Peter O'Toole

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-08-02 (81 years old)

Deathday

2013-12-14

Place of Birth

Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Peter O'Toole

Biography

Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which...

Acting

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as T.E. Lawrence

2007

Ratatouille

as Anton Ego (voice)

2004

Troy

as Priam

1987

The Last Emperor

as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

1966

How to Steal a Million

as Simon Dermott

2007

Stardust

as King

1975

Rosebud

as Larry Martin

1966

1965

What's New Pussycat?

as Michael James

1991

King Ralph

as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham

1988

High Spirits

as Peter Plunkett

1965

Lord Jim

as Lord Jim

1982

My Favorite Year

as Alan Swann

1972

The Ruling Class

as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

1967

Casino Royale

as Scottish Piper (uncredited)

1979

Caligula

as Tiberius

1986

Club Paradise

as Anthony Cloyden Hayes

1998

Phantoms

as Dr. Timothy Flyte

1984

Supergirl

as Zaltar

1971

Murphy's War

as Murphy

1990

The Nutcracker Prince

as Pantaloon (voice)

1994

The Rainbow Thief

as Prince Meleagre

2006

Venus

as Maurice

1969

Stiletto

as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)

1985

Creator

as Dr. Harry Wolper

1999

The Manor

as Mr. Ravenscroft

1980

The Stunt Man

as Eli Cross

1997

FairyTale: A True Story

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2005

Lassie

as The Duke

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Arthur Chipping

1967

2002

The Final Curtain

as JJ Curtis

1960

Kidnapped

as Robin MacGregor

2006

One Night with the King

as Samuel, the Prophet

1972

Under Milk Wood

as Captain Tom Cat

1964

Becket

as King Henry II of England

1989

On a Moonlit Night

as Prof. Yan McShoul

2002

Global Heresy

as Lord Foxley

1972

Man of La Mancha

as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana

1979

Zulu Dawn

as Lord Chelmsford

2008

Dean Spanley

as Fisk Senior

1991

Isabelle Eberhardt

as Maj. Lyautey

1968

1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1975

Man Friday

as Robinson Crusoe

2012

Eldorado

as Narrator (voice)

1960

The Savage Innocents

as First Trooper

2012

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

as Father Christopher

1983

2000

1976

Rogue Male

as Sir Robert Thorndyke

1987

The Dark Angel

as Uncle Silas Ruthyn

1999

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

as Jeffrey Bernard

1993

The Seventh Coin

as Emil Saber

1995

Heavy Weather

as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth

1992

1984

Kim

as Lama

1990

Crossing to Freedom

as John Sidney Howard

1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1983

Svengali

as Anton Bosnyak

1983

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

1982

Man and Superman

as Jack Tanner

1983

Pygmalion

as Professor Henry Higgins

1978

Power Play

as Colonel Zeller

1968

Great Catherine

as Capt. Charles Edstaston

1970

Brotherly Love

as Sir Charles Ferguson

2009

Iron Road

as Relic

1976

Foxtrot

as Liviu

2015

Diamond Cartel

as Tugboat

1998

Coming Home

as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Wings of Fame

as Cesar Valentin

2023

Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Hangover in Death Valley

as Narrator (voice)

2022

2003

Bright Young Things

as Colonel Blount

1965

The Sandpiper

as (voice) (uncredited)

1999

2005

Mystic India

as Narrador

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1967

Present Laughter

as Garry Essendine

2010

Eager to Die

as Lord Pelican

2003

Augustus: The First Emperor

as Augustus Caesar

Production

1965

Lord Jim

as Associate Producer

1962

Operation Snatch

as Producer

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