Peter Ustinov: movies and TV shows
Peter Ustinov has 257 credits in the archive: 155 films and 102 TV series, from 1940 to 2021. Highest rated: Sabine Christiansen (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2021 · busiest year: 1995 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 100 | |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 100 |
| 2011 | Hollywood Invasion | self | Film | 6.0 | 90 |
| 2009 | Max par Marcel: Lola Montès | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2004 | Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2003 | Luther | Frederick | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2003 | Salem Witch Trials | William Stroughton | TV | 5.0 | 82 |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | Hughie McLellan | Film | 7.2 | 82 |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | TV | 5.0 | 82 | |
| 2003 | Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years | Self | Film | 8.2 | 82 |
| 2002 | Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty | Presenter | Film | — | 81 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 81 |
| 2002 | Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk | self | Film | — | 81 |
| 2001 | Aeschbacher | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | König William IV. | Film | 7.6 | 80 |
| 2001 | Jukebox Heroes | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | William IV | TV | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2000 | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | Film | 8.3 | 79 |
| 2000 | My Khmer Heart | Self | Film | 9.0 | 79 |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self | TV | 4.3 | 78 |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Walrus | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Grandad | Film | 5.2 | 78 |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Old Major (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 78 |
| 1999 | Majestät brauchen Sonne | (uncredited voice) | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 77 |
| 1998 | Sabine Christiansen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 77 |
| 1998 | Hier und heute | Self | TV | — | 77 |
| 1998 | Alekan le magnifique | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Horace Wiggins | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 1997 | Im Dialog | self | TV | — | 76 |
| 1997 | HARDtalk | TV | 8.7 | 76 | |
| 1996 | An Evening with Peter Ustinov | Self | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 74 |
| 1995 | Lebens-Künstler | Self | TV | — | 74 |
| 1995 | Queen: Champions of the World | Self | Film | 8.3 | 74 |
| 1995 | The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet | Grandfather / Phoenix (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Grandfather | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 1995 | Peter and the Wolf | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1995 | Paths of the Gods | Self - Presenter | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1995 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1995 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1995 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1995 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 1994 | Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1994 | The Bible According to Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Professor Nikolais | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self | TV | 4.7 | 70 |
| 1991 | Boulevard Bio | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1991 | The Trouble With Agatha Christie | Self - Actor | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1990 | Zeil um Zehn | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 1990 | There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs | Il veterinario | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1990 | Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren | Self | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Wilbur Fix | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1989 | Blauer Panther | Self | TV | — | 68 |
| 1989 | The French Revolution | Vicomte de Mirabeau | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1989 | The French Revolution | André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière ») | TV | 8.7 | 68 |
| 1989 | Granpa | Granpa (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 68 |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Clive | TV | — | 68 | |
| 1988 | Appointment with Death | Hercule Poirot | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 1988 | Children of Ghana | Voice-over (English) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1988 | Peep and the Big Wide World | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1988 | The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper | Self - Host | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 1988 | An Audience with Peter Ustinov | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1988 | Beethovens Zehnte | Beethoven | Film | — | 67 |
| 1987 | Seitenblicke | self | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1987 | F1 Review 1987 | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 1986 | Showgeschichten | Self | TV | — | 65 |
| 1986 | Murder in Three Acts | Hercule Poirot | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1986 | Dead Man's Folly | Hercule Poirot | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1986 | Riders of the Wind | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 1985 | Thirteen at Dinner | Hercule Poirot | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1985 | La Dixième de Beethoven | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Abdi Aga | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1984 | Abgehört | Genosse Kuruk | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1983 | Harty | Self | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1982 | Timewatch | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Hercule Poirot | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1982 | Imaginary Friends | Philip Lester | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Hercuele Poirot | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 1982 | Venezia, carnevale, un amore | Film | — | 61 | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 60 |
| 1981 | Doctor Snuggles | Doctor Snuggles (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Truck Driver | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1981 | Grendel Grendel Grendel | Grendel (voice) | Film | 4.6 | 60 |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Charlie Chan | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 1980 | Heut' abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1980 | Strumpet City | King Edward VII | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 58 |
| 1979 | Ashanti | Suleiman | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1979 | Tarka the Otter | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1979 | We'll Grow Thin Together | Victor Lasnier | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1979 | Death on the Tagus | Self | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1979 | Nuclear Nightmares | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1979 | Einstein's Universe | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1979 | Through Joy and Beyond | C. S. Lewis (voice) | Film | — | 58 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Hercule Poirot | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1978 | The Thief of Baghdad | The Caliph | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1978 | Halfway Up the Tree | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1978 | Metamorphoses | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Self / Hercule Poirot | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1977 | Auf los geht's los | Self | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Herod the Great | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1977 | Double Murder | Harry Hellman | Film | 3.5 | 56 |
| 1977 | Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag | Film | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Sergeant Markov | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1977 | The Mermaid Frolics | Self | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1977 | The Purple Taxi | Taubelman | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child | Manny the Rat (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1976 | Cérémonie des César | Self - Host | TV | 4.6 | 55 |
| 1976 | Cérémonie des César | Self - President | TV | 4.6 | 55 |
| 1976 | Music & Guests | Self | TV | — | 55 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1976 | Treasure of Matecumbe | Dr. Snodgrass | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1976 | Logan's Run | Old Man | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1976 | Not an Evening like any Other | Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop' | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self | TV | 8.5 | 54 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp'' | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 53 |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1974 | Die Montagsmaler | Self | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1973 | Robin Hood | Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1973 | Je später der Abend | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1973 | Julie's Christmas Special | Self / Santa Claus | Film | — | 52 |
| 1972 | Short Cut to Haifa | Israeli Truck Driver | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1972 | Clochemerle | Narrator | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1972 | The Marshal of Madrid | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | Doctor | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | Film | 5.9 | 51 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1971 | Die Zauberflöte | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1971 | Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre | Self | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1971 | Gideon | Gideon | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1971 | Babar Comes to America | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1970 | A Storm in Summer | Abel Shaddick | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1969 | Viva Max! | General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1969 | L'Amour des 4 colonels | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1968 | Hot Millions | Film | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Captain Blackbeard | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1968 | Klapzubova jedenáctka | reporter | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1968 | The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant | Narrator / All voices (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1968 | Diaghilev: The Years Abroad | Presenter | Film | — | 47 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Ambassador Manuel Pineda | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Self | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1966 | Barefoot in Athens | Socrates | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1965 | Lady L | Prince Otto of Bavaria | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1965 | Lady L | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1965 | Lady L | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Fawz | Film | 3.8 | 44 |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe | Self | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | TV | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre | TV | — | 43 | |
| 1964 | Topkapi | Arthur Simon Simpson | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1964 | Zwischenstation | Self | TV | — | 43 |
| 1964 | Pour le plaisir | Self | TV | — | 43 |
| 1964 | Lieder, Arien und Geschichten | Self | TV | — | 43 |
| 1964 | The Peaches | Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1963 | Everyman | Narrator (English) | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1963 | Women of the World | English Narration (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1962 | Das Profil | Self | TV | — | 41 |
| 1962 | Billy Budd | Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1962 | Billy Budd | Film | 7.3 | 41 | |
| 1962 | Billy Budd | Film | 7.3 | 41 | |
| 1962 | Billy Budd | Film | 7.3 | 41 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | The General | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | Film | 5.7 | 40 | |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | Film | 5.7 | 40 | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Lentulus Batiatus | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1960 | The Sundowners | Rupert Venneker | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | Small World | Self | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1957 | Aktuelle Schaubude | Self | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | TV | 7.4 | 36 | |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Self — Introduction | TV | — | 36 |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1957 | The Spies | Michel Kiminsky | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1957 | The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Mr. Bossi | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host / Presenter | TV | — | 35 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host/Presenter | TV | — | 35 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 35 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 35 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV | 8.7 | 35 |
| 1956 | The Legend of the Good Beasts | The Storyteller | Film | — | 35 |
| 1955 | Was bin ich? | Self | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1955 | Folio | TV | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1955 | We're No Angels | Jules | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1955 | Lola Montès | Circus Master | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1955 | The Moment of Truth | The Marshall | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1955 | The Moment of Truth | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1954 | The Egyptian | Kaptah | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1954 | Beau Brummell | George, Prince of Wales | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Dr. Samuel Johnson | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Marshal | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Industry Man | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit) | Film | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Socrates | TV | 8.8 | 30 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Abel Shaddick | TV | 8.8 | 30 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Gideon | TV | 8.8 | 30 |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Nero | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1951 | Hotel Sahara | Emad | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | TV | 3.5 | 29 | |
| 1950 | Odette | Lt. Alex Rabinovich | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Film | 6.0 | 28 | |
| 1949 | Private Angelo | Pvt. Angelo | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1949 | Private Angelo | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1949 | Private Angelo | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1949 | Private Angelo | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1948 | Vice Versa | Film | 7.2 | 27 | |
| 1948 | Vice Versa | Film | 7.2 | 27 | |
| 1948 | Vice Versa | Film | 7.2 | 27 | |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Film | 7.2 | 25 | |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Film | 7.2 | 25 | |
| 1946 | School for Secrets | Film | 7.2 | 25 | |
| 1945 | The True Glory | Commentator | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 23 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Host | TV | 7.1 | 23 |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Rispoli | Film | 6.6 | 23 |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Film | 6.6 | 23 | |
| 1943 | The New Lot | Keith | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1943 | The New Lot | Film | 8.0 | 22 | |
| 1942 | The Goose Steps Out | Krauss | Film | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | The Priest | Film | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1942 | Let the People Sing | Dr. Bentika | Film | 6.8 | 21 |
| 1940 | After Mein Kampf | Marinus van der Lubbe | Film | 10.0 | 19 |
| This Week | TV | 10.0 | — |