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ustinov: walter mitty at heart
The last of the Renaissance men. Peter Ustinov… Through the 1960’s and beyond, Peter Ustinov was almost frantically in demand. Like other television performers, he was gnawingly aware of how fast comic material could be used up, and he had … Continue reading
ustinov: sorry lot of stevedores
…In his work as mime, Peter Ustinov’s ear was constantly tuned to subtleties of accent and word usage. “The American language,” he said, “is still in the process of formation. It’s being added to every year by the influx of … Continue reading
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ustinov: the juiceless knuckles
Ustinov had an intense interest in politics, and although branded sometimes as a Leftist apologist, his views were within the mainstream parameters, something between he thirty yard lines and devoid of ideological rhetoric passing as profound insight. Early in his … Continue reading
ustinov: magic of mimicry
….As an actor, Peter Ustinov appeared on the London stage as the inspector in Crime and Punishment, with John Gielgud. He made several movies in Hollywood including Quo Vadis, the Egyptian, and We’re No Angels. Ustinov liked Hollywood because it … Continue reading
ustinov: four colonels in love
…Ustinov’s first major success was The Love of Four Colonels. It ran two years in London, had the longest run, 1300 performances, of any postwar play in France, and traveled to thirty countries. In this play, four colonels- an Englishman, … Continue reading
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ustinov: everybody’s talkin’
…Peter Ustinov’s first three plays were produced while he was in military service during World War Two. House of Regents, a story of Russian exiles, reached the stage largely because James Agate, the waspish but influential critic of the Sunday … Continue reading
Ustinov in the army: not combat ready.
…At nineteen Ustinov got a job at The Player’s Theatre, doing a comic skit called The Bishop of Limpopoland, which dealt with an Anglican bishop who had been to Africa so long that he couldn’t imagine anyone not being able … Continue reading
ustinov: comedic dissection
…Ustinov was particularly acerb about British education. “English adolescence,” he once said, “runs from first childhood to second childhood without a break. With Englishmen of fifty, one can see exactly what they looked like at four. With Italians on the … Continue reading
ustinov: the globe trotter
Versatile personality. (see link at end)…I had read a quote from Hélène in which she had reportedly said that she has to take the odd break from Ustinov because, “You couldn’t live with Peter day and night. You’d get confused. … Continue reading
ustinov: the cosmopolitan
…If Peter Ustinov’s life seemed relatively simple and uncomplicated for so versatile a character, his ancestry certainly was not. On the little finger of his left hand, he wore a gold ring with family crest dating from the time of … Continue reading
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