Person
Peter O'Toole
Born 2 August 1932 Died 14 December 2013, aged 81 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England TMDB ↗
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.
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17age in their first credit on record (1950)
75years on screen and counting
7credits in 1983, their busiest year
105dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 92 Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025as Archive
Age: 86 Hangover in Death Valley
2018as Narrator (voice)
Age: 82 Diamond Cartel
2015as Tugboat
Age: 81 Katherine of Alexandria
2014as Gallus
Age: 79 Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012as Father Christopher
Age: 79 Eldorado
2012as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 77 Eager to Die
2010as Lord Pelican
Age: 76 Iron Road
2009as Relic
Age: 76 Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Age: 76 Dean Spanley
2008as Fisk Senior
Age: 76 Christmas Cottage
2008as Glen
Age: 75 Stardust
2007as King
Age: 74 Ratatouille
2007as Anton Ego (voice)
Age: 74 One Night with the King
2006as Samuel, the Prophet
Age: 74 Venus
2006as Maurice
Age: 73 Lassie
2005as The Duke
Age: 72 Mystic India
2005as Narrador
Age: 71 Troy
2004as Priam
Age: 71 Augustus: The First Emperor
2003as Augustus Caesar
Age: 71 Bright Young Things
2003as Colonel Blount
Age: 70 The Final Curtain
2002as JJ Curtis
Age: 70 Global Heresy
2002as Lord Foxley
Age: 67 The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Age: 67 Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999as Jeffrey Bernard
Age: 66 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999as William Williamson
Age: 66 The Manor
1999as Mr. Ravenscroft
Age: 65 Coming Home
1998as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Age: 65 Phantoms
1998as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Age: 65 FairyTale: A True Story
1997as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 63 Heavy Weather
1995as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Age: 61 The Rainbow Thief
1994as Prince Meleagre
Age: 60 The Seventh Coin
1993as Emil Saber
Age: 59 Rebecca's Daughters
1992as Lord Sarn
Age: 59 Isabelle Eberhardt
1991as Maj. Lyautey
Age: 58 King Ralph
1991as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Age: 58 The Nutcracker Prince
1990as Pantaloon (voice)
Age: 57 Crossing to Freedom
1990as John Sidney Howard
Age: 57 Wings of Fame
1990as Cesar Valentin
Age: 57 On a Moonlit Night
1989as Prof. Yan McShoul
Age: 56 High Spirits
1988as Peter Plunkett
Age: 55 The Last Emperor
1987as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Age: 54 The Dark Angel
1987as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Age: 53 Club Paradise
1986as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Age: 53 Creator
1985as Dr. Harry Wolper
Age: 51 Supergirl
1984as Zaltar
Age: 51 Kim
1984as Lama
Age: 51 Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Age: 51 Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Age: 51 Pygmalion
1983as Professor Henry Higgins
Age: 50 Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
Age: 50 Svengali
1983as Anton Bosnyak
Age: 50 Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Age: 50 Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
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Age: 50 Man and Superman
1982as Jack Tanner
Age: 50 My Favorite Year
1982as Alan Swann
Age: 48 The Stunt Man
1980as Eli Cross
Age: 47 Caligula
1979as Tiberius
Age: 46 Zulu Dawn
1979as Lord Chelmsford
Age: 46 Power Play
1978as Colonel Zeller
Age: 44 Rogue Male
1976as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Age: 43 Foxtrot
1976as Liviu
Age: 42 Rosebud
1975as Larry Martin
Age: 42 Man Friday
1975as Robinson Crusoe
Age: 40 Man of La Mancha
1972as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Age: 39 The Ruling Class
1972as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Age: 39 Under Milk Wood
1972as Captain Tom Cat
Age: 38 Murphy's War
1971as Murphy
Age: 38 Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
Age: 37 Brotherly Love
1970as Sir Charles Ferguson
Age: 37 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969as Arthur Chipping
Age: 36 Stiletto
1969as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Age: 36 Great Catherine
1968as Capt. Charles Edstaston
Age: 36 The Lion in Winter
1968as Henry II
Age: 34 Casino Royale
1967as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Age: 34 Present Laughter
1967as Garry Essendine
Age: 34 The Night of the Generals
1967as General Tanz
Age: 34 The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966as The Three Angels
Age: 33 How to Steal a Million
1966as Simon Dermott
Age: 32 The Sandpiper
1965as (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 32 What's New Pussycat?
1965as Michael James
Age: 32 Lord Jim
1965as Lord Jim
Age: 31 Becket
1964as King Henry II of England
Age: 31 Wind Sand and Star
1963
Age: 30 Lawrence of Arabia
1962as T.E. Lawrence
Age: 28 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960as Capt. Monty Fitch
Age: 27 The Savage Innocents
1960as First Trooper
Age: 27 Kidnapped
1960as Robin MacGregor
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Age: 25 The Castiglioni Brothers
1958as Mario
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TV credits
Age: 77 Iron Road
2009as Lionel Relic
Age: 74 The Tudors
2007as Pope Paul III
Age: 72 Casanova
2005as Giacomo Casanova
Age: 71 Augustus: The First Emperor
2003as Augustus Caesar
Age: 70 Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003as President Paul von Hindenburg
Age: 66 Joan of Arc
1999as Bishop Cauchon
Age: 65 Coming Home
1998as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Age: 63 Gulliver's Travels
1996as King of Lilliput
Age: 60 Civvies
1992as Barry Newman
Age: 56 The Dark Angel
1989as Silas Ruthyn
Age: 53 North and South
1985as Sam Trump
Age: 52 The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985as John Hampton
Age: 48 Masada
1981as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Age: 47 Strumpet City
1980as Jim Larkin
Age: 23 Armchair Theatre
1956as Paddy
Age: 23 The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955as First Soldier
Age: 17 Sunday Night Theatre
1950as Rene Latour