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Peter O'Toole

Known For: Acting
Born: August 2, 1932
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: December 14, 2013

Peter O'Toole

Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British-Irish actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling C…

Filmography

TFI Unplugged

2026 · Self (Archive Footage)

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

2025 · Archive

Henry Fonda for President

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021 · Self (archive footage)

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Hangover in Death Valley

2018 · Narrator (voice)

Diamond Cartel

2015 · Tugboat

Katherine of Alexandria

2014 · Gallus

Talking Pictures

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012 · Father Christopher

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2012 · Self

Eldorado

2012 · Narrator (voice)

Eager to Die

2010 · Lord Pelican

Iron Road

2009 · Lionel Relic

Iron Road

2009 · Relic

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009

Dean Spanley

2008 · Fisk Senior

Christmas Cottage

2008 · Glen

Stardust

2007 · King

Ratatouille

2007 · Anton Ego (voice)

The Tudors

2007 · Pope Paul III

One Night with the King

2006 · Samuel, the Prophet

Venus

2006 · Maurice

Lassie

2005 · The Duke

Casanova

2005 · Giacomo Casanova

Mystic India

2005 · Narrador

Troy

2004 · Priam

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003 · Augustus Caesar

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003 · Augustus Caesar

Bright Young Things

2003 · Colonel Blount

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Self

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

2003 · President Paul von Hindenburg

The Final Curtain

2002 · JJ Curtis

Global Heresy

2002 · Lord Foxley

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

2001 · Self (archive footage)

Hellraisers

2000 · Self

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

1999 · Jeffrey Bernard, Director, Producer

The Early Show

1999 · Self

Joan of Arc

1999 · Bishop Cauchon

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999 · William Williamson

The Manor

1999 · Mr. Ravenscroft

Coming Home

1998 · Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

Coming Home

1998 · Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

Phantoms

1998 · Dr. Timothy Flyte

FairyTale: A True Story

1997 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The View

1997 · Self

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

An Evening with Spike Milligan

1996 · Himself

Gulliver's Travels

1996 · King of Lilliput

Heavy Weather

1995 · Clarence, Earl of Emsworth

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995 · Self

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

The Rainbow Thief

1994 · Prince Meleagre

Late Show with David Letterman

1993 · Self - Guest

The Seventh Coin

1993 · Emil Saber

Civvies

1992 · Barry Newman

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Self

Rebecca's Daughters

1992 · Lord Sarn

Isabelle Eberhardt

1991 · Maj. Lyautey

King Ralph

1991 · Sir Cedric Charles Willingham

The Nutcracker Prince

1990 · Pantaloon (voice)

Crossing to Freedom

1990 · John Sidney Howard

Wings of Fame

1990 · Cesar Valentin

On a Moonlit Night

1989 · Prof. Yan McShoul

The Dark Angel

1989 · Silas Ruthyn

High Spirits

1988 · Peter Plunkett

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

1988 · Self

The Last Emperor

1987 · Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

The Dark Angel

1987 · Uncle Silas Ruthyn

Club Paradise

1986 · Anthony Cloyden Hayes

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

1985 · Self / Zaltar

North and South

1985 · Sam Trump

Creator

1985 · Dr. Harry Wolper

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985 · John Hampton

Supergirl

1984 · Zaltar

Kim

1984 · Lama

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983 · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

1983 · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Pygmalion

1983 · Professor Henry Higgins

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

1983

Svengali

1983 · Anton Bosnyak

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

1983 · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

1983 · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Man and Superman

Man and Superman

1982 · Jack Tanner

My Favorite Year

1982 · Alan Swann

Wogan

1982 · Self

Masada

1981 · General Cornelius Flavius Silva

Wetten, dass..?

1981 · Self

The Stunt Man

1980 · Eli Cross

Strumpet City

1980 · Jim Larkin

Caligula

1979 · Tiberius

Zulu Dawn

1979 · Lord Chelmsford

Power Play

1978 · Colonel Zeller

Rogue Male

1976 · Sir Robert Thorndyke

Foxtrot

1976 · Liviu

Rosebud

1975 · Larry Martin

Man Friday

1975 · Robinson Crusoe

The Public's Right to Know

1974 · Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Man of La Mancha

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

The Ruling Class

1972 · Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Under Milk Wood

1972 · Captain Tom Cat

Murphy's War

1971 · Murphy

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic

1970

Brotherly Love

1970 · Sir Charles Ferguson

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969 · Arthur Chipping

Stiletto

1969 · Man at the Premiere (uncredited)

Great Catherine

1968 · Capt. Charles Edstaston

The Lion in Winter

1968 · Henry II

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Casino Royale

1967 · Scottish Piper (uncredited)

Present Laughter

1967 · Garry Essendine

The Night of the Generals

1967 · General Tanz

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966 · The Three Angels

How to Steal a Million

1966 · Simon Dermott

The Sandpiper

1965 · (voice) (uncredited)

What's New Pussycat?

1965 · Michael James

The Party's Over

1965 · Producer

Lord Jim

1965 · Lord Jim, Associate Producer

Becket

1964 · King Henry II of England

Wind Sand and Star

1963

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

1963 · Self

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · T.E. Lawrence

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

Operation Snatch

1962 · Producer

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960 · Capt. Monty Fitch

The Savage Innocents

1960 · First Trooper

Kidnapped

1960 · Robin MacGregor

The Castiglioni Brothers

The Castiglioni Brothers

1958 · Mario

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Paddy

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955 · First Soldier

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Today

1952 · Self

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Rene Latour

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

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