Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Peter O’Toole

Peter O'Toole was one of my favorite actors when I was younger. I have not seen any of his latest movies.

His performances in Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in Winter still blow me away, as much as Night of the Generals still creeps me out. To this day, General Tanz crosses my mind at least once a month. I remember how surprised I was when I first saw The Ruling Class. I was pretty young and did not fully realize that a serious dramatic actor could do comedy. He did both exceptionally well.

His stage work included a good deal of prominent productions of Shakespeare

King Lear as the Duke of Cornwall
Othello as Lodovico
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
The Taming of the Shrew as Petruchio
The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
Troilus and Cressida as Thersites
Macbeth as Macbeth
Hamlet as Hamlet in two separate productions

And a few by George Bernard Shaw

Major Barbara as Peter Shirley
The Apple Cart as King Magnus in two separate productions
Man and Superman as Tanner in three separate productions
Pygmalion as Henry Higgins in four separate productions and a movie version

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot as Vladimir in two separate productions
Chekhov's Uncle Vanya as Vanya in two separate productions
Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Gary Essendine
He originated the role of Jeffrey Bernard in Keith Waterhouse's Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, as well as the movie that he co-directed


Kidnapped
directed & written by Robert Stevenson
produced by Walt Disney
starring Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie, Peter O'Toole

The Savage Innocents
directed by Nicholas Ray
written by Nicholas Ray & Franco Solinas
starring Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Peter O'Toole, Carlo Giustini

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
directed by John Guillermin
written by Howard Clewes & Richard Maibaum
starring Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore

Lawrence of Arabia
directed by David Lean
written by Robert Bolt & Michael Wilson
produced by Sam Spiegel
starring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Ian MacNaughton

Becket
directed by Peter Glenville
written by Edward Anhalt
produced by Hal Wallis
starring Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Paolo Stoppa, Donald Wolfit, Siân Phillips, Victor Spinetti

Lord Jim
directed, written & produced by Richard Brooks
starring Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach, Curt Jürgens, Jack Hawkins, Daliah Lavi, Jack MacGowran

What's New Pussycat?
directed by Clive Donner
written by Woody Allen
starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress

The Sandpiper
directed by Vincente Minnelli
written by Dalton Trumbo
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint

How to Steal a Million
directed & produced by William Wyler
written by Harry Kurnitz
starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Hugh Griffith, Eli Wallach, Charles Boyer

The Bible: In the Beginning...
directed by John Huston
produced by Dino De Laurentiis
starring Michael Parks, Richard Harris, John Huston, George C Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero

The Night of the Generals
directed by Anatole Litvak
written by Joseph Kessel & Paul Dehn
produced by Sam Spiegel
starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Tom Courtenay, Christopher Plummer

Casino Royale
directed by Val Guest, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Ken Hughes, Richard Talmadge
written by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Val Guest, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Terry Southern
music by Burt Bacharach
starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr, John Huston, William Holden, Charles Boyer, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Jacqueline Bisset, Ronnie Corbett, Tracy Reed, Peter O'Toole, Geraldine Chaplin, Richard Talmadge, Valentine Dyall

The Lion in Winter
directed by Anthony Harvey
starring Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton

Great Catherine
directed by Gordon Flemyng
written by Hugh Leonard
starring Peter O'Toole, Jeanne Moreau, Zero Mostel, Jack Hawkins, Akim Tamiroff

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
directed by Herbert Ross
starring Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, Siân Phillips, George Baker

Country Dance
directed by J Lee Thompson
starring Peter O'Toole, Susannah York, Michael Craig, Harry Andrews, Cyril Cusack, Brian Blessed

Murphy's War
directed by Peter Yates
starring Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson

Under Milk Wood
directed & written by Andrew Sinclair
starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Victor Spinetti

The Ruling Class
directed by Peter Medak
written by Peter Barnes
produced by Jules Buck & Jack Hawkins
starring Peter O'Toole, Coral Browne, William Mervyn, James Villiers, Arthur Lowe, Carolyn Seymour, Harry Andrews

Man of La Mancha
directed by Arthur Hiller
starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Ian Richardson,
Brian Blessed

Rosebud
directed & produced by Otto Preminger
written by Erik Lee Preminger
starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman, Peter Lawford, Isabelle Huppert, Kim Cattrall

Man Friday
directed by Jack Gold
written by Adrian Mitchell
starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier

Foxtrot
directed & written by Arturo Ripstein
starring Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Max von Sydow

Rogue Male
directed by Clive Donner
starring Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter

Power Play
directed & written by Martyn Burke
starring Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence, Barry Morse

Zulu Dawn
directed by Douglas Hickox
starring Peter O'Toole, Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliott, Bob Hoskins, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner

Caligula
directed by Tinto Brass
written by Gore Vidal, Tinto Brass, Malcolm McDowell
starring Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren

The Stunt Man
directed & produced by Richard Rush
written by Richard Rush & Lawrence Marcus
starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco

Masada
directed by Boris Sagal
starring Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Anthony Quayle, David Warner, Richard Basehart

My Favorite Year
directed by Richard Benjamin
starring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan, Lou Jacobi, George Wyner, Selma Diamond, Cameron Mitchell

Pygmalion
directed by Alan Cooke
starring Peter O'Toole, Margot Kidder

Supergirl
directed by Jeannot Szwarc
starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter Cook, Marc McClure, Matt Frewer

Creator
directed by Ivan Passer
starring Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen, David Ogden Stiers, Rance Howard, Eve McVeagh

Club Paradise
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Chris Miller, Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray
starring Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Joanna Cassidy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joe Flaherty, Robin Duke, Mary Gross

The Last Emperor
directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
written by Mark Peploe & Bernardo Bertolucci
produced by Jeremy Thomas
starring John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Wu Junmei

High Spirits
directed by Neil Jordan
written by Neil Jordan & Michael McDowell
starring Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Jennifer Tilly, Peter Gallagher, Martin Ferrero, Connie Booth

As Long as It's Love
directed by Lina Wertmüller
written by Lina Wertmüller & Rutger Hauer
starring Rutger Hauer, Nastassja Kinski, Peter O'Toole, Faye Dunaway

Wings of Fame
directed by Otakar Votocek
written by Otakar Votocek & Herman Koch
starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol

The Rainbow Thief
directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee

The Nutcracker Prince
directed by Paul Schibli
starring Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows, Phyllis Diller, Peter O'Toole

King Ralph
directed & written by David Ward
starring John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Richard Griffiths, Joely Richardson

Rebecca's Daughters
directed by Karl Francis
written by Dylan Thomas & Guy Jenkin
starring Peter O'Toole, Joely Richardson, Paul Rhys

Civvies
directed by Karl Francis
written by Lynda La Plante
starring Jason Issacs, Elizabeth Rider, Peter O'Toole

Isabelle Eberhardt
directed by Ian Pringle
starring Mathilda May, Peter O'Toole

The Seventh Coin
directed by Dror Soref
starring Peter O'Toole, Alexandra Powers, John Rhys-Davies

Heavy Weather
directed by Jack Gold
starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Briers, Judy Parfitt, Sarah Badel

Gulliver's Travels
directed by Charles Sturridge
starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alfre Woodard, John Gielgud, Ned Beatty, Geraldine Chaplin, Isabelle Huppert, Kristin Scott Thomas, Warwick Davis, Karyn Parsons

FairyTale: A True Story
directed by Charles Sturridge
starring Peter O'Toole, Florence Hoath, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nighy, Phoebe Nicholls

Coming Home
directed by Giles Foster
starring Keira Knightley, Emily Mortimer, Peter O'Toole, Joanna Lumley, Paul Bettany

Phantoms
directed by Joe Chappelle
written by Dean Koontz
starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, Clifton Powell

The Manor
directed by Ken Berris
written by Ken Berris & Steven Moses
starring Greta Scacchi, Gabrielle Anwar, Edie McClurg, Fay Masterson, Peter O'Toole

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
directed by Paul Cox
starring David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Derek Jacobi, Alice Krige, Kris Kristofferson, Leo McKern, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Tom Wilkinson

Joan of Arc
directed by Christian Duguay
starring Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Neil Patrick Harris, Olympia Dukakis, Robert Loggia, Shirley MacLaine, Peter O'Toole, Maximilian Schell, Peter Strauss

Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell
directed by Tom Kinninmont & Peter O'Toole
written by Keith Waterhouse
starring Peter O'Toole

Global Heresy
directed by Sidney Furie
starring Peter O'Toole, Joan Plowright, Alicia Silverstone

The Final Curtain
directed by Patrick Harkins
starring Peter O'Toole, Adrian Lester, Julia Sawalha

Bright Young Things
directed & written by Stephen Fry
starring James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, Emily Mortimer, Stockard Channing, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Peter O'Toole, Simon Callow, Richard Grant, Stephen Fry

Hitler: The Rise of Evil
directed by Christian Duguay
starring Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Jena Malone, Julianna Margulies, Liev Schreiber, Peter Stormare, Peter O'Toole

Imperium: Augustus
directed by Roger Young
starring Peter O'Toole, Vittoria Belvedere, Charlotte Rampling

Troy
directed & produced by Wolfgang Petersen
starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Saffron Burrows, Julie Christie

Lassie
directed & produced by Charles Sturridge
written by Charles Sturridge & Eric Knight
starring Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, Peter Dinklage, Jemma Redgrave, Kelly Macdonald, Edward Fox

Venus
directed by Roger Michell
starring Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave

One Night with the King
directed by Michael Sajbel
starring Tiffany Dupont, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Tommy Lister, Jonah Lotan, Peter O'Toole

Ratatouille
directed & written by Brad Bird
starring Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett, Brian Dennehy, Peter O'Toole, John Ratzenberger

Stardust
directed by Matthew Vaughn
written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn
starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole, Ricky Gervais, Ian McKellen

Dean Spanley
directed by Toa Fraser
starring Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole, Judy Parfitt

Christmas Cottage
directed by Michael Campus
starring Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O'Toole, Chris Elliott, Charlotte Rae, Edward Asner

Iron Road
directed by David Wu
starring Sun Li, Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Tony Leung Ka Fai

Eldorado
directed & written by Richard Driscoll
starring Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Peter O'Toole, Michael Madsen, Brigitte Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Kerry Washington

Cristiada
directed by Dean Wright
starring Andy García, Eva Longoria, Peter O'Toole, Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades, Bruce Greenwood

Decline of an Empire
directed & produced by Michael Redwood
starring Nicole Madjarov, Peter O'Toole, Edward Fox, Samantha Beckinsale

Diamond Cartel
directed by Salamat Mukhammed-Ali
starring Armand Assante, Peter O'Toole, Michael Madsen, Tommy Lister

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