paul calf
03-29-2004, 07:15 AM
great actor the only thing that made those old agatha christie movies watchable.
from sky news
SIR PETER USTINOV DIES
Actor, writer and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov has died aged 82.
Sir Peter died at a clinic near his home in Switzerland at around midnight last night.
His manager told Sky News: "The world has lost a great artist and a great humanitarian."
Steve Kenis said Sir Peter had returned from holiday in Thailand at the end of January with a mystery illness and he never recovered.
Paying tribute to Sir Peter, Mr Kenis added: "He would always see the bright side of something."
And he said: "He was a giver throughout everything and a very wonderful warm human being."
His biographer, John Miller, described him as "one of they funniest men I've ever met".
And Mr Miller added: "He always said that he acted for a living and he wrote because he must."
Sir Peter was a two-time Oscar-winner, knighted in 1990 and had been a goodwill ambassador for Unicef since 1971.
He was fluent in six languages and could pass in at least two others.
During World War II, Private Peter Ustinov was batman to Lieutenant Colonel David Niven.
Mr Kenis said: "He went to Westminster School and started his professional career in London and went on to global success over many, many years."
Sir Peter never turned his back on his Russian roots. He was the son of designer Nadia Benois and grandson of Alexandre Benois, the St Petersburg designer of the first big Diaghilev ballets.
Mr Kenis said Sir Peter used to joke he was "born in London but was conceived in St Petersburg".
from sky news
SIR PETER USTINOV DIES
Actor, writer and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov has died aged 82.
Sir Peter died at a clinic near his home in Switzerland at around midnight last night.
His manager told Sky News: "The world has lost a great artist and a great humanitarian."
Steve Kenis said Sir Peter had returned from holiday in Thailand at the end of January with a mystery illness and he never recovered.
Paying tribute to Sir Peter, Mr Kenis added: "He would always see the bright side of something."
And he said: "He was a giver throughout everything and a very wonderful warm human being."
His biographer, John Miller, described him as "one of they funniest men I've ever met".
And Mr Miller added: "He always said that he acted for a living and he wrote because he must."
Sir Peter was a two-time Oscar-winner, knighted in 1990 and had been a goodwill ambassador for Unicef since 1971.
He was fluent in six languages and could pass in at least two others.
During World War II, Private Peter Ustinov was batman to Lieutenant Colonel David Niven.
Mr Kenis said: "He went to Westminster School and started his professional career in London and went on to global success over many, many years."
Sir Peter never turned his back on his Russian roots. He was the son of designer Nadia Benois and grandson of Alexandre Benois, the St Petersburg designer of the first big Diaghilev ballets.
Mr Kenis said Sir Peter used to joke he was "born in London but was conceived in St Petersburg".