Peter O'Toole
Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England — Aug 02 1932• Died Dec 14 2013
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Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British-Irish 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…
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Peter O'Toole's Credits
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Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
The Tudors
Pope Paul III
The Oscars
Self
North and South
Sam Trump
Sunday Night Theatre
Rene Latour
Ratatouille
Anton Ego (voice)
Troy
Priam
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Hampton
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
First Soldier
Caligula
Tiberius
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Stardust
King
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Joan of Arc
Bishop Cauchon
Masada
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
The Last Emperor
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
President Paul von Hindenburg
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
Gulliver's Travels
King of Lilliput
Casino Royale
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Becket
King Henry II of England
Phantoms
Dr. Timothy Flyte
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
The Lion in Winter
Henry II
The Dark Angel
Silas Ruthyn
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Supergirl
Zaltar
How to Steal a Million
Simon Dermott
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Three Angels
Venus
Maurice
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
What's New Pussycat?
Michael James
Civvies
Barry Newman
Lassie
The Duke
Armchair Theatre
Paddy
Strumpet City
Jim Larkin
The Sandpiper
(voice) (uncredited)
Iron Road
Lionel Relic
King Ralph
Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Bright Young Things
Colonel Blount
One Night with the King
Samuel, the Prophet
The Ruling Class
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Father Christopher
Zulu Dawn
Lord Chelmsford
The Stunt Man
Eli Cross
Rogue Male
Sir Robert Thorndyke
Man Friday
Robinson Crusoe
The Nutcracker Prince
Pantaloon (voice)
Rosebud
Larry Martin
Heavy Weather
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
FairyTale: A True Story
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Creator
Dr. Harry Wolper
Murphy's War
Murphy
Eldorado
Narrator (voice)
The Night of the Generals
General Tanz
Club Paradise
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Kim
Lama
My Favorite Year
Alan Swann
Diamond Cartel
Tugboat
Iron Road
Relic
Isabelle Eberhardt
Maj. Lyautey
Christmas Cottage
Glen
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Wings of Fame
Cesar Valentin
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Arthur Chipping
Stiletto
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Great Catherine
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self (archive footage)
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Self / Zaltar
High Spirits
Peter Plunkett
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Man of La Mancha
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
William Williamson
Kidnapped
Robin MacGregor
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Rebecca's Daughters
Lord Sarn
Power Play
Colonel Zeller
Dean Spanley
Fisk Senior
The Dark Angel
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Under Milk Wood
Captain Tom Cat
The Seventh Coin
Emil Saber
Brotherly Love
Sir Charles Ferguson
The Savage Innocents
First Trooper
Global Heresy
Lord Foxley
Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins
Hellraisers
Self
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
Svengali
Anton Bosnyak
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Capt. Monty Fitch
The Rainbow Thief
Prince Meleagre
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hangover in Death Valley
Narrator (voice)
Operation Snatch
Production
On a Moonlit Night
Prof. Yan McShoul
The Manor
Mr. Ravenscroft
The Party's Over
Production
The Final Curtain
JJ Curtis
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
Man and Superman
Jack Tanner
Crossing to Freedom
John Sidney Howard
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
Katherine of Alexandria
Gallus
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Foxtrot
Liviu
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard
Mystic India
Narrador
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
Wind Sand and Star
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Castiglioni Brothers
Mario
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Self
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self
Eager to Die
Lord Pelican
The Public's Right to Know
Self
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce