
Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self

DAS!
1991 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self

NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self

What's My Line?
1950 · Self

Wogan
1982 · Self
Die Drehscheibe
1964 · Self

Apostrophes
1975 · Self
3 nach 9
1974 · Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Host
Film '72
1971 · Self

Beckmann
1999 · Self

Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self

Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self

Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self

Omnibus
1967 · Self

Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Co-Host/Presenter

Bambi
1948 · Self
Aeschbacher
2001 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Hier und heute
1998 · Self

Dinah!
1974 · Self

Numéro un
1975 · Self

Die Montagsmaler
1974 · Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self

The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self
Was bin ich?
1955 · Self
Im Dialog
1997 · self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self

An Audience with...
1978 · Self

The Oscars
1953 · Self

Omnibus
1952 · Dr. Samuel Johnson, Marshal

The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star / Dr. Felix Ogelbaum

Heut' abend
1980 · Self

Boulevard Bio
1991 · Self (archive footage)

The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self

HARDtalk
1997 · Actor

Timewatch
1982 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self
Seitenblicke
1987 · self

Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Host, Self - President

Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage), Self - Guest (archive footage)

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957 · Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self

Doctor Snuggles
1979 · Doctor Snuggles (voice)

Spartacus
1960 · Lentulus Batiatus, Screenplay

Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · Herod the Great
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002 · Self

Folio
1955 · Actor
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self

Robin Hood
1973 · Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)

Auf los geht's los
1977 · Self
Showgeschichten
1986 · Self

Music & Guests
1976 · Self

The David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
Je später der Abend
1973 · Self

NET Playhouse
1966 · Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
Lebens-Künstler
1995 · Self

Theatre Night
1957 · Self — Introduction, Writer
Harty
1983 · Self

Death on the Nile
1978 · Hercule Poirot
Small World
1958 · Self

Logan's Run
1976 · Old Man
Zeil um Zehn
1990 · Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Socrates, Gideon

Around the World in 80 Days
1989 · Wilbur Fix

Quo Vadis
1951 · Nero

Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Walrus

Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Hercule Poirot

We're No Angels
1955 · Jules
Das Profil
1962 · Self

Pour le plaisir
1964 · Self

The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · Truck Driver

Appointment with Death
1988 · Hercule Poirot

Luther
2003 · Frederick
This Week
TBA · Actor
Saturday Night Clive
1989 · Actor

The Bachelor
1999 · Grandad

Lorenzo's Oil
1992 · Professor Nikolais

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Captain Blackbeard

The French Revolution
1989 · André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)

Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968 · reporter

The French Revolution
1989 · Vicomte de Mirabeau

Murder in Three Acts
1986 · Hercule Poirot

Clochemerle
1972 · Narrator

Salem Witch Trials
2003 · William Stroughton

Strumpet City
1980 · King Edward VII

Animal Farm
1999 · Old Major (voice)

Thirteen at Dinner
1985 · Hercule Poirot

The Egyptian
1954 · Kaptah
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
1971 · Self

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981 · Charlie Chan

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 · Sergeant Markov

Winter Solstice
2003 · Actor

Dead Man's Folly
1986 · Hercule Poirot

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Fawz

Lola Montès
1955 · Circus Master

Jukebox Heroes
2001 · Self
Zwischenstation
1964 · Self

Le Plaisir
1952 · Narrator (uncredited) (voice) (English edit)

The Thief of Baghdad
1978 · The Caliph

Billy Budd
1962 · Edwin Fairfax Vere, Post Captain, Director

Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
1964 · Self

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Prince John/ Hnup Wan ''Hunp''

The Sundowners
1960 · Rupert Venneker

Victoria & Albert
2001 · William IV

The Purple Taxi
1977 · Taubelman

Topkapi
1964 · Arthur Simon Simpson

Ashanti
1979 · Suleiman

The Way Ahead
1944 · Rispoli, Screenplay

Hot Millions
1968 · Marcus Pendleton / Caesar Smith, Writer

The Magic Box
1952 · Industry Man

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · The Priest

Treasure of Matecumbe
1976 · Dr. Snodgrass

The Mouse and His Child
1977 · Manny the Rat (voice)
Paths of the Gods
1995 · Self - Presenter

Beau Brummell
1954 · George, Prince of Wales

Queen: Champions of the World
1995 · Self

Odette
1950 · Lt. Alex Rabinovich

Parkinson at 50
2021 · Self (archive footage)

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982 · Hercuele Poirot

Stiff Upper Lips
1998 · Horace Wiggins

The Moment of Truth
1955 · The Marshall, Writer

Lady L
1965 · Prince Otto of Bavaria, Director

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995 · Grandfather

Viva Max!
1969 · General Maximilian Rodrigues De Santos

The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000 · Self

Romanoff and Juliet
1961 · The General, Writer

The Goose Steps Out
1942 · Krauss

Hollywood Invasion
2011 · Self (archive footage)

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute
1994 · Narrator

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002 · Self - Presenter

Women of the World
1963 · English Narration (voice)

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994 · Self

We'll Grow Thin Together
1979 · Victor Lasnier

Peep and the Big Wide World
1988 · Narrator (voice)

The Comedians
1967 · Ambassador Manuel Pineda

Tarka the Otter
1979 · Narrator (voice)

After Mein Kampf
1940 · Marinus van der Lubbe

A Storm in Summer
1970 · Abel Shaddick

The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957 · Mr. Bossi

Not an Evening like any Other
1976 · Antique Dealer

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995 · Grandfather / Phoenix (voice)

There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
1990 · Il veterinario

Memed My Hawk
1984 · Abdi Aga, Producer

Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Self (archive footage)

The Spies
1957 · Michel Kiminsky

Hammersmith Is Out
1972 · Doctor, Director

The Marshal of Madrid
1972 · Actor

Victoria & Albert
2001 · König William IV.

The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Self (uncredited)

Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 · Grendel (voice)

Double Murder
1977 · Harry Hellman

Short Cut to Haifa
1972 · Israeli Truck Driver

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003 · Self

Alekan le magnifique
1998 · Self

Babar Comes to America
1971 · Narrator (voice)
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Abduction from the Seraglio
1995 · Narrator

Winter Solstice
2003 · Hughie McLellan

The Legend of the Good Beasts
1956 · The Storyteller

Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
2009 · Self (archive footage)

The Mermaid Frolics
1977 · Self

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
1977 · Actor

Granpa
1989 · Granpa (voice)
Majestät brauchen Sonne
1999 · (uncredited voice)
Barefoot in Athens
1966 · Socrates

Riders of the Wind
1986 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Imaginary Friends
1982 · Philip Lester

The New Lot
1943 · Keith, Writer

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
1968 · Presenter

Metamorphoses
1978 · Narrator (voice)

The True Glory
1945 · Commentator

Hotel Sahara
1951 · Emad

The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
1988 · Self - Host

An Audience with Peter Ustinov
1988 · Self

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
1968 · Narrator / All voices (voice)

An Evening with Peter Ustinov
1996 · Self

Julie's Christmas Special
1973 · Self / Santa Claus
Das Leben – ein Karussell: Max Ophüls und sein Werk
2002 · self
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Marriage of Figaro
1995 · Narrator

Let the People Sing
1942 · Dr. Bentika

The Trouble With Agatha Christie
1991 · Self - Actor

Einstein's Universe
1979 · Himself

F1 1987 Official Review
1987 · Narrator

Peter Ustinov: The Parkinson Interviews
2004 · Self

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990 · Self
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982 · Actor
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978 · Self / Hercule Poirot

Gideon
1971 · Gideon

Peter and the Wolf
1995 · Narrator

Private Angelo
1949 · Pvt. Angelo, Producer

My Khmer Heart
2000 · Self

Death on the Tagus
1979 · Self

The Peaches
1964 · Narrator (voice)
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti
1995 · Narrator

Children of Ghana
1988 · Voice-over (English)

Abgehört
1984 · Genosse Kuruk
Through Joy and Beyond
1979 · C. S. Lewis (voice)
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Don Giovanni
1995 · Narrator

Nuclear Nightmares
1979 · Himself
Beethovens Zehnte
1988 · Beethoven