Peter Ustinov as himself
Broadcast Date: Nov. 24, 1979
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov sits down for an interview with 13-year-old Timothy Addison in this 1979 clip from CBC Radio's Anybody Home? The UNICEF ambassador discusses his humanitarian work and shares memories of his own childhood.Peter Ustinov as himself
• During the Second World War, Pte. Peter Ustinov served as batman (personal assistant) to fellow British actor Lt.-Col. David Niven.
• Sir Peter Ustinov is the only actor to ever win an Oscar for work in a Stanley Kubrick film. He took the 1961 Best Supporting Actor statue for Spartacus.
• Ustinov died in Switzerland on March 28, 2004. He once said that he wanted his epitaph to read "Keep off the grass."
• In this clip, Ustinov mentions ongoing problems in Cambodia, referring to the brutal communist regime ruling the country. Vietnam invaded Cambodia less than a month after this broadcast, toppling the Khmer Rouge and ending its four-year rule which oversaw the murder and starvation of approximately 1.7 million Cambodians.
Peter Ustinov as himself
Medium: Radio
Program: Anybody Home?
Broadcast Date: Nov. 24, 1979
Guest(s): Peter Ustinov
Host: David Schatzky
Interviewer: Timothy Addison
Duration: 4:01
Photo: CBC Still Photo Catalog
Last updated:
May 8, 2008
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Peter Ustinov as himself.
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Last updated: May 8, 2008.
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