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Peter O'Toole

Peter Seamus O'Toole first appeared on film in British television's The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1955, and a minor role in Disney release of Kidnapped in 1960. His most famous role was that of T.E. Lawrence in 1962's Lawrence of Arabia. In a career that spanned six decades and more than eighty titles, he was seen in such films as Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), My Favorite Year(1982), The Last Emperor (1987), King Ralph (1991), Troy (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and recurring roles in such series as The Tudors, Casanova, Masada and Strumpet City.


Aliases
  • Peter O'toole
English

Ratatouille

2007
as Anton Ego (voice)

Troy

2004
as Priam

The Tudors

2007
as Pope Paul III

Lawrence of Arabia

1962
as T.E. Lawrence

Stardust

2007
as King of Stormhold

The Last Emperor

1987
as Reginal Flemming Johnson

Man and Superman

1982
as Jack Tanner

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003
as Augustus Caesar

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966
as The Three Angels

Rebecca's Daughters

1992
as Lord Sarn

Masada

1981
as Flavius Silva

The Savage Innocents

1960
as First Trooper

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

1999
as Jeffrey Bernard

Phantoms

1998
as Dr. Timothy Flyte

Kidnapped

1960
as Robin MacGregor

Iron Road

2009
as Lionel Relic

My Favorite Year

1982
as Alan Swann

Joan of Arc

1999
as Bishop Pierre Cauchon

Great Catherine

1968
as Capt. Charles Edstaston

Heavy Weather

1995
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth

Caligula

1979
as Tiberius

Man Friday

1975
as Robinson Crusoe

The Ruling Class

1972
as Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney - 14th Earl of Gurney

Stiletto

1969
as Man at Premier

Lord Jim

1965
as Lord Jim

The Last Emperor

1988
as Interviewee

Casanova

2005
as Old Giacomo Casanova

Brotherhood of the Popcorn

2015
as Peter O'Toole

Becket

1964
as his King / King Henry II

What's New Pussycat?

1965
as Michael James

The Final Curtain

2002
as JJ Curtis

Global Heresy

2002
as Lord Foxley

FairyTale: A True Story

1997
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Foxtrot

1976
as Liviu

Wings of Fame

1990
as Cesar Valentin

Kim

1984
as Lama

Under Milk Wood

1972
as Captain Tom Cat

The Stunt Man

1980
as Eli Cross

Rogue Male

1976
as Sir Robert Thorndyke

Lassie

2005
as The Duke

Supergirl

1984
as Zaltar

Crossing to Freedom

1990
as John Sidney Howard

Country Dance

1970
as Sir Charles Ferguson

The Seventh Coin

1993
as Emil Saber

High Spirits

1988
as Peter Plunkett

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Power Play

1978
as Colonel Zeller

Dean Spanley

2008
as Fisk Senior

Svengali

1983
as Anton Bosnyak

Eager to Die

2010
as Lord Pelican

Fractional

2011
as David Crowe

Strumpet City

1980
as Jim Larkin

Man of La Mancha

1972
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana

Venus

2006
as Maurice

Eldorado

2012
as Narrator

How to Steal a Million

1966
as Simon Dermott

Creator

1985
as Dr. Harry Wolper

King Ralph

1991
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham

Club Paradise

1986
as Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes

Mystic India

2005
as Peter O'Toole

Murphy's War

1971
as Murphy

The Rainbow Thief

1990
as Prince Meleagre

The Lion in Winter

1968
as Henry II

Zulu Dawn

1979
as Lord Chelmsford

Isabelle Eberhardt

1991
as Maj. Lyautey

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969
as Arthur Chipping

The Manor

1999
as Mr. Ravenscroft

One Night with the King

2006
as Samuel, the Prophet

Rosebud

1975
as Larry Martin

Pygmalion

1983
as Professor Henry Higgins

Civvies

1992
as Barry Newman

The Dark Angel

1989
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn

Up to Date

1989
as Prof. Yan McShoul

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

2003
as President Paul von Hindenburg

The Nutcracker Prince

1990
as Pantaloon (voice)

Diamond Cartel

2017
as Tugboat

Hollywood Invasion

2011
as Peter O'Toole

Director

Movie Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell 1999

Producer

Movie Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell 1999

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peter O'Toole
1972
Episode ITV Play of the Week
Present Laughter
1967
Episode History Channel Documentaries
Troy: The Passion of Helen
2004
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Buddy Hackett, Peter O'Toole, William Demarest, Victor Buono
1978
Episode The Ray Bradbury Theater
Banshee
1986
Episode The Education of Max Bickford
One More Time
2002
Episode The Daily Show
Peter O'Toole
2007
Episode Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? aus Kiel
1987
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #2685
2007
Episode BBC Drama
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
1999
Episode Parkinson
Michael Flatley, Peter O'Toole, Robbie Williams
2005