What's my Line? Peter Ustinov
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Such warm eyes. I love him. One of my few top favorite actors. <3
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The original choice to play the laed in The Pink Panther.
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@semretmu His Great Grandmother.
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A marvellous guy. According to him, I speak German "quite skillfully". I met him in Waterstone's in Princes Street in 1993.
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@jhr459 -I have watched in airports and restaurants, parents negotiate good behavior with their screaming kids. That would not have happened in my youth and not because I was afraid my father was going to hit me-we just had more respect for parents/society/etc. I'm not saying that kids should be blindly obedient, but neither should they be blindly rebellious and blindly disrespectful. I am convinced that a big part of the problem is the absolute reverence for the 'CHILD'. Adults take 2nd place.
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@arbutus27 - I think it is a complicated question; but I think that in no small part is the evolution of the way children are viewed in American culture. We have gone from the obedient child of my grandparents era, to the 'I want my children to have it better than I did' of my parents era; to the revered child era we find ourselves in. For example, when I was a kid, parents usually sided with a teacher, but now the teacher is wrong and 'I want him fired for questioning/failing my kid'.
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@CatMoves1 - that is exactly what it was - thanks.
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@jhr459 You might be thinking of "Beau Brummel". He played the part of The Prince Regent (who later became George IV of England) and from what I've read he walked off with the movie; acted circles around everyone else. Beau was played by Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Taylor played the part of Lady Patricia. I guess it bombed at the box office. I'd love to see it some day. I adore bad Elizabeth Taylor movies.
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Poirot! Good ol Peter Ustinov.
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Apparently he was the first choice for Inspector Clouseau in the original Pink Panther film. Fortunately he wasn't available and Peter Sellers brilliant performance, as Clouseau, stole the film from the star David Niven.
Peter Ustinov, one of-a-kind, a rare breed. Brilliant, witty, and up to the point, with no hesitation. And back then, they didn't do much editing... It was all live, just the way he said it... Thank you for posting it!
olegschramm 2 years ago 33
"But I do wanna mislead them!" - wasn't that great!
velma8714 3 years ago 28