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Peter O'Toole (1932–2013)

Author of Loitering with Intent: The Child

32+ Works 408 Members 8 Reviews

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Image credit: Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence In Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 [source: Columbia Pictures extended 1962 trailer for "Lawrence of Arabia"]

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Works by Peter O'Toole

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Ratatouille [2007 film] (2007) — Voice — 1,075 copies
Stardust [2007 film] (2007) — Actor — 671 copies
Lawrence of Arabia [1962 film] (1962) — Actor — 641 copies
Troy [2004 film] (2004) — Actor — 637 copies
One Night with the King [2007 film] (2007) — Actor — 295 copies
The Last Emperor [1987 film] (1987) — Actor — 191 copies
Joan of Arc [1999 TV mini series] (1999) — Actor — 129 copies
Becket [1964 film] (1964) — Actor — 112 copies
How to Steal a Million [1966 film] (1966) — Actor — 102 copies
Caligula [1979 film] (1979) — Actor — 93 copies
The Bible: In the Beginning [1966 film] (1992) — Actor — 82 copies
Man of La Mancha [1972 film] (1972) — Actor — 65 copies
Gulliver's Travels [1996 TV miniseries] (1996) — Actor — 57 copies
Supergirl [1984 film] (1984) — Actor — 51 copies
Christmas Cottage [2008 film] (2008) — Actor — 48 copies
Bright Young Things {2003 film} (2003) — Actor — 48 copies
My Favorite Year [1982 film] (1981) — Actor — 46 copies
Zulu Dawn [1979 film] (1979) — Cast — 38 copies
Lassie [2005 film] (2006) — Actor — 37 copies
Venus [2006 film] (2006) — Actor — 32 copies
Hitler: The Rise of Evil  [2003 TV mini series] (2003) — Actor — 30 copies
The Stunt Man [1980 film] (2001) 30 copies
Phantoms [1998 film] (1998) — Actor — 29 copies
The Tudors: The Complete Series (2010) — Darsteller — 27 copies
High Spirits [1988 film] (1989) — Actor — 25 copies
Kidnapped [1959 film] (1959) 25 copies
Rogue Male [1976 TV Movie] (1976) — Actor — 23 copies
Casanova [2005 TV mini series] (2005) — Actor — 21 copies
Murphy's War [1971 film] (1986) — Actor — 21 copies
Lord Jim [1965 film] (1995) 19 copies
Goodbye, Mr. Chips [1969 film] (1969) — Actor — 16 copies
Under Milk Wood [1971 film] (1972) — Actor — 15 copies
Coming Home [1998 film] (1998) 12 copies
Global Heresy [2002 film] (2002) — Actor — 7 copies
Club Paradise [1986 film] (2006) — Actor — 6 copies
Creator [1985 film] (1999) — Actor — 6 copies
Iron Road [2009 TV movie] (2014) — Actor — 4 copies
Wings of Fame [1990 film] (1990) 2 copies
Man Friday [1975 film] (1991) 2 copies
Kim [1984 TV movie] (2006) 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
O'Toole, Peter
Legal name
O'Toole, Peter Seamus Lorcan
Birthdate
1932-08-02
Date of death
2013-12-14
Gender
male
Nationality
Ireland
UK
Place of death
London, England, UK
Places of residence
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
actor

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Reviews

The first of two volumes of memoirs, covering his early education, upbringing by his “sporting” (i.e. bookmaking) father and mother, wartime evacuation, Royal Navy service, early acting, and ending with admission into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship.

He’s highly literate and has a great talent for language.

It’s frequently funny.

He rambles, jumps around, and for some inexplicable reason devotes about a third of his memoir to a sort of biographical sketch of Adolf Hitler, which isn’t that badly done, but what the hell? He was known to be a drunk, and I guess some drunks do talk about Hitler a lot.

One of the main characters is a young friend that he calls “O’Liver.” It’s not clear to me whether it’s someone that we’re supposed to know, and given my heroic dedication to never doing any outside research, I’ll not figure it out until one of you writes in to tell me. My guess is Oliver Reed.

Reflecting on earlier days with O’Liver: “We both are old now, more sedate, more responsible, we sleep in beds and sometimes we are sober; our bones are brittle, our sinews want elastic, the optician is kept busy and the dentist’s in despair, the barber gives us shorter shrift while the tailor makes thick overcoats, but should a shining occasion present itself, why, we will run jump fight fuck wheel a barrow drive a truck and generally present ourselves, singly or in tandem, to whatever merry mayhem takes our fancy.”

Not bad. I hear the second volume is better.
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k6gst | 3 other reviews | Mar 4, 2019 |
A wonderfully funny account of O'Toole's early experiences of acting and college life, full of anecdotes infused with enthusiasm and love.
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