising his name to Peter Austin, but was counselled against it by a fellow pupil who said that he should "Drop the 'von' but keep the 'Ustinov{{'"}}.<ref name=DearMe/> In his late teens he trained as an actor at the [[London Theatre Studio]].<ref name=WWT>Ian Herbert, Christine Baxter, Robert E. Finley, ''Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage'', Volume 16 (Pitman, 1977), p. 1202</ref> While there, on 18 July 1938 he made his first appearance on the stage at the Barn Theatre, [[Shere]], playing Waffles in Chekhov's ''[[The Wood Demon (play)|The Wood Demon]]'',<ref name=WWT/> and his London stage début later that year at the [[Players' Theatre]], becoming quickly established. He later wrote, "I was not irresistibly drawn to the drama. It was an escape road from the dismal rat race of school".<ref name=DearMe>{{cite book|last=Ustinov|first=Peter|title=Dear Me|url=https://archive.org/details/dearme00usti|url-access=registration|edition=1st|year=1977|publisher=Little, Brown|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-316-89051-9|oclc=3071948|page=[https://archive.org/details/dearme00usti/page/95 95]}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Peter Ustinov 2.jpg|right|thumb|Ustinov as [[Nero]] in ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951)]]

Ustinov appeared in ''White Cargo'' at the [[Aylesbury]] Rep in 1939, where he performed in a different accent every night.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYOPQgAACAAJ|title=Exit through the fireplace: the great days of the rep|last=Dunn|first=Kate|date=1998|publisher=J. Murray|isbn=978-0-7195-5475-9|location=London|oclc=50667637}}</ref> He served as a [[Private (rank)|private]] in the [[British Army]] during the Second World War, including time spent as [[Batman (military)|batman]] to [[David Niven]] while writing the Niven film ''[[The Way Ahead]]''. The difference in their ranks{{mdashb}}Niven was a [[lieutenant-colonel]] and Ustinov a private{{mdashb}}made their regular association militarily impossible; to solve the problem, Ustinov was appointed as Niven's batman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1260975.stm|title=Obituary: Sir Peter Ustinov|date=29 March 2004|work=BBC News|access-date=13 November 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> He also appeared in propaganda films, debuting in ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), in which he was required to deliver lines in English, Latin and Dutch. In 1944, under the auspices of [[Entertainments National Service Association<!-- |ENSA -->]], he presented and performed the role of Sir Anthony Absolute, in [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Sheridan's]] ''[[The Rivals]]'', with [[Dame Edith Evans]], at the theatre in [[Larkhill| Larkhill Camp]], Wiltshire, England.

After the war, he began writing; his first major success was with the play ''[[The Love of Four Colonels]]'' (1951). He starred with [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Aldo Ray]] in ''[[We're No Angels (1955 film)|We're No Angels]]'' (1955). His career as a dramatist continued, one of his successful plays being ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (play)|Romanoff and Juliet]]'' (1956).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://strandmag.com/the-magazine/interviews/sir-peter-ustinov/|title=Interview with Sir Peter Ustinov|date=1999|work=The Strand Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref> His film roles include Roman emperor [[Nero]] in ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951), [[Lentulus Batiatus]] in ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960), Captain Blackbeard in the [[Disney]] film ''[[Blackbeard's Ghost]]'' (1968), and an old man surviving a totalitarian future in ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'' (1976). Ustinov voiced the [[anthropomorphic]] lions [[John, King of England|Prince John]] and [[Richard I of England|King Richard]] in the 1973 [[Disney]] animated film ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]''. He also worked on several films as writer and occasionally director, including ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' (1944), ''[[School for Secrets]]'' (1946), ''[[Hot Millions]]'' (1968), and ''[[Memed, My Hawk (film)|Memed, My Hawk]]'' (1984).

[[File:פיטר יוסטינוב וסר ג׳ון גילגוד בסרט מפגש עם המוות.jpg|thumb| Ustinov (left) as Hercule Poirot with [[John Gielgud]] in ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]'' (1988)]]
In half a dozen films, he played [[Agatha Christie]]'s detective [[Hercule Poirot]], first in ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (1978) and then in 1982's ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'', 1985's ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at Dinner]]'' (TV movie), 1986's ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)|Dead Man's Folly]]'' (TV movie), 1986's ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'' (TV movie), and 1988's ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]''.

[[File:Peter Ustinov (12172645613).jpg|thumb|right|Ustinov {{circa|1960}}]]
[[File:Peter Ustinov.jpg|thumb|Ustinov in ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]'' (1960)]]

[[File:Charlie Chaplin, echtgenote Oona O'Neill en Peter Ustinov, Bestanddeelnr 917-8950.jpg|right|thumb|[[Oona O'Neill]], [[Charlie Chaplin|Charles Chaplin]], and Ustinov in 1965]]
[[File:Peter Ustinov black & white Allan Warren.jpg|upright|thumb|{{center|Ustinov in 1986}}]]Ustinov won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''Spartacus'' (1960) and ''[[Topkapi (film)|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Quo Vadis'' (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Ustinov was also the winner of three Emmys and one Grammy and was nominated for two Tony Awards.

During the 1960s, with the encouragement of [[Georg Solti|Sir Georg Solti]], Ustinov directed several operas, including [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'', [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]'s ''[[L'heure espagnole]]'', [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]]'s ''[[Erwartung]]'', and [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute]]''. Further demonstrating his great talent and versatility in the theatre, Ustinov later undertook set and costume design for ''[[Don Giovanni]]''. In 1962 he adapted [[Louis O. Coxe]] and [[Robert Chapman (playwright)|Robert H. Chapman]]'s critically successful Broadway play ''[[Billy Budd (play)|Billy Budd]]'' [[Billy Budd (film)|into a film]]; penning the screenplay, producing, directing, and starring as Captain Vere.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Screen: 'Billy Budd':Ustinov Produces and Directs Adaptation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/10/31/archives/the-screen-billy-buddustinov-produces-and-directs-adaptation.html|author=Bosley Crowther|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=31 October 1962}}</ref> In 1968, he was elected the first [[rector of the University of Dundee]] and served two consecutive three-year terms.

His autobiography, ''[[Dear Me (book)|Dear Me]]'' (1977), was well received and had him describe his life (ostensibly his childhood) while being interrogated by his own ego, with forays into philosophy, theatre, fame, and self-realisation. From 1969 until his death, his acting and writing took second place to his work on behalf of [[UNICEF]], for which he was a goodwill ambassador and fundraiser. In this role, he visited some of the neediest children and made use of his ability to make people laugh, including many of the world's most disadvantaged children. "Sir Peter could make anyone laugh", UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy is quoted as saying.<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603123456/https://www.unicef.org/media/media_20193.html|archive-date=June 3, 2004|title=UNICEF mourns death of Goodwill Ambassador Sir Peter Ustinov|url=https://www.unicef.org/media/media_20193.html|publisher=UNICEF|date=28 November 2017|access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref> On 31 October 1984, Ustinov was due to interview [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Indira Gandhi]] for [[RTÉ|Irish television]]. She was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] on her way to the meeting.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Terror in the mind of God: the global rise of religious violence|last=Juergensmeyer|first=Mark|date=2003|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-93061-2|edition=3rd|location=Berkeley|oclc=779141234}}</ref>

Ustinov served as president of the [[World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy|World Federalist Movement (WFM)]] from 1991 until his death. He once said, "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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfm.org/site/index.php/pages/673|title=President|website=World Federalist Movement|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029022410/http://www.wfm.org/site/index.php/pages/673|archive-date=29 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in November 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at [[Pinewood Studios]] on the set of ''Death on the Nile''. He was surprised again in December 1994, when [[Michael Aspel]] approached him at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. A car enthusiast since the age of four, he owned a succession of interesting machines ranging from a [[Fiat 500 "Topolino"|Fiat Topolino]], several [[Lancia]]s, a [[Hispano-Suiza]], a [[preselector gearbox]] [[Delage]], and a special-bodied [[Jowett Jupiter]]. He made records like Phoney Folklore that included the song of the Russian peasant "whose tractor had betrayed him" and his "Grand Prix of Gibraltar" was a vehicle for his creative wit and ability at car-engine sound effects and voices.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

He spoke English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian fluently, as well as some Turkish and modern Greek. He was proficient in accents and dialects in all his languages. Ustinov provided his own German and French dubbing for some of his roles, both of them for ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''. As [[Hercule Poirot]], he provided his own voice for the French versions of ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at Dinner]]'', ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)|Dead Man's Folly]]'', ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'', ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]'', and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil under the Sun]]'', but unlike [[Jane Birkin]], who had dubbed herself in French for this film and ''Death on the Nile'', Ustinov did not provide his voice for the latter (his French voice being provided by [[Roger Carel]], who had already dubbed him in ''Spartacus'' and other films). He dubbed himself in German as Poirot only in ''Evil under the Sun'' (his other Poirot roles being undertaken by three actors). However, he provided only his English and German voices for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' and [[NBC]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.synchronkartei.de/darsteller/441|title=Deutsche Synchronkartei – Darsteller – Sir Peter Ustinov|website=www.synchronkartei.de}}</ref>

In the 1960s, he became a Swiss resident. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1990 and was appointed [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of [[Durham University]] in 1992, having previously been elected as the first [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the [[University of Dundee]] in 1968 (a role in which he moved from being merely a figurehead to taking on a political role, negotiating with student protesters).<ref>{{cite book|title=University Education in Dundee 1881–1981 A Pictorial History|last=Shafe|first=Michael|publisher=[[University of Dundee]]|year=1982|location=Dundee|page=205|asin=B00178Z2BG|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Ustinov was re-elected to the post for a second three-year term in 1971, narrowly beating [[Michael Parkinson]] after a disputed recount.<ref name=Archives>{{cite web|title=Rectorial Elections|url=http://www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2010/02/rectorial-elections.html|work=Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee|publisher=[[University of Dundee]]|access-date=20 August 2016|date=15 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Kenneth|title=A Dundee Celebration|year=2007|publisher=University of Dundee|location=Dundee|page=32|display-authors=etal}}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate from the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]].
[[File:Oliver Mark - Peter Ustinov, Berlin 2003.jpg|thumb|Peter Ustinov photographed by [[Oliver Mark]], Berlin 2003]]
Ustinov was a frequent defender of the Chinese government, stating in an address to Durham University in 2000, "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."{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} In 2003, Durham's postgraduate college (previously known as the Graduate Society) was renamed [[Ustinov College]]. Ustinov went to [[Berlin]] on a UNICEF mission in 2002 to visit the circle of [[United Buddy Bears]] that promote a more peaceful world between nations, cultures, and religions for the first time. He was determined to ensure that [[Iraq]] would also be represented in this circle of about 140 countries. Ustinov also presented and narrated the official video review of the [[1987 Formula One season]] and narrated the documentary series ''Wings of the Red Star''. In 1988, he hosted a live television broadcast entitled ''The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper''. Ustinov gave his name to the Foundation of the [[International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] for their [[Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award]], given annually to a young television screenwriter.

==Personal life==
[[File:Peter Ustinov (1992) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|thumb|Ustinov in 1992 by [[Erling Mandelmann]]|left]]

Ustinov was married three times—first to Isolde Denham (1920–1987), daughter of [[Reginald Denham]] and [[Moyna Macgill]]. The marriage lasted from 1940 to their divorce in 1950, and they had one child, daughter [[Tamara Ustinov]]. Isolde was the half-sister of [[Angela Lansbury]], who appeared with Ustinov in ''Death on the Nile''. 

His second marriage was to [[Suzanne Cloutier]], which lasted from 1954 to their divorce in 1971. They had three children: two daughters, Pavla Ustinov and Andrea Ustinov, and a son, [[:de:Igor Ustinov|Igor Ustinov]]. Both Pavla and Andrea are actresses; Pavla appeared with her father in the 1978 fantasy movie, ''[[The Thief of Baghdad (1978 film)|The Thief of Baghdad]]''.

His third marriage was to Helene du Lau d'Allemans, which lasted from 1972 to his death in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leninimports.com/peter_ustinov.html|title=Peter Ustinov: Biography|website=leninimports.com|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031120047/http://www.leninimports.com/peter_ustinov.html|archive-date=31 October 2016|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>[[File:Peter Ustinov with family 1950s.jpg|thumb|Ustinov with [[Suzanne Cloutier]] and daughter in the 1950s]]

Ustinov was a [[secular humanist]]. He was listed as a distinguished supporter of the [[British Humanist Association]], and had once served on its advisory council.<ref name="BHA">{{cite web|url=https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/recent-humanist-obituaries/peter-ustinov/|title=Our people – Sir Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) |publisher=[[British Humanist Association]]|access-date=16 November 2015|date=29 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A43jAAAAMAAJ|title=Humanist|journal=The Humanist: A Rational Approach to the Modern World|publisher=Rationalist Press Association Limited|year=1963|location=London|issn=0018-7380}}</ref>

Ustinov suffered from [[diabetes]] and a weakened heart in his last years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/03/30/peter-ustinov-82/|title=Peter Ustinov, 82|date=30 March 2004|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215071620/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-03-30/news/0403300193_1_peter-ustinov-romanoff-and-juliet-play-award|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=live|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

In 1999, Sir Peter and his son Igor Ustinov founded the Sir Peter Ustinov Stiftung (''Sir Peter Ustinov Foundation'') in the city of [[Munich]] in [[Germany]]. The foundation is now based in [[Frankfurt|Frankfurt am Main]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-27 |title=Wer wir sind - Ustinov Stiftung |url=https://www.ustinov.org/en/who-we-are/,%20https://www.ustinov.org/en/who-we-are/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.ustinov.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:GravePeterUstinov-CimetiereDeBursins RomanDeckert04062024-05.jpg|thumb|The grave in 2024]]
Ustinov died on 28 March 2004 of heart failure in a clinic in [[Genolier]], near his home in [[Bursins]], Switzerland, aged 82. He had suffered from diabetes and heart disease.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-03-30-0403300193-story.html Obituary], chicagotribune.com. Accessed 30 March 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wfm.org/IN_HOUSE/sirpeter.html|title=Sir Peter Ustinov, President of the World Federalist Movement from 1991–2004, Dies at Age 82|date=29 March 2004|website=wfm.org|publisher=World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy|via=[[Wayback Machine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215200529/http://www.wfm.org/IN_HOUSE/sirpeter.html|archive-date=15 December 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times-2004">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/30/business/sir-peter-ustinov-82-witty-entertainer-who-was-a-world-unto-himself-is-dead.html|title=Sir Peter Ustinov, 82, Witty Entertainer Who Was a World Unto Himself, Is Dead |date=30 March 2004|work=The New York Times |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102012929/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/30/movies/30USTI.html |archive-date=November 2, 2015 |url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> 

Ustinov found his final resting place at the cemetery. His ledger stone bears a cross, despite his self-description as a secular humanist, and the inscription:<blockquote>SIR PETER USTINOV

1921-2004

Writer-Actor-Humanist  

Musicien-Membre de l'Institut</blockquote>

==Globalism==
Ustinov was the president of the [[World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy|World Federalist Movement (WFM)]] from 1991 to 2004, the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/|title=Peter Ustinov, a friend of global federalism has died|date=3 March 2004|work=Union of European Federalists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218231742/http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> <!-- this is already mentioned above -->

Until his death, Ustinov was a member of [[English PEN]], part of the [[PEN International]] network that campaigns for freedom of expression.

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1940
| ''Hullo Fame''
| 
| Andrew Buchanan
| 
|-
| ''Mein Kampf&nbsp;— My Crimes''
| [[Marinus van der Lubbe]] 
| [[Norman Lee (director)|Norman Lee]]
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1942
| ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]''
| The Priest
| [[Michael Powell]] and [[Emeric Pressburger]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Goose Steps Out]]''
| Krauss
| [[Basil Dearden]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Let the People Sing (film)|Let the People Sing]]''
| Dr. Bentika
| [[John Baxter (director)|John Baxter]]
| 
|-
| 1943
| ''[[The New Lot]]''
| Keith 
| [[Carol Reed]]
| Uncredited 
|-
| 1944
| ''[[The Way Ahead]]''
| Rispoli – Cafe Owner
| [[Carol Reed]]
| 
|-
| 1945
| ''[[The True Glory]]''
| Commentator
| [[Carol Reed]]
| Documentary
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1946
| ''[[School for Secrets]]''
| N/A
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]''
| N/A
| [[Stanley Haynes (producer)|Stanley Haynes]]
| 
|-
| 1948
| ''[[Vice Versa (1948 film)|Vice Versa]]''
| N/A
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| 1949
| ''[[Private Angelo (film)|Private Angelo]]''
| Private Angelo
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Odette (1950 film)|Odette]]''
| Lt. Alex Rabinovich / Arnauld
| [[Herbert Wilcox]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1951
| ''[[Hotel Sahara]]''
| Emad
| [[Ken Annakin]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
| [[Nero]]
| [[Mervyn LeRoy]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Magic Box]]''
| Industry Man
| [[John Boulting]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1952
| ''[[Le Plaisir]]''
| Narrator
| [[Max Ophuls]]
| English version; Voice; Uncredited 
|-
| ''[[The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird]]''
| Wonderbird 
| [[Paul Grimault]]
| English version; Voice 
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Martin Luther (1953 film)|Martin Luther]]''
| Duke Francis of Luneberg 
| [[Irving Pichel]]
| Uncredited 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1954
| ''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]''
| Kaptah
| [[Michael Curtiz]] 
|
|-
| ''[[Beau Brummell (1954 film)|Beau Brummell]]''
| [[George IV|Prince of Wales]]
| [[Curtis Bernhardt]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1955
| ''[[We're No Angels (1955 film)|We're No Angels]]''
| Jules
| [[Michael Curtiz]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Lola Montès]]''
| Circus Master
| [[Max Ophüls]]
| 
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Wanderers (1956 film)|The Wanderers]]''
| Don Alfonso Pugliesi
| [[Hugo Fregonese]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| ''[[Les Espions|The Spies]]''
| Michel Kiminsky
| [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Wagged His Tail]]''
| Mr. Bossi
| [[Ladislao Vajda]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''
| [[Lentulus Batiatus|Batiatus]]
| [[Stanley Kubrick]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]''
| Rupert Venneker
| [[Fred Zinnemann]]
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film)|Romanoff and Juliet]]''
| The General
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Billy Budd (film)|Billy Budd]]''
| Edwin Fairfax Vere
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| ''[[The Human Dutch]]''
| Narrator
| [[Bert Haanstra]]
| Voice, English-language version only
|-
| ''[[Women of the World]]''
| Narrator
| [[Franco Prosperi]]
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''[[Topkapi (film)|Topkapi]]''
| Arthur Simon Simpson
| [[Jules Dassin]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Peaches]]''
| Narrator
| [[Michael Gill (producer)|Michael Gill]]
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| ''[[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]]''
| King Fawz
| [[J. Lee Thompson]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Lady L]]''
| Prince Otto of Bavaria 
| Peter Ustinov
| Uncredited
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Comedians (1967 film)|The Comedians]]''
| Amb. Manuel Pineda
| [[Peter Glenville]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968
| ''[[Blackbeard's Ghost]]''
| [[Blackbeard|Captain Blackbeard]]
| [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Hot Millions]]''
| Marcus Pendleton <br/> / Caesar Smith
| [[Eric Till]]
| 
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Viva Max!]]''
| General Max
| [[Jerry Paris]]
| 
|-
| 1970
| ''The Festival Game''
| Himself
| [[Tony Klinger]] and Michael Lytton
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| ''[[Hammersmith Is Out]]''
| Doctor
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| ''Big Truck and Sister Clare''
| Israeli Truck Driver
| [[Robert Ellis Miller]]
| 
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]''
| [[John, King of England|Prince John]] <br/> [[Richard I of England|King Richard]] 
| [[Wolfgang Reitherman]]
| Voice
|-
| 1975
| ''[[One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing]]''
| Hnup Wan
| [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]''
| Old Man
| [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Treasure of Matecumbe]]''
| Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass
| [[Vincent McEveety]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1977
| ''[[The Purple Taxi]]''
| Taubelman
| [[Yves Boisset]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Mouse and His Child (film)|The Mouse and His Child]]''
| Manny the Rat 
| [[Charles Swenson]]<br />[[Fred Wolf (animator)|Fred Wolf]]
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Double Murder]]''
| Harry Hellman
| [[Stefano Vanzina|Steno]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]''
| Sgt. Markov
| [[Marty Feldman]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1978
| ''[[Metamorphoses (1978 film)|Winds of Change]]''
| Narrator 
| [[Takashi Masunaga]]
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]''
| [[Hercule Poirot]]
| [[John Guillermin]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Thief of Baghdad (1978 film)|Thief of Baghdad]]''
| The Caliph
| ''[[Clive Donner]]''
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1979
| ''Morte no Tejo''
| himself
| Luís Galvão Teles
| 
|-
| ''[[Ashanti (1979 film)|Ashanti]]''
| Suleiman
| [[Richard Fleischer]]
| 
|-
| ''{{Interlanguage link|Nous maigrirons ensemble|fr|3=Nous maigrirons ensemble|lt=We'll Grow Thin Together}}''
| Victor Lasnier
| Michel Vocoret
| 
|-
| ''[[Tarka the Otter (film)|Tarka the Otter]]''
| Narrator 
| [[David Cobham]]
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981
| ''[[Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen]]''
| Charlie Chan
| [[Clive Donner]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''
| Truck Driver
| [[Jim Henson]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Grendel Grendel Grendel]]''
| [[Grendel]]
| [[Alex Stitt|Alexander Stitt]]
| Voice
|-
| ''The Search for Santa Claus''
| Grandfather
| Stan Swan
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''Venezia, carnevale – Un amore''
| 
| [[Mario Lanfranchi]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]''
| Hercule Poirot
| [[Guy Hamilton]]
| 
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Memed, My Hawk (film)|Memed, My Hawk]]''
| Abdi Aga
| Peter Ustinov
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| ''[[Appointment with Death (film)|Appointment with Death]]''
| Hercule Poirot
| [[Michael Winner]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Peep and the Big Wide World]]''
| Narrator
| Rick Marshall
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[La Révolution française (film)|La Révolution française]]''
| [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Comte de Mirabeau]] 
| [[Robert Enrico]] and [[Richard T. Heffron]]
| Segment: "Les Années Lumière"
|-
| ''[[Granpa]]''
| Granpa (voice)
| [[Dianne Jackson]]
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[[There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs]]''
| Le vétérinaire Muggione
| [[Duccio Tessari]]
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''
| Professor Nikolais
| [[George Miller (filmmaker)|George Miller]]
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Glasnost and Glamour]]''
|Narrator / Himself 
| [[Patrick Lichfield]] / [[Unipart]]
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Phoenix and the Carpet#Adaptations|The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet]]''
| Grandfather / Phoenix 
| [[Zoran Perisic (visual effects artist)|Zoran Perisic]]
| Voice
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Stiff Upper Lips]]''
| Horace
| [[Gary Sinyor]]
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Bachelor (1999 film)|The Bachelor]]''
| Grandad James Shannon
| [[Gary Sinyor]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''My Khmer Heart''
| Himself
| [[Janine Hosking]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Majestät brauchen Sonne]]''
| Voice
| [[Peter Schamoni]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures]]''
| Himself
| [[Jan Harlan]]
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Luther (2003 film)|Luther]]''
| [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony|Frederick the Wise]]
| [[Eric Till]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''Siberia: Railroad Through the Wilderness''
| Narrator
| Frank Mueller
| Voice; final film role
|-
|}

===Television===
* ''[[What's My Line?]]'' (1957—1966) – gameshow, 9 episodes
* ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (1960) – gameshow, 1 episode
* ''[[Barefoot in Athens]]'' (1966) – TV film, as [[Socrates]]
* ''Klapzubova jedenáctka'' (1968) – TV serial, episode 12: "Muži z Ria", as television commentator<ref>{{cite web |title=Klapzubova jedenáctka (TV seriál) |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/128535-klapzubova-jedenactka/prehled/ |website=ČSFD.cz |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' (1971—1972) – talk show, 3 episodes{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
* ''[[Clochemerle (TV series)|Clochemerle]]'' (1972) – 9 episodes, as narrator{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' (1976) – 1 episode, as himself
* ''{{ill|Kein Abend wie jeder andere|de}}'' (1976) – TV film, as owner of Billy's artstore
* ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]'' (1977) – miniseries, as [[Herod the Great]]
* ''[[Doctor Snuggles]]'' (1979) – 13 episodes, as Doctor Snuggles
* ''[[Einstein's Universe]]'' (1979) – documentary film, as himself
* ''Nuclear Nightmares'' (1979) – documentary film, as himself
* ''Omni: The New Frontier'' (1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/content/omni-new-frontier|title=Omni: The New Frontier|website=Emmys.com|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Overheard (1984 film)|Overheard]]'' (1984) – TV film, as Comrade Kuruk
* ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)|Thirteen at Dinner]]'' (1985) – TV film, as [[Hercule Poirot]]
* ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)|Dead Man's Folly]]'' (1986) – TV film, as Hercule Poirot
* ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'' (1986) – TV film, as Hercule Poirot
* ''Peter Ustinov's Russia'' (1986) – documentary miniseries, as himself
* ''[[The World Challenge (TV series)|The World Challenge / Le défi mondial]]'' (1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vialemonde.com/eVia/index.html|title=Le Défi Mondial|website=Via le Monde|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429100515/http://www.vialemonde.com/eVia/index.html|archive-date=29 April 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[An Audience with...#List of episodes|An Audience with Peter Ustinov]] (1988){{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
* ''The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper'' (1988) – documentary
* ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (miniseries)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1989) – miniseries, as Detective Wilbur Fix
* ''Peter Ustinov on the Orient Express'' (1991)
* ''[[Wings (Discovery Channel TV series)#Wings of the Red Star|Wings of the Red Star]]'' (1993) – documentary series, 13 episodes, as narrator
*''Celebrating Haydn with Peter Ustinov'' (1994) – documentary
* ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop (1995 film)|The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' (1995) – TV film, as Grandfather
* ''Paths of the Gods'' (1995) – documentary series, 8 episodes, as himself
*''Sir Peter Ustinov's Mendelssohn'' (1997) – documentary
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1999) – TV film, as Walrus
* ''[[Animal Farm (1999 film)|Animal Farm]]'' (1999) – TV film, as [[Old Major]] (voice)
* ''[[Victoria & Albert (TV serial)|Victoria & Albert]]'' (2001) – TV serial, as [[King William IV]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
* ''[[Winter Solstice (2003 film)|Winter Solstice]]'' – Hughie McLellan{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}

==Bibliography==
===Nonfiction===
{{div col | colwidth=25em}}
* ''Apropos: portrait painting'' {{oclc|502028565}}
* ''[[Dear Me (book)|Dear Me]]''
* ''Generation at Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union'' 
::(introduction by Peter Ustinov) ([[UNICEF]]) {{oclc|1124421105}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AD4YIuYY46kC|title=Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union|date=4 September 1999|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0290-9|access-date=4 September 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkqTAAAAIAAJ|title=Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union|date=4 September 1999|publisher=M. E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0121-6|access-date=4 September 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref>
<!-- * ''Happiness'', Baggs memorial lecture, 1979. Birmingham : University of Birmingham, 1980 {{oclc|13036442}} -->
* ''Klop and the Ustinov Family'' (with Nadia Benois Ustinov) 1973 {{oclc|835951}}
* ''My Russia''
<!-- * ''My Years at Westminster School'' {{oclc|316248217}} -->
* ''Niven's Hollywood'' (introduction by Peter Ustinov)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/23/books/fancy-feet-and-famous-faces.html|title=Fancy Feet and Famous Faces|first=Ethan|last=Mordden|date=23 December 1984|access-date=4 September 2020|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
<!-- * ''Peter Ustinov's address to the graduating class of the University of California Law School at Boalt Hall, Berkeley, California, 1971.'' ( 	Photocopy of typescript.) {{oclc|1114387888}} -->
* ''Quotable Ustinov''
* ''Still at Large''
* ''Ustinov at Eighty''
* ''Ustinov at Large''
* ''Ustinov in Russia''
* ''Ustinov Still at Large''
* ''Ustinov's diplomats'' {{oclc|690371045}}
* ''We Were Only Human.'' {{oclc|320395513}}
{{div col end}}

===Fiction===
{{div col | colwidth=25em}}
* ''Abelard and Heloise''
* ''Add a Dash of Pity and Other Short Stories''
* ''Beethoven's Tenth''
* ''Blow Your Own Trumpet'' (1943 play)
* ''Brewer's Theatre'' (with Isaacs, et al.)
* ''The Comedy Collection''
* ''Disinformer: Two Novellas''
* ''Frontiers of the Sea'' (reprinted as ''Life is an Operetta and Other Short Stories'')
* ''God and the State Railways''
* ''A Grand Knight Out''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/about/history/ |title=History — Theatre Royal, Bath |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=[[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Halfway Up the Tree]]''
* ''The Indifferent Shepherd''
* ''James Thurber'' (with [[James Thurber]])
* ''Krumnagel'' (novel)
* ''The Laughter Omnibus''
* ''The Loser'' (novel)
* ''[[The Love of Four Colonels]]''
* ''The Methuen Book of Theatre Verse'' (with Jonathan and Moira Field)
* ''Monsieur Rene''
* ''[[The Moment of Truth (play)|The Moment of Truth]]''
* ''No Sign of the Dove'' (play c. 1952)
* ''The Old Man and Mr. Smith: A Fable''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Old Man and Mr. Smith: a fable|last=Ustinov|first=Peter|date=May 1991|publisher=[[Arcade Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-55970-134-1|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=22984638|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/oldmanmrsmith00usti}}</ref>
* ''[[Photo Finish (film)|Photo Finish]]''
* ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (play)|Romanoff and Juliet]]''
* ''[[The 13 Clocks]]'' with James Thurber
* ''The Unicorn in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Time''
* ''[[The Unknown Soldier and His Wife]]''
{{div col end}}

==Discography==
* ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' ([[Sergei Prokofiev]]), narration - Philharmonia Orchestra - Herbert von Karajan, conductor - EMI Classics (12/1956 & 04/1957)
*''[[Grand Prix of Gibraltar]]'' (1960) (spoken word comedy)
* ''[[The Creatures of Prometheus]]'' ([[Ludwig van Beethoven]]), a musical narration – RCA Red Seal 74321 82163 2 (2001)
* ''[[Der Burger als Edelmann]]'' (After [[Moliere]], adapted by [[Ustinov]], incidental music by [[Richard Strauss]]), Koch Classics 3-6578-2 (1998)

==Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[24th Academy Awards|1951]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952 |title=The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[33rd Academy Awards|1960]]
| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 |title=The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[37th Academy Awards|1964]]
| ''[[Topkapi (film)|Topkapi]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[41st Academy Awards|1968]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| ''[[Hot Millions]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1969 |title=The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners |date=4 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Berlin International Film Festival|1961]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Bear]]
| ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (1961 film)|Romanoff and Juliet]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[22nd Berlin International Film Festival|1972]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Hammersmith Is Out]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref name="berlinale 1972">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1972/03_preistr_ger_1972/03_Preistraeger_1972.html |title=Berlinale 1972: Prize Winners |access-date=March 16, 2010 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427082617/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1972/03_preistr_ger_1972/03_Preistraeger_1972.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silver Bear]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 1992
| colspan="3"| [[Britannia Awards]]
| {{won|Received}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1992/britannias/honoree |title=Britannias: Honoree in 1992 |publisher=[[Britannia Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th British Academy Film Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]]
| ''[[Billy Budd (film)|Billy Budd]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1963 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[32nd British Academy Film Awards|1978]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1979/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1979 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[1996 British Academy Television Awards|1995]]
| [[British Academy Television Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|Best Light Entertainment Performance]]
| ''An Evening with Sir Peter Ustinov''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/television |title=BAFTA Awards: Television in 1996 |publisher=[[British Academy Television Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[15th Directors Guild of America Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| ''Billy Budd''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1962.aspx?value=1962 |title=15th DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Directors Guild of America Awards|1963]]
| ''Romanoff and Juliet''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1960s/1963.aspx?value=1963 |title=16th DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1979
| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| Best Actor
| ''Death on the Nile''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| 1998
| [[Film Fest Gent]]
| Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmfestival.be/en/festival/awards/special-joseph-plateau-honorary-award |title=Joseph Plateau Honorary Award |publisher=[[Film Fest Gent]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| [[Giffoni Film Festival]]
| Nocciola d'oro
| {{n/a}}
| {{won|Honored}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.giffonifilmfestival.it/en/diary-gff-1984.html |title=Giffoni Film Festival 1984 |publisher=[[Giffoni Film Festival]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Golden Globe Awards|1951]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| ''Quo Vadis''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/peter-ustinov |title=Peter Ustinov |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Golden Globe Awards|1960]]
| ''Spartacus''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[22nd Golden Globe Awards|1964]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| ''Topkapi''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2nd Annual Grammy Awards|1959]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Grammy Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album|Best Recording for Children]]
| ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/peter-ustinov/7019 |title=Peter Ustinov |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Annual Grammy Awards|1973]]
| ''[[List of The Little Prince adaptations|The Little Prince]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[20th Annual Grammy Awards|1977]]
| ''[[The Mouse and His Child (film)|Russell Hoban: The Mouse and His Child]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[23rd Annual Grammy Awards|1980]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama]]
| ''A Curb in the Sky''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1960
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| Top Male Supporting Performance
| ''Spartacus''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
| 1964
| ''Topkapi''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1983 Laurence Olivier Awards|1983]]
|rowspan=2|[[Laurence Olivier Awards]]
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play|Comedy of the Year]]
|rowspan=2|''Beethoven's Teeth''
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1983 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1983/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| [[10th Primetime Emmy Awards|1958]]
| rowspan="5"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Actor – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support]]
| ''[[Omnibus (American TV program)|Omnibus]]'' {{small|(Episode: "The Life of Samuel Johnson")}}
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/peter-ustinov |title=Peter Ustinov |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th Primetime Emmy Awards|1967]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama]]
| ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' {{small|(Episode: "Barefoot in Athens")}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[22nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1970]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]]
| ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' {{small|(Episode: "A Storm in Summer")}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[34th Primetime Emmy Awards|1982]]
| Outstanding Individual Achievement – Informational Programming
| ''Omni: The New Frontier''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[37th Primetime Emmy Awards|1985]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
| ''The Well-Tempered Bach with Peter Ustinov''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[12th Tony Awards|1958]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Romanoff and Juliet (play)|Romanoff and Juliet]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1958/category/any/show/any/ |title=1958 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Leading Actor in a Play]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[15th Writers Guild of America Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama|Best Written American Drama]]
| ''Billy Budd''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[21st Writers Guild of America Awards|1968]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy|Best Written American Comedy]]
| ''Hot Millions''
| {{nom}}
|}

===Honorary accolades===
* 1992: [[Britannia Awards|Britannia Award]]
* 1993: [[London Film Critics' Circle Award]]
* 1994: [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi]]
* 1997: German Video Prize of the DIVA Award
* 1998: [[Bavarian Television Award]]
* 2001: Golden Camera (''Goldene Kamera'', [[Berlin]])
* 2002: Planetary Consciousness Award of the Club of Budapest
* 2004: [[Bavarian Film Award]] (''Bayerischer Filmpreis'')
* 2004: [[Rose d'Or]] Charity Award with UNICEF (posthumously)

===Other===
* 1974: Golden Camera Award for Best Actor for the ''Exchange of Notes''
* 1978: Prix de la Butte for ''Oh my goodness! Messy memoirs''
* 1981: [[Karl Valentin Order]] (Munich)
* 1987: Golden Rascal (''Goldenes Schlitzohr'')

==Honours==
===State honours and awards===
* 1957: [[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Royal Society of Arts)|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] (London)
* 1961: [[Honorary key to the city of Washington DC ]] (USA)
* 1974: [[Order of the Smile]] (Poland)
* 1975: Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) (United Kingdom)
* 1978: [[UNICEF]] International Prize for outstanding services
* 1985: Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (France)
* 1986: [[Order of Independence (Jordan)|Istiqlal Order]] (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
* 1987: [[Yugoslavia|Order of the Yugoslav Flag]]
* 1987: Elected to the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]]<ref name="The New York Times-2004" />
* 1990: Gold Medal of the City of Athens
* 1990: Medal of the Hellenic Red Cross
* 1990: [[Knight Bachelor]] (United Kingdom)
* 1991: Medal of [[Charles University in Prague]]
* 1994: Knight of the National [[Order of the Southern Cross]] (Brazil)
* 1994: German Culture Prize (''Deutscher Kulturpreis'')
* 1995: International UNICEF Prize for Outstanding Services
* 1998: [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (''Bundesverdienstkreuz'')
* 2001: [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf|title=Reply to a parliamentary question|date=23 April 2012|location=Vienna|page=1444|language=de|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
* 2002: Siemens Life Award (Austria)
* 2004: Hanseatic Bremen Prize for International Understanding (''Bremer Hansepreis für Völkerverständigung'')

===Honorary degrees===
Ustinov received [[honorary degree]]s for his work.

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|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:15%;"| State/Province
! style="width:10%;"| Date
! style="width:40%;"| School
! style="width:20%;"| Degree
|-
| United States|| Ohio || '''1968''' || [[Cleveland Institute of Music]] || [[Doctor of Music]] (D.Mus.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cim.edu/promos/commencement/honorary_doctorates.pdf|title=Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees|publisher=Cleveland Institute of Music|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224201359/https://www.cim.edu/promos/commencement/honorary_doctorates.pdf|archive-date=24 February 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom || &nbsp; || '''1969''' || [[University of Dundee]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)
|-
| United States || Pennsylvania || '''1971''' || [[La Salle University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)
|-
| United Kingdom || &nbsp; || '''1972''' || [[Lancaster University]] || [[Doctor of Letters]] (D.Litt.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/about-us/ourpeople/honorary-degrees/#seventies|title=Honorary Graduates – Lancaster University|first=Lancaster|last=University|work=lancaster.ac.uk|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Canada || Alberta || '''1981''' || [[University of Lethbridge]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uleth.ca/governance/sites/governance/files/UofL%20Honorary%20Degree%20Recipients%20July%202015_0.pdf|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|publisher=[[University of Lethbridge]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209004207/http://www.uleth.ca/governance/sites/governance/files/UofL%20Honorary%20Degree%20Recipients%20July%202015_0.pdf|archive-date=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Canada || Ontario || '''1984''' || [[University of Toronto]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governingcouncil.lamp4.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/degreerecipalphaorder-chd.pdf|title=Honorary Degree Recipients 1850 – 2016 Sorted Alphabetically by Name of Recipient|date=18 October 2016|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|page=35|access-date=13 November 2018|quote=1984 Ustinov, Peter Doctor of Laws Arts – Theatre June, 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Boards+and+Committees/Committee+for+Honorary+Degrees/degreerecipients1850tillnow.pdf|title=Honorary Degree Recipients 1850 – 2016 Sorted by Date of Degree Conferral|date=16 September 2016|publisher=[[University of Toronto]]|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| United States || District of Columbia || '''1988''' || [[Georgetown University]] ||
|-
| Canada || Ontario || '''1991''' || [[Carleton University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carleton.ca/senate/honorary-degrees/honorary-degrees-awarded-since-1954/|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954 – Senate|work=carleton.ca|publisher=[[Carleton University]]|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom || &nbsp; || '''1992''' || [[Durham University]] || Doctor of Humanities
|-
| Canada || Ontario || '''1995''' || [[St. Michael's College, Toronto|St. Michael's College]] ||
|-
| Canada || Ontario || '''1995''' || [[Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies]] ||
|-
| Republic of Ireland || &nbsp; || '''1999''' || [[National University of Ireland]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nui.ie/college/docs/HonGradsList.pdf|title=NUI Honorary Degrees Awarded|date=20 June 2016|publisher=[[National University of Ireland]]|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Switzerland || &nbsp; || '''2001''' || [[International University in Geneva]] ||
|}

{{Incomplete list|date=December 2015}}

==See also==
* [[List of British actors]]
* [[List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain]]
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
* [[List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories]]
* [[List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.unicef.org/media/media_20193.html Obituary (UNICEF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115223820/https://www.unicef.org/media/media_20193.html |date=15 November 2019 }}
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1260975.stm Obituary (BBC)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070301081807/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/i/inalldirections_1299001635.shtml "In All Directions"]
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/ustinov_peter.html Peter Ustinov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615050203/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/ustinov_peter.html |date=15 June 2011 }} interviewed by [[Mike Wallace]] on ''The Mike Wallace Interview'' (29 March 1958)
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mszq Appearance on Desert Island Discs 19 November 1977]
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/ustinov.html Interview with Sir Peter Ustinov] by Bruce Duffie, 22 May 1992 (Operatic directing and classical music)
* [http://www.synchronkartei.de/index.php5?action=show&type=talker&id=1017 Peter Ustinov] at the German Dubbing Card Index
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNpb_ZW3RQ Video by the University of Dundee about Ustinov's time as its Rector]

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