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29 Mar 04 - 09:14 AM (#1149000) Subject: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Alice I have always admired the acting of Peter Ustinov. He has passed away at age 82. Rest in Peace. |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:15 AM (#1149004) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Amos I major figure in the world for as long as I can remember. Go lightly, sir -- you were terrific! A |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:25 AM (#1149012) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: wysiwyg Damn, and I was hoping he'd come sometime for supper! ~S~ |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:30 AM (#1149017) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Ellenpoly A great talent and true gentleman. He will be missed. My favorite characters, by the way, were in Spartacus, and Logan's Run, and his Nero was amazing as well. |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:31 AM (#1149020) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: alanabit An interesting and multi talented man. He spoke several languages, which gave him an insight into several different cultures. I don't think there are many like him around at the moment - not in the world of film acting at any rate. |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:53 AM (#1149034) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: el ted My favourite quote of his is " I like being interviewed, because I get to find out what I am thinking" |
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29 Mar 04 - 09:55 AM (#1149037) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Rapparee One of the geniuses of the theater. He will be sorely missed. |
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29 Mar 04 - 10:33 AM (#1149057) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: C-flat A true renaissance man. CLICK |
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29 Mar 04 - 10:37 AM (#1149060) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Metchosin Sir Peter was also a major supporter of UNICEF for over 30 years and a great humourist. His autobigraphy Dear Me was engrossing and incredibly funny. When he went off to school in London at the age 6, he was confronted with a large picture of Jesus Christ holding the hand of a boy scout and pointing out the extent of the British Empire. He said that was the beginning of his scepticism. The world is a poorer place for his loss. |
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29 Mar 04 - 10:38 AM (#1149062) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Schantieman His autobiography, Dear Me is well worth a read. I wish I'd thought of that title - nearly as good as Golda Meir's My Life. A talented, funny, erudite and clever man who will be sorely missed. Steve |
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29 Mar 04 - 11:59 AM (#1149120) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Peace He had class. |
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29 Mar 04 - 01:21 PM (#1149167) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Mrs.Duck An incredibly talented versatile and intelligent man. A hard act to follow. |
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29 Mar 04 - 02:21 PM (#1149241) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: fat B****rd A fascinating man and a great actor. RIP Mr. Ustinov. Was he in Hobson's Choice ? |
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29 Mar 04 - 05:23 PM (#1149421) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Raedwulf A great man. It may have been one of his lesser efforts (in the critics' eyes, at least) but I still remember One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing with fondness. I'm sure I saw it at the flicks on release too, at the tender age of... look, never you mind, but I wasn't a teenager! I wonder what he's saying to whichever Big Juju he's just run into? ;) |
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29 Mar 04 - 06:03 PM (#1149463) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Shanghaiceltic He was one of my favourites along with David Niven. Both wrote well and just exuded cultured behaviour and very erudite thoughts. |
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29 Mar 04 - 07:58 PM (#1149501) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: The Walrus The World was made richer by his presence and his passing is a loss to us all. |
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30 Mar 04 - 02:48 AM (#1149663) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: alison He died the same day as my Gran...... hopefully they can keep each other company on the way slainte alison |
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30 Mar 04 - 02:52 AM (#1149667) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: jacqui.c Whatever the afterlife it will be all the better for his presence. A lovely avuncular man, a gentle soul in spite of the scepticism. |
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30 Mar 04 - 11:39 AM (#1150085) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: GMT I wondered where this thread was. Yes a great shame I always liked his work. RIP. fat B****rd are you thinking of Charles Laughton ? Cheers Gary |
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30 Mar 04 - 02:05 PM (#1150243) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: fat B****rd Same movie I think Mr. Ustinov and Richard Wattis played Laughton's daughters boyfriends. |
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30 Mar 04 - 02:43 PM (#1150282) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: McGrath of Harlow He did some good jokesongs too - I sort of recall there being one about a Soviet collective farm with a tractor driver Stakhanovite. Alastair Cooke, Bob Copper and Peter Ustinov, all standing in a line. Funny old day for Saint Peter... |
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30 Mar 04 - 04:39 PM (#1150387) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: akenaton Ill never forget his performance as the mad, weak Nero, in Quo Vadis. |
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30 Mar 04 - 05:48 PM (#1150428) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Bill Hahn//\\ A great actor and a most wonderful raconteur. On one talk show he said --in the most droll way--"...when people say to me here in the U>S> Have A Nice Day I unrailingly tell them that I have other plans". Wit drawn large. Bill Hahn |
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31 Mar 04 - 08:23 AM (#1150883) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Richard Bridge I like the generous spirit of the mudcat. |
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31 Mar 04 - 07:54 PM (#1151442) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Bill Hahn//\\ I don't know what that means----Richard Bridge---but, have a nice day. I have other plans. Bill H |
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31 Mar 04 - 08:38 PM (#1151464) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Little Hawk I remember him in the movie "Topkapi", crawling around in absolute terror on the palace roof in Istanbul. He was a delightfully amusing man, back in the days when wit shone brighter than mere doltishness. - LH |
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01 Apr 04 - 03:46 AM (#1151696) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: HuwG 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." |
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01 Apr 04 - 01:16 PM (#1152108) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Don Firth fat B****rd, the Internet Movie Data Base doesn't list Peter Ustinov in the cast of Hobson's Choice. It does list Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty) as one of the daughters, however. Here is a complete list of Ustinov's credits. Mind blowing!! Don Firth |
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01 Apr 04 - 01:31 PM (#1152114) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Ustinov RIP From: Stilly River Sage My goodness but he was busy! |