# Peter O'Toole on screen and stage

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.

## Honours and awards

He went on to become one of the most honoured film and stage actors of his time. He won an Honorary Oscar in 2002, but holds the record for most competitive Academy Award nominations for an actor without winning, going winless in eight attempts.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Robin MacGregor | |
| 1960 | The Savage Innocents | First Trooper | |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Capt. Monty Fitch | |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | T. E. Lawrence | |
| 1964 | Becket | Henry II of England | |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Lord Jim | |
| 1965 | What's New, Pussycat? | Michael James | |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Un­known | Voice; Uncredited |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Simon Dermott | |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | The Three Angels | |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Gen. Wilhelm Tanz | |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Scottish Piper | Uncredited |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II of England | |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Capt. Charles Edstaston | |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Man at Premier | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Arthur Chipping | |
| 1970 | Country Dance | Sir Charles Ferguson | |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | Murphy | |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Capt. Tom Cat | |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney | |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijano | |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Larry Martin | |
| 1975 | Man Friday | Robinson Crusoe | |
| 1976 | Foxtrot | Liviu | |
| 1978 | Power Play | Col. Zeller | |
| 1979 | Caligula | Tiberius | |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford | |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross | |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann | |
| 1984 | Supergirl | Zaltar | |
| 1985 | Creator | Dr. Harry Wolper | |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Gov. Anthony Cloyden Hayes | |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Reginald Johnston | |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Peter Plunkett | |
| 1989 | Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love | Prof. Yan McShoul | |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Cesar Valentin | |
| 1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Prince Meleagre | |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Pantaloon | Voice |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham | |
| 1991 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Maj. Lyautey | |
| 1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Lord Sarn | |
| 1993 | The Seventh Coin | Emil Saber | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Dr. Timothy Flyte | |
| 1999 | The Manor | Mr. Ravenscroft | |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | William Williamson | |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Lord Charles Foxley | |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | J.J. Curtis | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Col. Blount | |
| 2004 | Troy | Priam | |
| 2005 | Lassie | The Duke | |
| 2005 | Mystic India | Narrator | Voice |
| 2006 | Venus | Maurice | |
| 2006 | One Night with the King | Samuel | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Anton Ego | Voice |
| 2007 | Stardust | King of Stormhold | |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior | |
| 2008 | Christmas Cottage | Glen Wesman | |
| 2010 | Eager to Die | Lord Pelican | |
| 2012 | Eldorado | Narrator | Voice; Direct-to-video |
| 2012 | For Greater Glory | Father Christopher | |
| 2014 | Decline of an Empire | Cornelius Gallus | Posthumous release; Direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Diamond Cartel | Tugboat | Posthumous release; Overdubbed |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | First Soldier | Episode: "A Tale of Two Pigtails" |
| 1961 | Rendezvous | John | 3 episodes |
| 1968 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | Television film |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Sir Robert Thorndyke | Television film |
| 1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin | Miniseries |
| 1981 | Masada | General Cornelius Flavius Silva | Miniseries |
| 1982 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner | Television film |
| 1983 | Pygmalion | Professor Henry Higgins | Television film |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Sherlock Holmes | Voice; Television film |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | Voice; Television film |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | Sherlock Holmes | Voice; Television film |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | Sherlock Holmes | Voice; Television film |
| 1983 | Svengali | Anton Bosnyak | Television film |
| 1984 | Kim | Lama | Television film |
| 1986 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hampton | Episode: "Banshee" |
| 1989 | The Dark Angel | Silas | Television adaptation of Uncle Silas |
| 1990 | Crossing to Freedom | John Sidney Howard | Television film |
| 1992 | Civvies | Barry Newman | Miniseries |
| 1994 | Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Sam Trump | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth | Television film |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Emperor of Lilliput | Miniseries |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Carey-Lewis | Miniseries |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Bishop Cauchon | Miniseries |
| 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell | Jeffrey Bernard | Television film |
| 2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Sidney McKnight | Episode: "One More Time" |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | President Paul von Hindenburg | Miniseries |
| 2003 | Imperium: Augustus | Augustus Caesar | Miniseries |
| 2005 | Casanova | Older Casanova | Miniseries |
| 2008 | The Tudors | Pope Paul III | 7 episodes |
| 2008 | Iron Road | Lionel Relic | Miniseries |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1956 | King Lear | Cornwall | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1956 | The Recruiting Officer | Bullock | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1956 | Major Barbara | Peter Shirley | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1956 | Othello | Lodovico | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1956 | The Slave of Truth | Clitandre | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1957 | Pygmalion | Henry Higgins | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1957 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1957 | Oh! My Papa! | Uncle Gustave | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1957 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1957 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1958 | Man and Superman | Tanner | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1958 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1958 | The Holiday | Roger | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1958 | Amphitryon '38 | Jupiter | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1959 | The Long and the Short and the Tall | Bamforth | Royal Court Theatre |
| 1960 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1960 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1960 | Troilus and Cressida | Thersites | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1963 | Hamlet | Hamlet | National Theatre directed by Laurence Olivier |
| 1963 | Baal | Performer | Phoenix Theatre |
| 1965 | Ride a Cock Horse | Performer | Piccadilly Theatre |
| 1966 | Juno and the Paycock | Jack Boyle | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin |
| 1966 | Man and Superman | Tanner | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin |
| 1969 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | Abbey Theatre, Dublin |
| 1973 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1973 | Plunder | D'Arcy Tuck | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1974 | The Apple Cart | King Magnus | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1974 | Judgement | Monologue | Bristol Old Vic |
| 1978 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Toronto |
| 1978 | Present Laughter | Gary Essendine | Washington |
| 1978 | Caligula | Tiberius | Chicago |
| 1980 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Old Vic Theatre |
| 1982 | Man and Superman | Performer | Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
| 1984 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins | Shaftesbury Theatre |
| 1986 | The Apple Cart | Performer | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 1987 | Pygmalion | Professor Higgins | Plymouth Theatre, Broadway |
| 1989, 1991, 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Performer | Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Theatre, Old Vic |
| 1992 | Our Song | Performer | Apollo Theatre |