![]() ![]() His jovial nature and strong gift for dialects made him a natural player for films, and it wasn't long after finding theatre work that Ustinov moved into motion pictures: a Dutch priest in Michael Powell's One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1941) an elderly Czech professor in Let the People Sing (1942) and a star pupil of a Nazi spy school in The Goose Steps Out (1942). He then enrolled for acting classes at the London Theater Studio, and by 1939, he made his London stage debut. ![]() He attended Westminster School, an exclusive private school in central London until he was 16. His father was a press attache at the German embassy until 1935 - when disgusted by the Nazi regime - he took out British nationality. ![]() He was born Peter Alexander Ustinov on Apin London, England. Sir Peter Ustinov, the witty, multi-talented actor, director and writer whose 60-year career in entertainment included two Best Supporting Actor OscarsĀ® for his memorable character turns in the films Spartacus and Topkapi, died of heart failure on March 28 at a clinic in Genolier, Switzerland. ![]()
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