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Peter Ustinov
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: April 16, 1921 in London, England, UK Death: March 28, 2004 in Lake Geneva, Switzerland Biography:Hirsute, puckish "renaissance man" "Peter Ustinov" was born in England to parents of Russian lineage. Trained at the London Theatre Studio, Ustinov was on stage from the age of 17, performing sketches written by himself in the 1939 revue Late Joys. In 1940, the year that his first play, Fishing for Shadows, was staged, the 19-year-old Ustinov appeared in his first film. Just before entering the British army, Ustinov penned his first screenplay, "The True Glory" (1945). "School for Secrets" (1946) was the first of several films starring, written, and directed by Ustinov; others include "Vice Versa" (1946), "Private Angelo" (1949), "Romanoff and Juliet" (1961) (adapted from his own stage play), and "Lady L" (1965). Perhaps Ustinov's most ambitious film directorial project was "Billy Budd" (1962), a laudable if not completely successful attempt to transfer the allegorical style of Herman Melville to the... Full Biography
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