Peter O'Toole on screen and stage
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Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an actor of stage and screen who achieved film stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia.[1][2] He went on to become one of the most honoured film and stage actors of his time.[3] 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.[4]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Kidnapped | Robin MacGregor | |
1960 | The Savage Innocents | First Trooper | |
1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Captain Monty Fitch | |
1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | T. E. Lawrence | |
1964 | Becket | Henry II | |
1965 | Lord Jim | Lord Jim | |
1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Michael James | |
1965 | The Sandpiper | Voice, Uncredited | |
1966 | How to Steal a Million | Simon Dermott | |
1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | The Three Angels | |
1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Tanz | |
1967 | Casino Royale | Scottish Piper | Uncredited |
1968 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II | |
1968 | Great Catherine | Capt. Charles Edstaston | |
1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Arthur Chipping | |
1970 | Country Dance | Sir Charles Ferguson | |
1971 | Murphy's War | Murphy | |
1972 | Under Milk Wood | Captain Tom Cat | |
1972 | The Ruling Class | Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney | |
1972 | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote de La Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Alonso Quijano |
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1975 | Rosebud | Larry Martin | |
1975 | Man Friday | Robinson Crusoe | |
1976 | Foxtrot | Liviu | |
1976 | Rogue Male | Sir Robert Thorndyke | |
1978 | Power Play | Colonel Zeller | |
1979 | Zulu Dawn | Lord Chelmsford | |
1979 | Caligula | Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus | |
1980 | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross | |
1982 | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann | |
1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | Sherlock Holmes | Voice |
1983 | Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Sherlock Holmes | Voice |
1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | Voice |
1984 | Supergirl | Zaltar | |
1985 | Creator | Dr. Harry Wolper | |
1986 | Club Paradise | Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes | |
1987 | The Last Emperor | Reginald Johnston | |
1988 | High Spirits | Peter Plunkett | |
1989 | As Long as It's Love | Prof. Yan McShoul | |
1990 | Wings of Fame | Cesar Valentin | |
1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Prince Meleagre | |
1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Pantaloon | Voice |
1991 | King Ralph | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham | |
1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Lord Sarn | |
1992 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Maj. Lyautey | |
1993 | The Seventh Coin | Emil Saber | |
1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
1998 | Phantoms | Dr. Timothy Flyte | |
1999 | The Manor | Mr. Ravenscroft | |
1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | William Williamson | |
2002 | Global Heresy | Lord Charles Foxley | |
2002 | The Final Curtain | J. J. Curtis | |
2003 | Bright Young Things | Colonel Blount | |
2004 | Troy | King Priam | |
2005 | Lassie | The Duke | |
2005 | Mystic India | Narrator | |
2006 | Venus | Maurice | |
2006 | One Night with the King | Samuel, the Prophet | |
2007 | Ratatouille | Anton Ego | Voice |
2007 | Stardust | King of Stormhold | |
2008 | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior | |
2008 | Christmas Cottage | Glen Wesman | |
2012 | Eldorado | Narrator | |
2012 | Cristiada | Father Christopher | |
2014 | Decline of an Empire | Gallus | Posthumous release |
2017 | Diamond Cartel | Tugboat | Posthumous release |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | First Soldier | Episode: "A Tale of Two Pigtails" |
1961 | Rendezvous | John | TV show (3 episodes) |
1968 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | Television film |
1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin | TV show |
1981 | Masada | General Cornelius Flavius Silva | |
1982 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner | Television film |
1983 | Pygmalion | Professor Henry Higgins | Television film |
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Television film | |
Svengali | Anton Bosnyak | Television film | |
1984 | Kim | Lama | Television film |
1986 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hampton | TV show (1 episode) |
1987 | The Dark Angel | Uncle Silas | TV serial |
1990 | Crossing to Freedom | John Sidney Howard | Television film |
1992 | Civvies | Barry Newman | Television film |
1994 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Sam Trump | Miniseries |
1995 | Heavy Weather | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth | Television film |
1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Emperor of Lilliput | Television film |
1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Carey-Lewis | Television film |
1999 | Joan of Arc | Bishop Cauchon | |
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell | Jeffrey Bernard | Television film | |
2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Sidney McKnight | TV show (1 episode) |
2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | President Paul von Hindenburg | Television film |
Imperium: Augustus | Augustus Caesar | Television film | |
2005 | Casanova | Older Casanova | TV serial (3 episodes) |
2008 | The Tudors | Pope Paul III | TV show (7 episodes) |
Iron Road | Lionel Relic | Miniseries |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1956 | King Lear | Cornwall | Bristol Old Vic |
1956 | The Recruiting Officer | Bullock | |
1956 | Major Barbara | Peter Shirley | |
1956 | Othello | Lodovico | |
1956 | The Slave of Truth | Clitandre | |
1957 | Pygmalion | Henry Higgins | |
1957 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | |
1957 | Oh! My Papa! | Uncle Gustave | |
1957 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | |
1957 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | |
1958 | Man and Superman | Tanner | |
1958 | Hamlet | Hamlet | |
1958 | The Holiday | Roger | |
1958 | 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[5] |
1963 | 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 |
1973 | Plunder | D'Arcy Tuck | |
1974 | The Apple Cart | King Magnus | |
1974 | 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 |
Box office ranking[]
For a number of years O'Toole was among the most popular stars at the British box office:
- 1965 - 9th most popular[6]
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.
- ^ "007 again tops the poll". South China Sunday Post - Herald. Hong Kong. 2 January 1966. p. 8.
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
Categories:
- Male actor filmographies
- British filmographies
- Irish filmographies