Bless you, LH, I was about to mention that one. Bruce Geller was impressed enough by the film to create the original "Mission Impossible" series in the 1960's; and lesser minds simply ripped off the stunt for the over-hyped film of the same name with Tom Cruise; but I digress.

I remember first noticing him when I was a child, as the ghost of Edward Teach in "Blackbeard's Ghost". I don't think I ever saw such inspired clowning.



The IMDb trivia page for Peter Ustinov has, among other items:

Has a song written about him: "The Night I Saved Peter Ustinov" - written and recorded by Lauren Christy.

Is fluent in French, German, English, Italian, Russian and Spanish and can pass in Turkish and Greek among others.

He was known to proudly say "I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins."