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posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on August 2, 2017 at 6:59 PM
on his birthday, Peter O'Toole (Born: August 2, 1932; Died: December 14, 2013).
Peter O'Toole is known for his role as T. E. Lawrence in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia (1962)".
He played King Henry II of England in the movies "Becket (1964)" and "The Lion in Winter (1968)", Lord Jim in "Lord Jim (1965)", Arthur Chipping in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)", Jack Gurney (14th Earl of Gurney) in "The Ruling Class (1972)", Eli Cross in "The Stunt Man (1980)", Alan Swann in "My Favorite Year (1982)", Zaltar in "Supergirl (1984)", Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston in "The Last Emperor (1987)" and Maurice Russell in "Venus (2006)"
Some other movies he appeared in are "The Castiglioni Brothers (1958)", "Kidnapped (1960)", "Siwan: The King's Daughter (1960)", "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)", "What's New Pussycat (1965)", "How to Steal a Million (1966)", "The Night of the Generals (1967)", "Great Catherine (1968)", "Brotherly Love (1970)", "Murphy's War (1971)", "Under Milk Wood (1972)", "Man of La Mancha (1972)", "Rosebud (1975)", "Man Friday (1975)", "The Far Side of Paradise (1976)", "Rogue Mae (1976)", "Power Play (1978)", "Zulu Dawn (1979)", "Caligula (1979)", "Man and Superman (1982)", "Svengali (1983)", "Pygmalion (1983)", "Kim (1984)", "Creator (1985)", "Club Paradise (1986)", "High Spirits (1988)", "Up to Date (1989)", "Wings of Fame (1990)", "The Pied Piper (1990)", "The Rainbow Thief (1990)", "King Ralph (1991)", "Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)", "Rebecca's Daughters (1992)", "The Seventh Coin (193)", "Heavy Weather (1995)", "FairyTale: A True Story (1997)", "Phantoms (1998)", "The Manor (1999)", "Molokai (1999)", "Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1999)", "Rock My World (2002)", "The Final Curtain (2002)", "Bright Young Things (2003)", "Troy (2004)", "Lassie (2005)", "One Night With the King (2006)", "Stardust (2007)", "My Talks with Dean Spanley (2008)", "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)", "Eager to Die (2010)", "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)" and "Katherine of Alexandria (a.k.a. Decline of an Empire) (2014)".
He played General Cornelius Flavius Silva in the ABC TV miniseries "Masada (1981)", Bishop Cauchon in the miniseries "Joan of Arc (1999)", President Paul von Hindenburg in the miniseries "Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)" and Pope Paul III (2008) on the BBC TV show "The Tudors (2007-2010)".
Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Theatre Night", "Rendezvous", "ITV Play of the Week", "The Ray Bradbury Theater", "Strumpet City", "Uncle Silas", "Civvies", "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III", "Gulliver's Travels", "Masterpiece Classic", "Coming Home","Casanova" and "Iron Road".
In 2002 he received the Academy Honorary Award for "whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters".
Reply by rudely_murray
on August 2, 2017 at 9:07 PM
Great actor and one of those true, larger than life stars whom they don't make any more. It's very hard to pick a favourite from an actor with such a legendary run - his 60s output alone would be enough to earn him a place as one of the all-time greats - but I think that 'The Lion in Winter' may be the role which suited his immense talents like a glove. With Lawrence of Arabia and Becket snapping at its heels. But, really, O'Toole elevated everything, including complete trash (of which, to be fair, he appeared in his fair share).