Peter Ustinov

Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) was a British actor, author and raconteur. He guest starred on The Muppet Show Episode 112.

According to the Muppet Morsels on The Muppet Show: Season One, Ustinov enjoyed his guest appearance so much that he was invited back for a cameo in the movie The Great Muppet Caper as a truck driver. In 1999, he played the part of the Walrus in the Creature Shop film, Alice in Wonderland and voiced Old Major in Animal Farm. The multilingual Ustinov often dubbed his own roles into other languages, and re-dubbed his Alice in Wonderland dialogue into German

He won two Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards for his roles in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964), and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.

Character Gallery

as the truck driver, encountering Oscar the Grouch in Great Muppet Caper

as the Walrus in "Alice in Wonderland"

External links

• Internet Broadway Database
• IMDb