Peter O'Toole

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Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – December 13, 2013), a British stage and film actor of Irish descent.

He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began performing in theatre, earning him fame as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company before completing his debut in 1959. He received his first nomination for Best Actor in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Mr. Chips (1964), Mr. Jack (1972), The Lion in Winter (1969), Mr. Chips (1969), and Venus (2006), which holds the oldest Academy Award nominations for acting without a win.

In 2002, O'Toole was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement.

He has also been the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one British Academy Film Award, and one Primetime Emmy Award.

Early life and education

Peter Seamus O'Toole was born on August 2, 1932, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (née Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph "Spats" O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, footballer, and bookmaker. O'Toole said he was not sure of his birth date or date, but that he accepted 2 August as his birth date but had a birth certificate from England and Ireland. According to records from the Leeds General Registry Office, he was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, on August 2nd 1932. Patricia, his elder sister, grew up in Hunslet, south of Leeds. His family began a five-year tour of major racecourse towns in Northern England when he was a year old. He and his sister were brought up in their father's Catholic faith. O'Toole was evacuated from Leeds early in the Second World War and went to a Catholic school for seven or eight years, just south of Leeds. "I used to be afraid stiff of the nuns: their entire denial of femalehood—the black dresses and hair shavening—was so frightening, so frightening," he later reported. [...] Of course, this hasn't happened. They're now sipping gin and tonic in Dublin's pubs, and a few of them flashed their pretty ankles at me just the other day.

O'Toole began working as a trainee journalist and photographer on the Yorkshire Evening Post before being called up for national service as a signaller in the Royal Navy. As reported in a radio interview on NPR in 2006, an officer asked whether he had something he'd always wanted to do. He had always wanted to be either a writer or an actor, as he said. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1952 to 1954 on a scholarship. The director Ernest Blythe's drama school in Dublin had to dismiss him because he could not speak the Irish language. At RADA, he was in the same class as Albert Finney, Alan Bates, and Brian Bedford. Although we weren't allowed to much at the time, O'Toole characterized this as "the most impressive class the academy has ever had." We were all considered dotty."

Personal life

O'Toole was active in protesting British participation in the Korean War when studying at RADA in the early 1950s. He became a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War in the 1960s. He was instrumental in the inception of the new version of the well-known folk song "Carrickfers" by Dominic Behan, who published it in print and made a recording in the mid-1960s.

Though O'Toole had lost faith in organized religion as a youth, he had uplifting thoughts about Jesus Christ's life. In a New York Times interview, he said, "No one can take Jesus away from me." "No one can take Jesus away from me." There is no doubt that a historical figure of utmost significance with deep convictions. "Gree is the same as peace." He referred to himself as "a former Christian" who believes in "an education and reading and facts" rather than faith.

He married Welsh actress Siân Phillips, with whom he had two children: actor Kate and Patricia. In 1979, they were divorced. In two autobiographies, Phillips found that O'Toole had subjected her to psychological abuse, largely as a result of alcohol use, and that she had been exposed to bouts of intense jealousy after she finally left him for a younger woman.

When O'Toole was fifty years old, O'Toole and his brother, model Karen Brown, had a son, Lorcan O'Toole (born 17 March 1983). Lorcan, a student at Harrow School, boarding at West Acre from 1996. He was also an actor.

As a youth in Leeds, O'Toole was also a rugby union fan, watching Five Nations matches with colleagues and fellow rugby fans Richard Harris, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Finch, and Richard Burton. He was also a lifelong player, mentor, and fan of cricket, as well as a Sunderland A.F.C. fan. Sunderland's support was passed on to him by his father, who was a labourer in Sunderland for many years. He was named their Most Popular Fan. Following the demolition of Roker Park and subsequent move to the Stadium of Light, the actor said in a later interview that he no longer considers himself a fan. He described Roker Park as his last link to the club, and that everything "they meant to him was when they were at Roker Park."

On his eponymous talk show, Charlie Rose interviewed O'Toole at least three times. In a 17 January 2007 interview, O'Toole said that British actor Eric Porter had the most influence on him, adding that the difference between actors of yesterday and today is that actors of his generation were trained for "theatre, stage, and theatre." The actor's challenge, according to him, is to "use his imagination to relate to his emotion" and that "good parts make good actors." In other forums (including Becket's DVD commentary), O'Toole credited Donald Wolfit as his most influential mentor.

In the late 1970s, Severe illness almost ended O'Toole's life. His stomach cancer was misdiagnosed as a result of his alcohol intake. O'Toole underwent surgery in 1976 to have his pancreas and a significant portion of his stomach removed, which resulted in insulin-dependent diabetes. He was almost death from a blood disorder in 1978. He recovered and returned to work. He lived on the Sky Road, just outside Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, from 1963, and during his time as a youngster, he stayed in Dublin, London, and Paris (at the Ritz, where his character was portrayed in the film How to Steal a Million).

In an interview with National Public Radio in December 2006, O'Toole revealed that he knew all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets. O'Toole, a self-described romantic, said of the sonnets that no one in the English language compares to them, and that they are read daily. Sonnet 18 is the author of a summer's day in Venus. O'Toole wrote two memoirs. Loitering: Intent: The Child chronicles his childhood in the years leading up to World War II, and it was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1992. Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice is Andrew's second book about his time in England training with a cadre of colleagues at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

O'Toole's retirement from acting in July 2012 followed a bout of stomach cancer recurrence. He died on December 14th, 2013 at Wellington Hospital in St John's Wood, London, at the age of 81. On December 21, 2013, his funeral was held at Golders Green Crematorium in London, where his body was cremated in a wicker coffin. His family announced that they would fulfill his wishes and carry his body to Ireland's west.

A new award was presented in honor of Peter O'Toole, a student at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, on May 18th; this includes an annual award given to two young actors from the School, as well as a paid internship at Bristol Old Vic Theatre. In St Paul's, the Actors' Church in Covent Garden, London, he has a memorial plaque.

Kate O'Toole of the University of Texas at Austin announced on April 21 that she had donated her father's archive at the humanities research center. The collection includes O'Toole's scripts, extensively published and unpublished writings, photographs, letters, medical papers, and others. It's part of many of O'Toole's collaborators and acquaintances, including Donald Wolfit, Eli Wallach, Peter Glenville, Sir Tom Stoppard, and Dame Edith Evans.

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Acting career

My Papa!

O'Toole continued to appear on television, appearing in episodes of Armchair Theatre ("The Pier") and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre ("The Laughing Woman" 1958) and was in the television version of The Castiglioni Brothers (1958). In a musical Oh, My Papa, he made his London debut. Starting in January 1959, O'Toole made a name for herself on the West End in the play The Long and the Tall. Robert Shaw and Edward Juddd appeared in it, and Lindsay Anderson directed it. In 1959, he revived his appearance on television on Theatre Night (although he did not appear in the 1961 film version). In May, the show reincarnated to the West End, winning O'Toole Best Actor of the Year in 1959.

O'Toole was in great demand. According to reports, he had five offers of long-term employment but turned them down. His first appearance in Disney's Kidnapped (1960), opposite Peter Finch, was in a small role. Anthony Quinn directed The Savage Innocents (1960), his second film. Sian Phillips, his then-wife, appeared on Siwan: The King's Daughter (1960) for television. He spent nine months at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, appearing in The Taming of the Shrew (as Shylock) and Troilus and Cressida (as Thersites). He may have made more money in films, but "You've got to Stratford if you have the opportunity."

Jules Buck, who later formed a firm with the actor, had appeared in The Long and the Tall. In The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1961), a heist thriller from director John Guillermin, Buck cast O'Toole. O'Toole was billed third in the third category, behind Aldo Ray and Elizabeth Sellars. He appeared in several episodes of Rendezvous ("End of a Good Man," "Once a Horseplayer," "London-New York"). He didn't appear in the film version of Long and the Short and Tall to Laurence Harvey. "It broke my heart," he later said.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

After Albert Finney refused to play T. E. Lawrence in Sir David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia (1962), O'Toole's big break came in November 1960. The role introduced him to a worldwide audience and earned him the first of his eight Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was given the BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. In Premiere magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time, his appearance ranked him number one. The American Film Institute selected Lawrence as the tenth-greatest hero in cinema history in 2003.

In the premiere production of the Royal National Theatre in 1963, O'Toole appeared Hamlet under Laurence Olivier's direction. He appeared at the Phoenix Theatre in Baal (1963).

Partnership with Jules Buck

O'Toole started looking for a production company with Jules Buck well before the design of Lawrence of Arabia. Keep Films, also known as Tricolor Productions), will produce a film starring Terry-Thomas, Operation Snatch, in November 1961. In 1962, O'Toole and Buck decided to produce a Waiting for Godot version. The film was never made. O'Toole's first appearance was Becket (1964), where O'Toole played King Henry II opposite Richard Burton. The film, which was made in association with Hal Wallis, was a financial success. In 1964, O'Toole lost his lead role in The Cardinal (1963). Rather, Buck and Buck created Lord Jim (1965), based on Joseph Conrad's book "Master Jim (1965). Will Adams' biopic and a film about the Charge of the Light Brigade were supposed to follow this, but no one was able to complete this. Rather, O'Toole was transformed into What's New Pussycat? (1965), a comedy based on a Woody Allen script, takes over a role originally intended for Warren Beatty and starring Peter Sellers. It was a huge success.

Over (1965): He and Buck assisted with the party's Over (1965). In 1965, O'Toole appeared on Ride a Cock Horse at the Piccadilly Theatre, which was harshly criticized. How to Steal a Million (1966), directed by William Wyler, he made a heist film with Audrey Hepburn. In the all-star The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), directed by John Huston, he appeared in the Three Angels. He appeared in the productions of Juno and the Paycock, Man and Superman in 1966 at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. In The Night of the Generals (1967), Sam Spiegel, a producer of Lawrence of Arabia, reunited O'Toole with Omar Sharif, which was a box office disappointment. In 1968, O'Toole appeared in a No.l Coward's Present Laughter television adaptation, and he had a cameo in Casino Royale (1967).

'The Lion in Winter (1968)

He appeared in The Lion again in Winter (1968) with Katharine Hepburn, and was nominated for an Oscar for the first time an actor has been nominated for multiple films. At the box office, the film was also a hit.

Great Catherine (1968), a Jeanne Moreau production based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Great Catherine (1968), which Buck and O'Toole co-produced, was less popular.

Goodbye Mr Chips (1969)

In 1969, he appeared in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, James Hilton's musical adaptation of his novella, starring Petula Clark. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and Drama, and he was voted best actor for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy by the Golden Globe Award. In 1970, O'Toole fulfilled a lifetime dream by appearing on stage in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, with Donal McCann, at Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

He appeared in other films with his sister (played by Susannah York) in Country Dance (1970). O'Toole appeared in a war film directed by Peter Yates, Murphy's War (1971), costarring Sian Phillips. In a film version of Under Milk Wood (1972) by Dylan Thomas, directed by himself and Buck; Elizabeth Taylor co-starred. The film was not a hit back in the United States.

The Ruling Class (1972)

O'Toole was given an Academy Award for his role in The Ruling Class (1972), which was done for his own company. In Man of La Mancha, the motion picture version of the 1965 hit Broadway musical opposite Sophia Loren, he starred Miguel de Cervantes and his fictional creation Don Quixote. The film was a critical and commercial failure, with major non-singing actors being used instead. Tenor Simon Gilbert dubbed his singing, but the other actors did their own singing. Both Cervantes' manservant and Sancho Panza, as well as O'Toole and co-star James Coco, have been named in Golden Globe awards for their performances.

O'Toole did not make a film for many years. He appeared in Uncle Vanya, Plunder, The Apple Cart, and Judgement from 1973 to 1974. With Rosebud (1975), a flop thriller for Otto Preminger, in which O'Toole replaced Robert Mitchum at the last minute, he returned to film. It was followed by Man Friday (1975), an adaptation of the Robinson Crusoe tale that was the last work by Keep Films. Arturo Ripstein directed Foxtrot (1976), O'Toole made Foxtrot (1976). He was praised for his role in Rogue Male (1976) for British television. In 1976, he appeared on stage in Sydney as Dead Eyed Dicks. Power Play (1978), made in Canada, and Zulu Dawn (1979), shot in South Africa, were less well received. On stage, he performed Uncle Vanya and Present Laughter. In 1979, O'Toole appeared as Tiberius in Penthouse-funded biopic Caligula.

The Stunt Man (1980)

In 1980, he received critical acclaim for his role as the director in The Stunt Man, a behind-the-scenes film. His success earned him an Academy Award. In a miniseries for Irish TV Strumpet City, where he played James Larkin, he appeared in a mini series. Lucius Flavius Silva appeared in another miniseries Masada (1981). He appeared in MacBeth for $500 a week (equivalent to $1,600 in 2021), a result that earned O'Toole some of his career's worst critiques.

My Favorite Year (1982)

O'Toole was nominated for another Oscar for his My Favorite Year (1982), a light romantic comedy about the behind-the-scenes at a 1950s television variety-comedy film film festival, in which O'Toole plays an elderly swashbuckling film star reminiscent of Errol Flynn. With a role in Man and Superman (1982), he was better received than his MacBeth (1982) at the London stage. He concentrated on television, directing Man and Superman (1983), Pygmalion (1984), and Kim (1984), and acting as Sherlock Holmes in a series of animated television films. In 1984, Pygmalion appeared on stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre in the West End.

In 1984, O'Toole returned to feature films (2001), Creator (1985), Club Paradise (1986), The Last Emperor (1987) as Sir Reginald Johnston (1988). In 1987, he appeared on Broadway in an adaptation of Pygmalion (1987), opposite Amanda Plummer. It had been on display for 113 performances.

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1989)

He was given a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1989). Uncle Silas (1989) for television was one of his previous appearances during the decade.

O'Toole (1990), The Rainbow Thief (1990), with Sharif; King Ralph (1990) with Sharif; Rebecca's Daughters (1992), in Wales; and Heavy Weather (1995), for British television; and The Seventh Coin (1990), a British television series. He appeared in Gulliver's Travels (1996), playing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; FairyTale: A True Story (1998), a book by Dean Koontz; and Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999). In the 1999 mini-series Joan of Arc, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell's (1999) was both a producer and actor in a television adaptation.

O'Toole's contributions to the next decade included Global Heresy (2002); The Final Curtain (2003); and Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) for television; and Imperium: Augustus Caesar. In 2004, he appeared in Troy as King Priam. In 2005, he appeared on television as the older version of legendary 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova in the BBC drama series Casanova. David Tennant, the younger Casanova, was seen for the majority of the game, and he had to wear contact lenses to match his brown eyes to O'Toole's blue. In Lassie, he followed it with a role. (2005)

Venus (2006)

In his sixth nomination, O'Toole was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Maurice in the 2006 film Venus. Anton Ego, a food critic, appeared in One Night with the King (2006) and co-starred in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2005), an animated film about a rat with aspirations of becoming Paris's top chef. In Stardust (2007), he was only interested in a little bit. He appeared in the second season of Showtime's drama series The Tudors (2008), portraying Pope Paul III, who excommunicates King Henry VIII from the cathedral, triggering a confrontation between the two men in seven of the ten episodes. In 2008, he appeared alongside Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill in Dean Spanley, an Alan Sharp film based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's short story My Talks with Dean Spanley.

He appeared in Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008) and Iron Road (2009), a Canadian-Chinese miniseries. O'Toole's final appearances in Highway to Hell (2012) and For More Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012) were published. O'Toole released a statement on July 10 announcing his retirement from acting. After his retirement and death, a number of films were released: Decline of an Empire (2013), as Gallus; and Diamond Cartel (2017).

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