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Peter Seamus O'Toole (/oʊˈtuːl/; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British-Irish stage and film 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, before making his film debut in 1959.
He achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He received seven further Oscar nominations – for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982) and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. He won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA and an Emmy, and was the recipient of a Honorary Academy Award in 2002.
In 1959, he married Welsh actress Siân Phillips, with whom he had two daughters: actress Kate and Patricia. They were divorced in 1979. Phillips later said in two autobiographies that O'Toole had subjected her to mental cruelty, largely fuelled by drinking, and was subject to bouts of extreme jealousy when she finally left him for a younger lover.
O'Toole and his girlfriend, model Karen Brown, had a son, Lorcan Patrick O'Toole (born 17 March 1983), when O'Toole was fifty years old. Lorcan, now an actor, was a pupil at Harrow School, boarding at West Acre from 1996.
Severe illness almost ended O'Toole's life in the late 1970s. His stomach cancer was misdiagnosed as resulting from his alcoholic excess. O'Toole underwent surgery in 1976 to have his pancreas and a large portion of his stomach removed, which resulted in insulin-dependent diabetes, but caused him to stop drinking. In 1978, he nearly died from a blood disorder. He eventually recovered, however, and returned to work. He resided on the Sky Road, just outside Clifden in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, from 1963, and at the height of his career maintained homes in Dublin, London and Paris (at the Ritz, which was where his character supposedly lived in the film How to Steal a Million). Finally, he made his home in London.
In an interview with National Public Radio in December 2006, O'Toole revealed that he knew all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets. A self-described romantic, O'Toole regarded the sonnets as among the finest collection of English poems, reading them daily. In Venus, he recites Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"). O'Toole wrote two memoirs. Loitering With Intent: The Child chronicles his childhood in the years leading up to World War II and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. His second, Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice, is about his years spent training with a cadre of friends at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. O'Toole spent parts of 2007 writing the third instalment.
O'Toole played rugby league as a child in Leeds and was also a rugby union fan, attending Five Nations matches with friends and fellow rugby fans Richard Harris, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Finch and Richard Burton. He was also a lifelong player, coach and enthusiast of cricket and a fan of Sunderland A.F.C.
O'Toole was interviewed at least three times by Charlie Rose on his eponymous talk show. In a 17 January 2007 interview, O'Toole stated that British actor Eric Porter had most influenced him, adding that the difference between actors of yesterday and today is that actors of his generation were trained for "theatre, theatre, theatre". He also believes that the challenge for the actor is "to use his imagination to link to his emotion" and that "good parts make good actors". However, in other venues (including the DVD commentary for Becket), O'Toole credited Donald Wolfit as being his most important mentor. In an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 January 2007), O'Toole stated that actor he most enjoyed working with was Katharine Hepburn; he played Henry II to her Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter.
Although he lost faith in organised religion as a teenager, O'Toole expressed positive sentiments regarding the life of Jesus Christ. In an interview for The New York Times, he said "No one can take Jesus away from me... there's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace." He called himself "a retired Christian" who prefers "an education and reading and facts" to faith. In the last decade of his life, he played "Samuel" in One Night with the King (2006) as well as a minor role as "Father Christopher" in For Greater Glory: the True Story of Cristiada (2012).
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Peter O'Toole
Birth name Peter Seamus O'Toole
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 august 1932
Death 14 december 2013 (at 81 years)
Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Honorary Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 august 1932
Death 14 december 2013 (at 81 years)
Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Honorary Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Peter Seamus O'Toole (/oʊˈtuːl/; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British-Irish stage and film 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, before making his film debut in 1959.
He achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He received seven further Oscar nominations – for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982) and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Academy Award acting nominations without a win. He won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA and an Emmy, and was the recipient of a Honorary Academy Award in 2002.
Biography
While studying at RADA in the early 1950s, O'Toole was active in protesting against British involvement in the Korean War. Later, in the 1960s, he was an active opponent of the Vietnam War. He played a role in the creation of the current form of the well-known folksong "Carrickfergus" which he related to Dominic Behan, who put it in print and made a recording in the mid-1960s.In 1959, he married Welsh actress Siân Phillips, with whom he had two daughters: actress Kate and Patricia. They were divorced in 1979. Phillips later said in two autobiographies that O'Toole had subjected her to mental cruelty, largely fuelled by drinking, and was subject to bouts of extreme jealousy when she finally left him for a younger lover.
O'Toole and his girlfriend, model Karen Brown, had a son, Lorcan Patrick O'Toole (born 17 March 1983), when O'Toole was fifty years old. Lorcan, now an actor, was a pupil at Harrow School, boarding at West Acre from 1996.
Severe illness almost ended O'Toole's life in the late 1970s. His stomach cancer was misdiagnosed as resulting from his alcoholic excess. O'Toole underwent surgery in 1976 to have his pancreas and a large portion of his stomach removed, which resulted in insulin-dependent diabetes, but caused him to stop drinking. In 1978, he nearly died from a blood disorder. He eventually recovered, however, and returned to work. He resided on the Sky Road, just outside Clifden in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, from 1963, and at the height of his career maintained homes in Dublin, London and Paris (at the Ritz, which was where his character supposedly lived in the film How to Steal a Million). Finally, he made his home in London.
In an interview with National Public Radio in December 2006, O'Toole revealed that he knew all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets. A self-described romantic, O'Toole regarded the sonnets as among the finest collection of English poems, reading them daily. In Venus, he recites Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"). O'Toole wrote two memoirs. Loitering With Intent: The Child chronicles his childhood in the years leading up to World War II and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. His second, Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice, is about his years spent training with a cadre of friends at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. O'Toole spent parts of 2007 writing the third instalment.
O'Toole played rugby league as a child in Leeds and was also a rugby union fan, attending Five Nations matches with friends and fellow rugby fans Richard Harris, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Finch and Richard Burton. He was also a lifelong player, coach and enthusiast of cricket and a fan of Sunderland A.F.C.
O'Toole was interviewed at least three times by Charlie Rose on his eponymous talk show. In a 17 January 2007 interview, O'Toole stated that British actor Eric Porter had most influenced him, adding that the difference between actors of yesterday and today is that actors of his generation were trained for "theatre, theatre, theatre". He also believes that the challenge for the actor is "to use his imagination to link to his emotion" and that "good parts make good actors". However, in other venues (including the DVD commentary for Becket), O'Toole credited Donald Wolfit as being his most important mentor. In an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 January 2007), O'Toole stated that actor he most enjoyed working with was Katharine Hepburn; he played Henry II to her Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter.
Although he lost faith in organised religion as a teenager, O'Toole expressed positive sentiments regarding the life of Jesus Christ. In an interview for The New York Times, he said "No one can take Jesus away from me... there's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace." He called himself "a retired Christian" who prefers "an education and reading and facts" to faith. In the last decade of his life, he played "Samuel" in One Night with the King (2006) as well as a minor role as "Father Christopher" in For Greater Glory: the True Story of Cristiada (2012).
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Filmography of Peter O'Toole (75 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mary | Actor | |
| 2014 | Katherine of Alexandria | Actor | Gallus |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Actor | Lawrence (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Outlaws - For Greater Glory | Actor | Father Christopher |
| 2012 | Eldorado | Actor | Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Christmas Cottage | Actor | Glen |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Actor | Fisk Senior |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Actor | Anton Ego (voice) |
| 2007 | Stardust | Actor | King |
| 2006 | One Night with the King | Actor | Samuel, the Prophet |
| 2006 | Venus | Actor | Maurice |
| 2005 | Lassie | Actor | The Duke |
| 2005 | Mystic India | Actor | Narrador |
| 2004 | Troy | Actor | Priam |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Actor | Colonel Blount |
| 2003 | Augustus: The First Emperor | Actor | Augustus Caesar |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Actor | Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Actor | Lord Foxley |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Actor | JJ Curtis |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Actor | William Williamson |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc (miniseries) | Actor | Bishop Pierre Cauchon |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Actor | Dr. Timothy Flyte |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Actor | Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Actor | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Actor | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth |
| 1994 | The Rainbow Thief | Actor | Prince Meleagre |
| 1993 | The Seventh Coin | Actor | Emil Saber |
| 1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Actor | Lord Sarn |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Actor | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham |
| 1991 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Actor | Maj. Lyautey |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Actor | Pantaloon (voice) |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Actor | Cesar Valentin |
| 1990 | Crossing to Freedom | Actor | John Sidney Howard |
| 1989 | On a Moonlit Night | Actor | Prof. Yan McShoul |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Actor | Peter Plunkett |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Actor | Reginald Johnston (R.J.) |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Actor | Governor Anthony Cloyden Hayes |
| 1985 | Creator | Actor | Dr. Harry Wolper |
| 1984 | Supergirl | Actor | Zaltar |
| 1984 | Kim | Actor | Lama |
| 1983 | Pygmalion | Actor | Professor Henry Higgins |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | Actor | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Actor | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Actor | Alan Swann |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Actor | Eli Cross |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Actor | Eli Cross |
| 1979 | Caligula | Actor | Tiberius |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Actor | Lord Chelmsford |
| 1978 | Power Play | Actor | Colonel Zeller |
| 1976 | Foxtrot | Actor | Liviu |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Actor | Sir Robert Thorndyke |
| 1975 | Man Friday | Actor | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Actor | Larry Martin |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Actor | Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Actor | Jack 14th Earl of Gurney |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Actor | Captain Tom Cat |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | Actor | Murphy |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Actor | Sir Charles Ferguson |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Actor | Arthur Chipping |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Actor | Man at the Premiere (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Actor | Henry II |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Actor | Capt. Charles Edstaston |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Actor | Scottish Piper (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Actor | General Tanz |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Actor | Simon Dermott |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Actor | The Three Angels |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Actor | |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Actor, Associate Producer | Lord Jim |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Actor | Michael James |
| 1964 | Becket | Actor | His King / King Henry II |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Actor | T.E. Lawrence |
| 1962 | Operation Snatch | Producer | |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Actor | Robin MacGregor |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Actor | Capt. Monty Fitch |
| 1960 | The Savage Innocents | Actor | First Trooper |