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Peter Seamus O'Toole (/ oʊ ˈ t uː l /; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor.Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he received several accolades including the Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Peter Seamus O'Toole (1932 – 2013) was an actor of stage and screen who achieved film stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. [1] [2]
Three years later, he landed a far more memorable film role partly inspired by Allen himself, playing Benjy Stone in the 1982 comedy film My Favorite Year alongside Peter O'Toole. In a manner similar to his future role in Perfect Strangers, Linn-Baker played the straight man to O'Toole's outrageous character, Alan Swann.
The site's consensus states: "My Favorite Year is a joyful ode to the early days of television, carried with a deft touch and Peter O'Toole's uproariously funny performance." [10] On Metacritic it has a score of 62% based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [11]
Decline of an Empire is a 2014 British biographical historical drama film, produced and directed by Michael Redwood, about the life of Catherine of Alexandria.It is one of the last film roles of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released, and the last film of Joss Ackland before he retired and his death in 2023.
Wings of Fame is a 1990 Dutch English-language comedy fantasy film (released in the UK on 26 April 1991) [1] directed by Otakar Votocek and starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol and Robert Stephens. [2] The script was written by Dutch writer Herman Koch.
The Final Curtain is a 2002 British film directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. [4]It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, an aging gameshow host played by O'Toole, who hires novelist Jonathan Stitch (Adrian Lester) to pen his biography, in the hope of sealing his immortality in the hearts and minds of the British public.
King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward and starring John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, and John Hurt. [2] The film is about a fired American lounge singer who becomes the unlikely King of the United Kingdom after an electrical accident wipes out the British Royal Family.