Peter Ustinov, April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004.

With Terence Stamp.

Two Poirots converse while three other Poirots tend to their unique agricultural endeavors.

A silly little AU concept returns.

I sometimes feel that Jeremy Brett and David Suchet have cursed me to never enjoy other actors' portrayals of their respective Great Detectives. I love Robert Downey, Jr., but he is not Holmes; he is a pulp action hero version of Holmes, whirling through melees and explosions that Holmes would have predicted and let Lestrade resolve with the combined might of Scotland Yard. Branagh and Ustinov are geniuses, but they are too comfortable in the world to be the fussy little Belgian. They lack the discomfort with the messiness of the day-to-day that Suchet imparts in every gesture. (Poirot does not _chase_ the fleeing villain on foot, Msr. Branagh; that is what Japp and Hastings are for.)

Despite this, though, I enjoy the other visions of Holmes and Poirot. They show that even such iconic, important archetypal characters can be re-interpreted and show some new and fun.

Sophia Loren, Paris, 1956

"The fairy-tale of her existence has remained what it always was, a fairy-tale, not to be taken as seriously as life itself, and it is the same intelligence which guides both the destinies of Scicolone and Loren—Loren, the superb female with the extraordinary Nilotic carriage, the surprisingly light eyes, and the profile evocative of ancient Assyrian bas reliefs, Scicolone who has seen it all, the comedy and the drama, the tragedy and the farce of a life which is never easy, and where the rewards are often illusory, or at least transitory."

-Peter Ustinov

Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, Glass Onion

Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, Evil Under the Sun

Sir Peter Ustinov (April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004)

Muppet Fact #921

Peter Ustinov and Petula Clark dubbed their own appearances in The Muppet Show in French for Le Muppet Show.

Sources:

The Muppet Show. Episode 112: Peter Ustinov. October 24, 1976.

The Muppet Show. Episode 220: Petula Clark. March 12, 1978.

Le Muppet Show. Episode 112: Peter Ustinov.

Le Muppet Show. Episode 220: Petula Clark.

Hercule Poirot & A Haunting in Venice

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The Bachelor (1999) - Peter Ustinov

here have a prinny edit

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968 lobby card

Logan’s Run, Italian Lobby Card (Fotobusta), 1976

Grace Kelly and Peter Ustinov.

Birthday remembrance - Peter Ustinov #botd

Vintage Poster - Blackbeard's Ghost

Buena Vista (1976)