Peter Ustinov

Born: 1921-04-16

Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE ( 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter. A noted wit and raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. He was also a respected intellectual and diplomat who, in addition to his various academic posts, served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and President of the World Federalist Movement. Ustinov was the winner of numerous awards over his life, including two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Emmy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards for acting, a Grammy Award for best recording for children, as well the recipient of governmental honours from, amongst others, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He displayed a unique cultural versatility that has frequently earned him the accolade of a Renaissance man. Miklós Rózsa, composer of the music for Quo Vadis and of numerous concert works, dedicated his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950) to Ustinov. In 2003, shortly before his death in 2004, Durham University renamed its Graduate Society as Ustinov College in honour of the significant contributions Sir Peter had made while serving as Chancellor of the University from 1992 onwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Ustinov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Quo Vadis

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Robin Hood

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Le Plaisir

as Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)
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Animal Farm

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as Kaptah
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as Circus Master
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Murder in Three Acts

as Hercule Poirot
Released: 1986-10-01

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as Suleiman
Released: 1979-02-21

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this...

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Dead Man's Folly

as Hercule Poirot
Released: 1986-01-08

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The French Revolution

as Vicomte de Mirabeau
Released: 1989-05-10

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux...

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as William Stroughton
Released: 2002-12-24

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal...

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The Last Remake of Beau Geste

as Sergeant Markov
Released: 1977-06-15

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless...

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The Sundowners

as Rupert Venneker
Released: 1960-12-08

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep...

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The Way Ahead

as Rispoli
Released: 1944-06-09

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Billy Budd

as Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain
Released: 1962-11-12

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic...

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Beau Brummell

as principe di Galles
Released: 1954-11-16

Lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses...

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There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs

as Il veterinario
Released: 1990-01-01

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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

as Charlie Chan
Released: 1981-02-13

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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The Thief of Baghdad

as The Caliph
Released: 1978-01-10

A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a...

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Treasure of Matecumbe

as Dr. Snodgrass
Released: 1976-07-01

In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret,...

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Viva Max!

as General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos
Released: 1969-12-01

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group...

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Double Murder

as Harry Hellman
Released: 1977-12-23

Detective Baldassarre spends his forced exile sorting criminal records. He gets a chance to...

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The Purple Taxi

as Taubelman
Released: 1977-05-25

With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of...

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Parkinson at 50

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-08-28

Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of...

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

as The Priest
Released: 1942-04-24

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid...

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The Mouse and His Child

as Manny the Rat (voice)
Released: 1977-11-18

A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become...

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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

as Mr. Wonderbird (voice)
Released: 1953-05-29

A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a...

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Fawz
Released: 1965-03-24

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken...

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The Spies

as Michel Kiminsky
Released: 1957-10-10

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new...

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The Comedians

as Ambassador Manuel Pineda
Released: 1967-10-31

American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

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Stiff Upper Lips

as Horace Wiggins
Released: 1998-06-12

Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory...

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Lady L

as Prince Otto of Bavaria
Released: 1965-12-17

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves...

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The Magic Box

as Industry Man
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Odette

as Lt. Alex Rabinovich
Released: 1950-10-02

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette...

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Hotel Sahara

as Emad
Released: 1951-07-09

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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Hot Millions

as Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith
Released: 1968-09-19

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by...

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Romanoff and Juliet

as The General
Released: 1961-06-08

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-06-18

Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with...

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The Goose Steps Out

as Krauss
Released: 1942-08-01

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by...

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Victoria & Albert

as König William IV.
Released: 2001-08-26

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....

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The Old Curiosity Shop

as Grandfather
Released: 1995-03-19

1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop....

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The True Glory

as Commentator
Released: 1945-10-04

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the...

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Women of the World

as English Narration (voice)
Released: 1963-01-30

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

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Hammersmith Is Out

as Doctor
Released: 1972-05-12

The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run...

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Imaginary Friends

as Philip Lester
Released: 1982-11-13

Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy...

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The Man Who Wagged His Tail

as Mr. Bossi
Released: 1957-09-27

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Max par Marcel: Lola Montès

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-10-27

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this...

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Tarka the Otter

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1979-11-01

Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film...

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We'll Grow Thin Together

as Victor Lasnier
Released: 1979-08-15

Victor is a screenwriter whose last work about the Marechal Pétain is refused by his producer....

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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

as Self / Hercule Poirot
Released: 1978-01-01

Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".

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The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

as Narrator / All voices (voice)
Released: 1968-10-21

After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he...

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The Legend of the Good Beasts

as The Storyteller
Released: 1956-12-20

Fabergé animals in a Russian influenced Easter tale.

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The Ten Commandments of Creativity

as Self
Released: 2000-02-01

Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw...

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A Storm in Summer

as Abel Shaddick
Released: 1970-02-06

A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set...

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Gideon

as Gideon
Released: 1971-03-25

The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.

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The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

as Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)
Released: 1995-11-21

Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are...

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The Comedians in Africa

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1967-08-31

Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.

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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

as Hercuele Poirot
Released: 1982-01-01

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk...

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Grendel Grendel Grendel

as Grendel (voice)
Released: 1981-08-01

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel...

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Julie's Christmas Special

as Santa Claus
Released: 1973-12-24

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some traditional Christmas favourites such as Julie’s...

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Big Truck and Sister Clare

as Israeli Truck Driver
Released: 1972-01-01

A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a...

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The Mermaid Frolics

as Self
Released: 1977-09-10

In May 1977 a second Amnesty benefit was held to build on the success of the first show and with...

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The New Lot

as Keith
Released: 1943-01-01

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment,...

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Memed My Hawk

as Abdi Aga
Released: 1984-05-10

In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised...

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Winter Solstice

as Hughie McLellan
Released: 2003-12-25

When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very...

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Abgehört

as Genosse Kuruk
Released: 1984-10-20

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Diaghilev: The Years Abroad

as Presenter
Released: 1968-01-02

This is one of the Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter...

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An Audience with Peter Ustinov

as Self
Released: 1988-01-03

A classic live performance of Peter Ustinov, actor and raconteur, in which he shares his comical...

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Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

as Self
Released: 2003-05-18

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen...

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Alekan le magnifique

as Self
Released: 1998-12-31

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The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

as Himself - Host
Released: 1988-08-31

A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines...

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Metamorphoses

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1978-05-03

Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are...

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After Mein Kampf

as Marinus van der Lubbe
Released: 1940-09-13

Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the...

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F1 Review 1987

as Narrator
Released: 1987-01-01

Seven years after the sport came under the control of FOCA, Formula 1 was more intercontinental...

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Einstein's Universe

as Himself
Released: 1979-01-01

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein....

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Granpa

as Granpa
Released: 1989-12-31

Granpa tells stories to his granddaughter Emily, who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.

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Nuclear Nightmares

as Himself
Released: 1979-11-01

Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and...

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Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

as Presenter
Released: 2002-12-19

Schönbrunn is a world of marvels and mystery, of public glamour and curious secrets. The wealth...

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Peep and the Big Wide World

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1988-01-01

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends...

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Babar Comes to America

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1971-09-07

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Pierre et le Loup

as Narrateur
Released: 1995-12-25

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Everyman

as Narrator (English)
Released: 1963-01-01

Bert Haanstra paints a portrait of The Netherlands and the Dutch, in his own unparalleled...

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Kein Abend wie jeder andere

as Antiquiätenhändler 'Billy's Kunstshop'
Released: 1976-12-23

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The Marshal of Madrid

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

A gang of smugglers headed by an oil dealer are brought to justice by a lawman.

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My Khmer Heart

as Self
Released: 2000-08-06

An Australian woman fights to save her orphanage in Cambodia against the country's ever-changing...

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The Bible According to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1994-01-01

Filmmaker Phillip Dye's documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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DAS!

as Self
First aired: 1991-01-02

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Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1982-09-29

Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical...

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self
First aired: 1995-12-05

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...

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NDR Talk Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-02-09

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host/Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Beckmann

as Self
First aired: 1999-01-25

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self
First aired: 1981-02-14

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British...

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Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self
First aired: 1966-01-25

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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Omnibus

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-11-09

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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Jesus of Nazareth

as Herod the Great
First aired: 1977-03-27

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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Die Montagsmaler

as Self
First aired: 1974-01-14

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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The Danny Kaye Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-25

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self
First aired: 1976-04-01

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...

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Around the World in 80 Days

as Wilbur Fix
First aired: 1989-04-16

Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally...

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Auf los geht's los

as Self
First aired: 1977-01-22

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The David Susskind Show

as Self
First aired: 1959-01-18

The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The...

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Doctor Snuggles

as Doctor Snuggles
First aired: 1981-06-24

Doctor Snuggles is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly based on original...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Socrates
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abel Shaddick
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Gideon
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Klapzubova jedenáctka

as reporter
First aired: 1968-01-06

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Winter Solstice

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-12-25

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Folio

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-25

Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in...

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Jukebox Heroes

as Self
First aired: 2001-07-17

Series on the unsung heroes of British pop.

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Clochemerle

as Narrator
First aired: 1972-02-18

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