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	He was a frequent guest of [[Jack Paar]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show\|Tonight Show]]'' in the early 1960s and was a guest on the "upside down" episode of the American talk show ''[[Late Night (NBC)\|Late Night]]'', during which the camera, mounted on a slowly revolving wheel, gradually rotated the picture 360° during the course of an hour; Ustinov appeared midway through and was photographed upside down in close-up as he spoke, while his host appeared only in long shots. Towards the end of Ustinov's life, he undertook some one-man stage shows in which he let loose his raconteur streak; he told the story of his life, including some moments of tension with the society into which he was born. For example, he took a test as a child, asking him to name a Russian composer; he wrote [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\|Rimsky-Korsakov]], but was marked down. He was then told the correct answer, [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\|Tchaikovsky]], since he had been studying him in class and was told to stop showing off.		He was a frequent guest of [[Jack Paar]]'s ''[[The Tonight Show\|Tonight Show]]'' in the early 1960s and was a guest on the "upside down" episode of the American talk show ''[[Late Night (NBC)\|Late Night]]'', during which the camera, mounted on a slowly revolving wheel, gradually rotated the picture 360° during the course of an hour; Ustinov appeared midway through and was photographed upside down in close-up as he spoke, while his host appeared only in long shots. Towards the end of Ustinov's life, he undertook some one-man stage shows in which he let loose his raconteur streak; he told the story of his life, including some moments of tension with the society into which he was born. For example, he took a test as a child, asking him to name a Russian composer; he wrote [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\|Rimsky-Korsakov]], but was marked down. He was then told the correct answer, [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\|Tchaikovsky]], since he had been studying him in class and was told to stop showing off.

	He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in November 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at [[Pinewood Studios]] on the set of ''Death on the Nile'' and a week before, he was surprised at a book signing at book printers Butler and Tanner in Frome, Somerset. This footage was not used, as Ustinov flatly refused to take part and swore at Andrews. His wife persuaded him to change his mind.~~{{citation needed\|date=March 2017}}~~ He was surprised again in December 1994, when [[Michael Aspel]] approached him at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.		He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions, in November 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at [[Pinewood Studios]] on the set of ''Death on the Nile'' and a week before, he was surprised at a book signing at book printers Butler and Tanner in Frome, Somerset. This footage was not used, as Ustinov flatly refused to take part and swore at Andrews. His wife persuaded him to change his mind. He was surprised again in December 1994, when [[Michael Aspel]] approached him at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.

	A car enthusiast since the age of four, he owned a succession of interesting machines ranging from a [[Fiat Topolino]], several [[Lancia]]s, a [[Hispano-Suiza]], a [[preselector gearbox]] [[Delage]], and a special-bodied [[Jowett Jupiter]]. He made records like Phoney Folklore that included the song of the Russian peasant "whose tractor had betrayed him" and his "Grand Prix of Gibraltar" was a vehicle for his creative wit and ability at car-engine sound effects and voices.~~{{citation needed\|date=March 2017}}~~		A car enthusiast since the age of four, he owned a succession of interesting machines ranging from a [[Fiat Topolino]], several [[Lancia]]s, a [[Hispano-Suiza]], a [[preselector gearbox]] [[Delage]], and a special-bodied [[Jowett Jupiter]]. He made records like Phoney Folklore that included the song of the Russian peasant "whose tractor had betrayed him" and his "Grand Prix of Gibraltar" was a vehicle for his creative wit and ability at car-engine sound effects and voices.

	He spoke English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian fluently, as well as some Turkish and modern Greek. He was proficient in accents and dialects in all his languages. Ustinov provided his own German and French dubbing for some of his roles, both of them for ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''. As [[Hercule Poirot]], he provided his own voice for the French versions of ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)\|Thirteen at Dinner]]'', ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)\|Dead Man's Folly]]'', ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'', ''[[Appointment with Death (film)\|Appointment with Death]]'', and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)\|Evil under the Sun]]'', but unlike [[Jane Birkin]], who had dubbed herself in French for this film and ''Death on the Nile'', Ustinov did not provide his voice for the latter (his French voice being provided by [[Roger Carel]], who had already dubbed him in ''Spartacus'' and other films). He dubbed himself in German as Poirot only in ''Evil under the Sun'' (his other Poirot roles being undertaken by three actors). However, he provided only his English and German voices for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios\|Disney]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)\|Robin Hood]]'' and [[NBC]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.synchronkartei.de/darsteller/441\|title=Deutsche Synchronkartei – Darsteller – Sir Peter Ustinov\|website=www.synchronkartei.de}}</ref>		He spoke English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian fluently, as well as some Turkish and modern Greek. He was proficient in accents and dialects in all his languages. Ustinov provided his own German and French dubbing for some of his roles, both of them for ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''. As [[Hercule Poirot]], he provided his own voice for the French versions of ''[[Thirteen at Dinner (film)\|Thirteen at Dinner]]'', ''[[Dead Man's Folly (film)\|Dead Man's Folly]]'', ''[[Murder in Three Acts]]'', ''[[Appointment with Death (film)\|Appointment with Death]]'', and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)\|Evil under the Sun]]'', but unlike [[Jane Birkin]], who had dubbed herself in French for this film and ''Death on the Nile'', Ustinov did not provide his voice for the latter (his French voice being provided by [[Roger Carel]], who had already dubbed him in ''Spartacus'' and other films). He dubbed himself in German as Poirot only in ''Evil under the Sun'' (his other Poirot roles being undertaken by three actors). However, he provided only his English and German voices for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios\|Disney]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)\|Robin Hood]]'' and [[NBC]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.synchronkartei.de/darsteller/441\|title=Deutsche Synchronkartei – Darsteller – Sir Peter Ustinov\|website=www.synchronkartei.de}}</ref>
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	==Globalism==		==Globalism==
	Ustinov was the president of the [[World Federalist Movement]] (WFM) from 1991 to 2004, the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/\|title=Peter Ustinov, a friend of global federalism has died\|date=3 March 2004\|work=Union of European Federalists\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218231742/http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/\|archive-date=18 February 2017\|url-status=dead\|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> WFM is a global [[NGO\|nongovernmental organization]] that promotes the concept of global democratic institutions. WFM lobbies those in powerful positions to establish a unified human government based on democracy and civil society. Under its plan, the United Nations and other world agencies would become the institutions of a [[World Federation]]. The UN would be the federal government and [[nation states]] would become similar to provinces.~~{{citation needed\|date=July 2014}}<!-- this is already mentioned above -->~~		Ustinov was the president of the [[World Federalist Movement]] (WFM) from 1991 to 2004, the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/\|title=Peter Ustinov, a friend of global federalism has died\|date=3 March 2004\|work=Union of European Federalists\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218231742/http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/peter-ustinov-a-friend-of-global-federalism-has-died/\|archive-date=18 February 2017\|url-status=dead\|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> WFM is a global [[NGO\|nongovernmental organization]] that promotes the concept of global democratic institutions. WFM lobbies those in powerful positions to establish a unified human government based on democracy and civil society. Under its plan, the United Nations and other world agencies would become the institutions of a [[World Federation]]. The UN would be the federal government and [[nation states]] would become similar to provinces.

	Until his death, Ustinov was a member of [[English PEN]], part of the [[PEN International]] network that campaigns for freedom of expression.		Until his death, Ustinov was a member of [[English PEN]], part of the [[PEN International]] network that campaigns for freedom of expression.

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	[[File:Charlie Chaplin, echtgenote Oona O'Neill en Peter Ustinov, Bestanddeelnr 917-8950.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Oona O'Neill]], [[Charlie Chaplin\|Charles Chaplin]], and Ustinov in 1965]]		[[File:Charlie Chaplin, echtgenote Oona O'Neill en Peter Ustinov, Bestanddeelnr 917-8950.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Oona O'Neill]], [[Charlie Chaplin\|Charles Chaplin]], and Ustinov in 1965]]
	[[File:Peter Ustinov black & white Allan Warren.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1986}}]]		[[File:Peter Ustinov black & white Allan Warren.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1986}}]]
	[[File:Aankomst Charlie Chaplin en echtgenote op Schiphol, Peter Ustinov (kop), Bestanddeelnr 917-8961.jpg\|~~left~~\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1965}}]]		[[File:Aankomst Charlie Chaplin en echtgenote op Schiphol, Peter Ustinov (kop), Bestanddeelnr 917-8961.jpg\|right\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1965}}]]
	Ustinov won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\|Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''Spartacus'' (1960) and ''[[Topkapi (film)\|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Quo Vadis'' (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Ustinov was also the winner of three Emmys and one Grammy and was nominated for two Tony Awards.		Ustinov won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\|Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''Spartacus'' (1960) and ''[[Topkapi (film)\|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Quo Vadis'' (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Ustinov was also the winner of three Emmys and one Grammy and was nominated for two Tony Awards.

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	==Awards==		==Awards==
	~~{{more citations needed\|section\|date=August 2017}}~~

	===[[Academy Award]]===		===[[Academy Award]]===
	* 1952 nominated: Best Supporting Actor (''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)\|Quo Vadis]]'')		* 1952 nominated: Best Supporting Actor (''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)\|Quo Vadis]]'')

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	==Career highlights==		==Career highlights==
	[[File:Peter Ustinov 2.jpg\|~~left~~\|thumb\|Ustinov as [[Nero\|Nero]] in ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)\|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951)]]		[[File:Peter Ustinov 2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Ustinov as [[Nero\|Nero]] in ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)\|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951)]]

	In 1939, he appeared in ''White Cargo'' at the [[Aylesbury\|Aylesbury]] Rep, where he performed in a different accent every night.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYOPQgAACAAJ\|title=Exit through the fireplace: the great days of the rep\|last=Dunn\|first=Kate\|date=1998\|publisher=J. Murray\|isbn=978-0-7195-5475-9\|location=London\|oclc=50667637}}</ref> Ustinov served as a [[Private (rank)\|private]] in the [[British Army]] during the Second World War, including time spent as [[Batman (military)\|batman]] to [[David Niven]] while writing the Niven film ''[[The Way Ahead]]''. The difference in their ranks{{mdashb}}Niven was a [[lieutenant-colonel]] and Ustinov a private{{mdashb}}made their regular association militarily impossible; to solve the problem, Ustinov was appointed as Niven's batman.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1260975.stm\|title=Obituary: Sir Peter Ustinov\|date=29 March 2004\|work=BBC News\|access-date=13 November 2018\|language=en-GB}}</ref> He also appeared in propaganda films, debuting in ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), in which he was required to deliver lines in English, Latin, and Dutch. In 1944, under the auspices of [[Entertainments National Service Association<!-- \|ENSA -->]], he presented and performed the role of Sir Anthony Absolute, in [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan\|Sheridan's]] ''[[The Rivals]]'', with [[Dame Edith Evans]], at the theatre in [[Larkhill\| Larkhill Camp]], Wiltshire, England.		In 1939, he appeared in ''White Cargo'' at the [[Aylesbury\|Aylesbury]] Rep, where he performed in a different accent every night.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYOPQgAACAAJ\|title=Exit through the fireplace: the great days of the rep\|last=Dunn\|first=Kate\|date=1998\|publisher=J. Murray\|isbn=978-0-7195-5475-9\|location=London\|oclc=50667637}}</ref> Ustinov served as a [[Private (rank)\|private]] in the [[British Army]] during the Second World War, including time spent as [[Batman (military)\|batman]] to [[David Niven]] while writing the Niven film ''[[The Way Ahead]]''. The difference in their ranks{{mdashb}}Niven was a [[lieutenant-colonel]] and Ustinov a private{{mdashb}}made their regular association militarily impossible; to solve the problem, Ustinov was appointed as Niven's batman.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1260975.stm\|title=Obituary: Sir Peter Ustinov\|date=29 March 2004\|work=BBC News\|access-date=13 November 2018\|language=en-GB}}</ref> He also appeared in propaganda films, debuting in ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), in which he was required to deliver lines in English, Latin, and Dutch. In 1944, under the auspices of [[Entertainments National Service Association<!-- \|ENSA -->]], he presented and performed the role of Sir Anthony Absolute, in [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan\|Sheridan's]] ''[[The Rivals]]'', with [[Dame Edith Evans]], at the theatre in [[Larkhill\| Larkhill Camp]], Wiltshire, England.

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	[[File:Charlie Chaplin, echtgenote Oona O'Neill en Peter Ustinov, Bestanddeelnr 917-8950.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Oona O'Neill]], [[Charlie Chaplin\|Charles Chaplin]], and Ustinov in 1965]]		[[File:Charlie Chaplin, echtgenote Oona O'Neill en Peter Ustinov, Bestanddeelnr 917-8950.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Oona O'Neill]], [[Charlie Chaplin\|Charles Chaplin]], and Ustinov in 1965]]
	[[File:Peter Ustinov black & white Allan Warren.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1986}}]]		[[File:Peter Ustinov black & white Allan Warren.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1986}}]]
	[[File:Aankomst Charlie Chaplin en echtgenote op Schiphol, Peter Ustinov (kop), Bestanddeelnr 917-8961.jpg\|~~left~~\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1965}}]]		[[File:Aankomst Charlie Chaplin en echtgenote op Schiphol, Peter Ustinov (kop), Bestanddeelnr 917-8961.jpg\|right\|upright\|thumb\|{{center\|Ustinov in 1965}}]]
	Ustinov won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\|Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''Spartacus'' (1960) and ''[[Topkapi (film)\|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Quo Vadis'' (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Ustinov was also the winner of three Emmys and one Grammy and was nominated for two Tony Awards.		Ustinov won Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\|Best Supporting Actor]] for his roles in ''Spartacus'' (1960) and ''[[Topkapi (film)\|Topkapi]]'' (1964). He also won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Quo Vadis'' (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Ustinov was also the winner of three Emmys and one Grammy and was nominated for two Tony Awards.