Peter Ustinov winning Supporting Actor for "Spartacus"

[@Kellen_Quigley]

No doubt one of his best performances. Every time Peter was on screen in "Spartacus," the movie got even better.

[@peterbreughel4440]

I watched it last night. Ustinov steals every scene, even when he's opposite Olivier, Laughton and Douglas. He's the most fully realized character in the movie.

[@tim7052]

Undoubtedly one of the greats of out lifetime! Not just an accomplished actor, but director, playwright, author, raconteur and stasteman: an accomplished gentleman - something that only a rare few ever achieve in life. Thank you for your entertainment and tireless work in making this world a better place. RIP, Sir Peter. 👍

[@marinakaye8284]

Ustinov deserved this! Listen to the applause, even the audience thinks so.So much of Spartacus' brilliance is Ustinov's performance.

[@Buckblacket]

Completely agree. His performance in the final scene alone was worthy of an Oscar, magnificent!

[@kugelweg]

He was the BEST reason to watch the film!

[@ModernOdysseus]

What an ovation he received! And this was such a deserved win. His performance was simply brilliant.

[@tiffsaver]

Peter Ustinov, in a word, was brilliant. More than being simply the "comic relief" of this film, he brought a degree of truthfulness and pathos to a role that might never quite be realized by a lesser actor. There was none like Ustinov, and never will be. R.I.P.

[@Rogue849]

Saw the movie today. So true!

[@tiffsaver]

@@Rogue849 Glad you got to see one of the last true movie epics. The other was "Ben Hur." Like the old saying goes, "They don't make 'em like this anymore."

[@kugelweg]

You are SOOO right! There are few, if any, actors these days who could pull off a performance like this.

[@tiffsaver]

@@kugelweg I call Ustinov a "National Treasure." He was the rarest of the rare.

[@kugelweg]

@@tiffsaver I know!

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

Ustinov may be the only winning actor I've ever heard acknowledge the work of the editor whose contribution is absolutely essential in shaping a screen performance.

[@jeremystubbs1980]

Lupita N'yongo acknowledged editor Joe Walker.

[@allanfuentes9694]

@@jeremystubbs1980 By then no one was watching

[@vnessie1]

He was absolutely hilarious in the film. The way he kept referring to the Tribune (Sir Laurence Olivier) as "your enormity" and "your magnitude" among other things was just too funny.

[@pogimax]

Don't forget "Your Pulchritude" towards the ladies.

[@cbi1991]

Spartacus was a masterpiece. Impressive cast: Oliver-Laughton-Ustinov were tremendous.

[@hannahsauceda8247]

Every time I watch my favorite actors receive their Oscars I clap like a dork. But I can't help it. ;) Way to go Peter!

[@henrikechers9995]

Both Peter Ustinov and Eva Marie Saint are exquisite

[@peteowen3539]

That voice! Unmistakable

[@gman2010ification]

What a superb performance in a brilliant movie!!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I could not agree more !!

[@TheSealOfTheRose]

Eve Marie-Saint was extremely beautiful.

[@steffekingen]

I agree totally, almost - miss Marie-Saint's first name is Eva (not Eve).

[@jubalcalif9100]

I have a notion to second that emotion !! You clearly have xlnt taste !! :-)

[@mizofan]

and who could forget her and Cary Grant in North by Northwest?

[@bronson1392]

You dont say...

[@kingamoeboid3887]

And still alive (97).

[@bwsmyhero]

I read that Peter Falk started to rise when he heard "Peter....." then, of course, had to sit back down when "Ustinov" was said. He's my favorite actor, but Ustinov deserved it!

[@williamsnyder5616]

That might be reminiscent of the 1933 Oscars when Frank Capra thought he had won for his comedy, "Lady For a Day" because all presenter Will Rogers said was "Come and get it, Frank." He was halfway to the podium when he finally realized Rogers meant Frank Lloyd for "Cavalcade." Hollywood made up to Capra three times in the 1930s with Oscars for Best Direction for "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) and "You Can't Take It With You" (1938).

[@YoungFrankenstein]

Spartacus was directed by Kubrick. And he's the only actor/actress, deserveful or not, to win for a performance in a Kubrick movie

[@user-uy6uc5ey5q]

Ironic as Ustinov rather took Anthony Mann side when asked about Mann's firing (after only a week of shooting) over the years and Kubrick famously distanced himself from his involvement with the film.

[@jubalcalif9100]

These "blasts from the past" from vintage Oscar programs are so much fun to watch...I'd like to thank the Academy for sharing them !! :-)

[@louisemiller2774]

I love Peter Usinov.......

[@HolgerRuneFan]

It's too bad he couldn't have shared this with the magnificent Charles Laughton. His scenes with him in Spartacus were by far the highlight of the movie.

[@andreabollinger9932]

According to a decidedly underwhelmed (slightly miffed?) Spartacus producer and star Kirk Douglas (as mentioned in his autobiography) Ustinov and Laughton all but were "directing their scenes" themselves. And a fabulous job they did, no matter what Douglas or Kubrick thought.

[@Chevalierjacquesarthur]

this is truly one of the best performances i've seen in film he really takes the show away from all the other brilliant actors in that film and you can never take your eyes off him

[@caliacaraballo9408]

Gran actor y aunque recibió el Oscar por la película Espartaco su papel de Nerón en Quo Vadis es insuperable

[@georgevasiliou4950]

great actor and great thinker

[@Lee-70ish]

A man of many talents.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Eva Marie Saint - always so beautiful!

[@jec1ny]

Well deserved. The Academy got this one right.

[@emanuelebitetto3494]

GREAT ACTOR Peter Ustinov and a good man. Perfect performance in every movie he interpreted. Beau Brummel, Quo Vadis,Topkapi. Very special actor.

[@ALE280290]

Happy 100th birtdhay Peter Ustinov... if only you were alive :'(

[@dedrickmcconnell621]

The right man won but if I had to give it anybody else, it would be the other Peter!

[@Phoenix85006]

What a magnificent voice!

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

A wonderful actor and a very classy speech !☺️🙌

[@MichaelVereno]

Peter Ustinov related in an interview why he did not act too surprised. He had had numerous lucky encounters with the number six in his life - that very day he realized it was the 33rd oscars, he was assigned to seat #24, row F; afterwards, he was scheduled for tables 6 and 42 at the afterparties, and it was his limo driver's 33rd birthday. With that kind of evidence he did not feel surprised at all.

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

And this comment has 6 likes.

[@docmalthus]

And the limo driver, whose 33rd birthday it was, was originally scheduled to drive Sal Mineo who was the favorite. When he heard that Ustinov knew he had it.

[@mehmazai7877]

What's going on in that head of yours

[@cesarcapatinta7922]

Excelente actor!, ya debe estar en el estigia. Lo bueno es q nos dejó grandes películas donde podemos ver su arte de actuar.

[@marcco44]

i swear, i've never seen elizabeth taylor look more beautiful than on this oscar night, even in these snippets of footage!

[@darumadaruma8801]

I marvel at how short and sweet thank you speeches used to be. What are the chances of reinstating that practice I wonder?

[@Psifonian2]

About goddamn time. My #1 in Supporting Actor of all time.

[@steveoh9285]

Great actor, great movie.

[@Dennisanyone-]

Chill wills thought he had the oscar in the bag with all the campaigning he did to win. Sal mineo looked as if his life depended on winning. What i love about the old oscar clips are the honest emotions on the nominees faces. Well deserved win from peter ustinov.

[@jonisafreak3]

Hollywood wasnt great for Sal. He beat himself up a lot. He never reached the same success as Rebel.

[@Dennisanyone-]

@@jonisafreak3 as far as the cultural impact of Rebel you’re right. Sal won the golden globe for supporting actor for Exodus so he had a reason to feel a bit optimistic. He was good in it, but the film is a bit of a slog to sit through. Ustinov had an advantage with his scene stealing role and was already respected in the industry, given that he won again four years later.

[@hlcepeda]

That's what earned a mention of "cousins" in Bob Hope's preamble: It referenced one of Chill Wills' Oscar campaign ads, i.e., “Win, lose, or draw. You’re still my cousins and I love you all.” There was also Bob Hope's quip about he not knowing about any Oscar campaign until he saw his maid wearing a "Chill Wills" button.

[@mistersquare7327]

Well deserved! A great classical Hollywood movie!

[@buddyvilla7393]

No matter how brilliant Peter Ustinov was in Spartacus it doesn’t come close to what Sal Mineo did in Exodus. When Sal has to relive the brutality and inhumanity he endured in the death camp at Auschwitz’s in front of the leader of the Irgun played by David Opatoshu. That harrowing gut wrenching scene has stayed imprinted in my head for fifty years. I was born three years after Exodus was released and first saw it on NBCaround 1973. Also the scene where Sal discovers Jill Haworths body completely and totally devastating!!! Whatever a person thinks of the political message of Exodus you can’t deny the power of and depth of Sal Mineos performance. Also Jill Haworth Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint and Peter Lawford playing an obnoxious arrogant racist British Army officer to perfection.

[@adoublemaltneatplease2883]

What a wonderfully gracious acceptance

[@grant1088]

The lovely eva Maria saint is still with us 2024.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

The only actor ever to win an Oscar in a Stanley Kubrick film. One other was nominated - Peter Sellers.

[@tonycaniggia]

Great movies and Oscars don't necessarily go hand in hand

[@milart12]

00:37 Eva Marie Saint is still with us.

[@rickram1961]

Thanks for posting!

[@silviarothermel7754]

Peter Ustinov, es uno de los mejores actores de todos los tiempos . Ha hecho el mejor Nerón de la , historia del cine, y otros como en Adónde vas ? , otro en Josué en Egipcio, inolvidables . Muy merecido su galardón .

[@LPJack02]

RIP Sir Peter Ustinov (April 16, 1921 - March 28, 2004), aged 82 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@JerseySurvivor]

Lol! Bob Hope. "Everyone is held down by their psychiatrists and their cousins". Howl! A direct dig at Chill Wills's shamless camapaign that year for The Alamo. He placed an ad "To All My Cousins". To which Groucho Marx replied "we may be cousins BUT I'm voting for Sal Mineo anyway..."

[@smellabell84]

Fabulous

[@vistaestrada]

It's okay, Sal. We still remember you.

[@almanook3005]

Groucho Mark said he voted for Sal Mineo.

[@AlessioRomaMusic]

Great Movie and actor!! 🎬✨

[@Rayoscope]

Where Kubrick learned film production logistics on a grand scale.

[@70mmcinerama44]

Prolonged Applause, nice!

[@derf66]

As Tony Curtis said: "Spartacus, my bruddah!"

[@tomp8094]

He was brilliant in this movie. He was also great as Emporer Nero in Quo Vadis.

[@ronnigoodan8619]

Nero is one of the best performances I have ever seen ANY actor do! I was FLOORED by Ustinov in that role.

[@serpico56]

When Oscar had real stars

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

The only Oscar ever won by an actor in a Kubrick movie.

[@eddyrenzooreramirez5872]

Neron Peter Ustinov

[@MrGatewayski]

It is!

[@mariagraziabaldinini9337]

un bravissimo attore

[@herbsuperb6034]

HISS!!!!!! YOU'RE NEVER AROUND WHEN I NEED YOU!!!!!!!!! 🙂

[@MrLoaded2012]

The funniest thing is that Eva Marie Saint looks better today than in 1961 :-) Peter Ustinov was a great actor, and a great character off-screen as well.

[@carloseduardodiazmoreno4134]

The only Acting Oscar for a Kubrick film.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

There are few talents greater than Ustinov, but I never really understood this award or the ovation. He was impeccable in that decadent role, but Peter Falk, in his movie debut, gave the best performance of his career as the malignant Abe Reles in Murder Inc. So did George Peppard, shut out for his role as Mitchum's illegitimate son in Home from the Hill and likewise, Roger Livesey who was heartbreaking as Olivier's irrelevant father in The Entertainer. I would have written his name in, rules be damned. As for Chill Wills? Come on.

[@cezar211091]

he deserved an oscar for nero.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+cezar211091 In another year maybe. But nobody deserved to win over Karl Malden, superb as Mitch in Streetcar.

[@cezar211091]

TheChannel.TV hmm, you may be right. I love Kazan s work.

[@jubalcalif9100]

His performance as Nero truly was magnificent !!

[@jc6594]

Today Commemorates Peter Ustinov's 100th Birthday

[@Tlamourep03]

It's a shame he was the only oscar winner for a performance directed by Kubrick

[@karlkarlos3545]

Well deserved. Not shame at all.

[@pantherdude10]

Now why did it take so long for this to get here? I'm guessing his win for Topkapi is right around the corner, but i'm not gonna hold my breath for it.

[@denisesaunders3067]

I agree with the comment below. Beautiful lady.

[@cristiandachelet179]

Peter ustinov tremendo actor y tremenda pelicula pero una injusticia que kirk douglas no ganara el oscar al mejor actor y peter me gusto mas como neron en quo vadis de 1951 dos grandes peliculas

[@2ndRatePetronius]

He was phenomenal in Quo Vadis as well.

[@YoungFrankenstein]

all but Peter. He was just chilling xD

[@missuniworld]

00:51 Sal Mineo wanted it so BADDDDDDDD

[@slc2466]

Sal won the Golden Globe and must have legitimately thought he had a good chance.

[@branagain]

The only Oscar winning performance in a Stanley Kubrick film.

[@fatima1009]

Jonathan Winters accepted it. I just saw it.

[@MrCristoforoantonio]

I never really thought about that.

[@jasonladd6400]

His performance in Spartacus only grows in stature.

[@playlistideale]

"and may fortune smile on...most of you"

[@jacksmith2417]

I have a question. Ustinov won a second Oscar in 1965 for best supporting actor for Topkapi. According to IMDB , Ustiinov was not at the cremony the year he won that award. So Oscars , if this is true , who accepted the award for him that year and could you please upload that win?

[@alvilla9659]

Jonathan winters

[@drstrangelove6558]

Macmurray was not even nominated for the apartment?!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Look carefully, and you can see Elizabeth Taylor sitting right behind Chill Wills. Her first Oscar would come later that same evening.

[@60smusicrules]

Well, Kubrick directed the majority if Spartacus. He received director's credit. But Anthony Mann was originally hired to direct and did the gladiator school scenes. He and Kirk Douglas weren't on the same page so Kubrick replaced him.

[@6aadhi]

60smusicrules This is the only oscar winning performance directed by Stanley Kubrick.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+60smusicrules Kubrick wasn't crazy about Douglas either.

[@jubalcalif9100]

How right you are !! And sadly Kubrick was later replaced as the director of the Western "One Eyed Jacks" by the film's star & producer, Marlon Brando...who ended up directing it himself ! Brando did an OK job but I would love to have seen how it would have turned out with Kubrick in the director's chair....Stanley never have the chance again to do a Western.

[@williamsnyder5616]

Kubrick was not fond of "Spartacus." He always liked "smaller" films, but I think he was wrong about "Spartacus." It was one of the few "epic" films with literacy.

[@YoungFrankenstein]

where? :O I haven't seen it online...

[@avg5931]

He deserve it! He should won for Nerón

[@ronnigoodan8619]

He got a Golden Globe for that one!

[@nickcopeland6915]

Prince John got some gold after all.

[@YoungFrankenstein]

do you have Anthony Quinn's wins? I'd love to see those.

[@jubalcalif9100]

And the talented Tony won TWO Best Supporting Actor Oscars ("Viva Zapata" and "Lust for Life") !!

[@GG1Productions]

You know Betty Draper is always compared to Grace Kelly, which is fair, but honestly she's bears a greater resemblance to Eva Marie Saint

[@michaelmanke8656]

Having been educated in german schools, we have been taught, at least 13 years to loose gracefully. This was part of the educational process.

[@gatewayski1]

Mr. Ustinov really had no competition here.

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe ! His performance truly was the most powerful of all those nominated !

[@HansLanda-m5f]

Yes Peter IS an incredible actor but for me this award was for Sir Laurence Olivier on the same film his Crassus is the best character on the film

[@MrBaddel77]

they did.

[@panapaok]

@Danetto Actually Spartacus is a Kubrick Movie. Do some research before you say something my friend.

[@williamsnyder5616]

You please do some research. Anthony Man WAS the original director of "Spartacus," but was fired by the star and executive producer, Kirk Douglas. The majority of the film was directed by Kubrick and he is credited as the director. This happened a lot in Hollywood. George Cukor started as the director of "Gone With the Wind," but was replaced by Victor Fleming and (for a few scenes) Sam Wood. Cukor also directed a few of the scenes of "The Wizard of Oz" before handing over the reins to Fleming and, finally, Mervyn LeRoy.

[@lliamjurdom9505]

How many Oscars did he win - i know he won for for Topkapi best supporting actor … 1965

[@Psifonian2]

The only actor to win for a Kubrick film.

[@narrowgate528]

He was a cutie.

[@gar651527]

Bob hope ever look young?

[@Dennisanyone-]

Where was Shelley Winters last years winner to present?

[@theprayinggirl1587]

He played the part of 2 evil kings . Herrod in Jesus of Nazareth and Emperor Nero in Quo Vadis.

[@MrGatewayski]

It is already

[@drstrangelove6558]

Mr. MacMurray, Waltson and Krushen should all have at least been nominated for the Apartment. Exept For Krushen who already was!

[@TheTVNetworks]

+dr strangelove None of those, including Kruschen, was as good as Roger Livesey, George Peppard, or Hume Cronyn, all slighted for their exceptional work that year.

[@drstrangelove6558]

+TheChannel Thats obviously your not so humble taste. I assume very much you where reffering to their work in the Entertainer, Home From the hill and Sunrise at Compebello. Mr. Krushen and Waltsen were both better than Peppard, Livesey and Cronyn imo, but Livasey, yes, he was better than MacMurray , who was Amazing and deserved to be nominated in the Entertainer, but not win, in my humble opinion. Though the apartment is a goddamn masterpiece and the directing, the acting, the art direction, the cinematography and the editing etc was perfect in the Picture wich made it one of the top 4 greatest Movies EVERMADE. Waltson should have even won the Oscar! imho!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Do not remember Kruschen or the name. Was he the Doctor?

[@drstrangelove6558]

Yes he was, Dr. Dreyfuss. :)

[@sonnyliwag974]

his performance in Jesus of Nazareth is super

[@fitchmate2321]

I really wish Brenda Fricker wining Best Supporting Actress for My Left Foot was uploaded :/

[@MrGatewayski]

His second is.