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Actor Peter Ustinov Dies at 82
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| 3/29/04
| AP
Posted on 03/29/2004 3:23:12 AM PST by wimpycat
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:39:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: obituary; peterustinov
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He was one of my favorite actors. He played some deliciously evil characters, such as Nero in "Quo Vadis", Herod in "Jesus of Nazareth" and the voice of Prince John in Disney's animated "Robin Hood".
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03/29/2004 3:23:12 AM PST
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wimpycat
To: Howlin; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; Constitution Day; Poohbah; NYC GOP Chick
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03/29/2004 3:25:05 AM PST
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wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: MEG33
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03/29/2004 3:28:22 AM PST
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wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: wimpycat
Go in peace, Mr Ustinov. You made a great many people's lives a little bit richer for your presence...
He wrote an autobiography some years ago, entitled Dear Me. I started to read it over Christmas, but left it at my aunt's house in Auckland. I'm a little young to remember the man in his prime, but from the few pages of his autobiography I read, he sounded like a most engaging fellow.
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03/29/2004 3:30:22 AM PST
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KangarooJacqui
(Living next to the biggest Islamic country on earth, don't all Aussies deserve danger money?)
To: wimpycat
Born in London on April 16, 1921, the only son of a Russian artist mother and a journalist father, Ustinov claimed also to have Swiss, Ethiopian, Italian and French blood — everything except English.....
Was part Jewish too.
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03/29/2004 3:31:57 AM PST
by
dennisw
(“We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.” - Toby Keith)
To: KangarooJacqui
"Mummy!"
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03/29/2004 3:32:56 AM PST
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wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: wimpycat
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03/29/2004 3:38:34 AM PST
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wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: wimpycat
A sad day...
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03/29/2004 3:41:07 AM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: wimpycat
I liked him as Captain Vere in "Billy Budd".
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03/29/2004 3:41:07 AM PST
by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: wimpycat
I will always think of him as some sort of Roman emperor.
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03/29/2004 3:49:30 AM PST
by
Jhensy
To: wimpycat
He was a great actor.His portyal of Nero's decadence was terrific.
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03/29/2004 3:53:16 AM PST
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MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: wimpycat
To quote one of his more famous roles [Nero]
"Oh, what an artist the world is losing!"
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03/29/2004 4:05:48 AM PST
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning? Please?)
To: Adder
Great storyteller, too, on the old Jack Paar show, and Dick Cavett as well.
To: wimpycat
Blackbeard's Ghost was my favorite. Mom and Dad took me to the old Levi Theater downtown Enterprise AL to see that movie when I was a kid.
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03/29/2004 4:23:57 AM PST
by
rewrite
To: wimpycat
I loved him in Death on the Nile. I liked his Poirot every bit as much as Finney's and Suchet's.
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03/29/2004 4:30:48 AM PST
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mewzilla
To: wimpycat
Yes, his Nero was one of his best roles.
To: wimpycat
Sorry to hear this. In the 1980's I was standing in the small foyer of the rehearsal room building of the BBC, waiting for a friend, where they were going to rehearse Dr Who's 20th anniversary special. Someone said "Here comes Peter" and I assumed they meant Peter Davison, the star of the show. Instead, in walked Peter Ustinov, who was rehearsing another show. He was as unassuming and as "regular guy" as you'd want to see.
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03/29/2004 4:44:30 AM PST
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Moonmad27
(Imagine our country under the "leadership" of a President Kerry. Scary, isn't it?! Vote W in 04!)
To: wimpycat
He narrated the most excellent documentary series "Wings of the Red Star".
Rest in peace, brother.
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03/29/2004 4:45:43 AM PST
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wolficatZ
(___><))))*>____)
To: wimpycat
One of my favorite Ustinov observations is this:
"People who climb to the top of their tree are often the ones who lack the talent to detain them at the bottom."
He went on to create an example: A beautician who's not as talented as the others has time on her hands, gets involved with the beauticians' union, and eventually winds up running whole industry.
This is a Ustinov's Corollary to the Peter Principle.
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03/29/2004 5:06:42 AM PST
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Savage Beast
("Whom will the terrorists vote for? Not George W. Bush--that's for sure!" ~Happy2BMe)
To: wimpycat
I seem to recall a story from years ago that both his parents were agents for Britain's MI5-maybe someone can tell me if this is correct.
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03/29/2004 5:26:55 AM PST
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Larry381
(Have you heard-John Kerry is a Vietnam Veteran-no really.)
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