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Peter O’Toole (1932-2013) was a British-Irish stage and film actor. During his long career he received 8 Best Actor Oscar® nominations….sadly he lost every single time. One of my father’s favorite movies was 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia which is now synonymous with O’Toole. Pretty sure that is one of the main reasons why I liked Mr. O’Toole so much. I guess the big question is why I wanted so long to do a movie ranking page on his career. I do not really have an answer for that….but….when I saw that Lyle and LucronFan had requested a Peter O’Toole page…. figured it was time to finally take a deeper look at the movie career of Sir Peter O’Toole.
His IMDb page shows 96 acting credits from 1956-2015. This page ranks Peter O’Toole movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Peter O’Toole Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Peter O’Toole Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb Trivia On Peter O’Toole
1. Peter Seamus O’Toole was born in Leeds, England in 1932.
2. Peter Toole attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1952 to 1954. Two of his classmates were Albert Finney and Alan Bates.
3. Peter O’Toole is one of six performers to be nominated for an Oscar® twice for playing the same role in two separate films. He was nominated as Henry II in Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968). The other five are Bing Crosby as Father O’Malley in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986), Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015).
4. Peter O’Toole won his career-making part in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) after it was turned down by superstar Marlon Brando and a then-unknown Albert Finney. Both director David Lean and producer Sam Spiegel (who produced On the Waterfront (1954), the movie for which Brando and Spiegel won their first Oscars®) wanted Brando, but he turned the role down (allegedly saying he didn’t want to spend two years of his life riding on a camel). Finney was put through extensive screen-tests costing 100,000 pounds, but refused to sign a seven year contract demanded by Spiegel. O’Toole signed the seven-year contract and got the part.
5. Peter O’Toole was friends with fellow Irish actor Richard Harris. After Harris died, his family hoped that O’Toole would replace him as Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), but the role went to Michael Gambon instead.
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There was only one other British actor in the same class. Sir Lawrence Oliver. Would you not agree?
Hey g.c. rutland….I do agree. O’Toole’s 1960s was simply incredible. He was one of my dad’s favorites (mainly because of Lawrence of Arabia) and one of mine as well. Thanks for checking out our O’Toole page.
Hi, Bruce.
I started to list Peter O’Toole’s films I have seen by rankings overall, but realized it is pointless as I have seen only 11 movies overall. Half of these films – 5 exactly, to be sure- are in the top 10.
So I will just say that I have seen 11. I have been unable to find a good copy of The Lion in Winter which is high on my to-see list.
The most recently made movie I saw was his version of Lassie. Otherwise, the most recently made film I have seen is My Favourite Year.
Regarding Steve’s comment, Goodbye Mr. Chips is okay, but does not hold a candle to Robert Donat’s Oscar winning original version.
I am happy that I was able to see Lawrence of Arabia before he died. Although I love this film very much, of the movies of his I have seen I am drawn otherwise to his comedies like My Favourite \year, How To Steal a Million, What’s New Pussycat etc.
I have seen some other epic type films he made like Becket.But besides LoA I have seen them only once.
Cheers,
Flora
Hey Flora.
1. Tally Count….me and Steve at 22….you at 11. Seems we got the edge with the recent O’Toole movies….of my 22….9 of them were made after 1985.
2. Kind of shocked that you have not seen A Lion In Winter. I thought it was ok….but not my favorite at all….though O’Toole is very good in the movie. Seeing a young Timothy Dalton and Anthony Hopkins is interesting too.
3. Donat got an Oscar win….while O’Toole got an Oscar nomination….that must be a good role for an actor to play.
4. It is impossible for me to separate Lawrence of Arabia from my dad. He loved that movie. It will always be a connection to him for me no matter how old I get. Even better is the fact that everybody loves the movie….so it gets mentioned all the time.
5. I like his comedies as well….though getting through What’s New Pussycat is a chore for me….it is just too silly for me. Though I will say it looks like the cast is having fun in the movie.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my Sir Peter O’Toole page….it is as always greatly appreciated.
One of my favorite British actors Bruce, an excellent addition to your movie site. My favorite film and role of his has to be Lawrence of Arabia, which is in my top 5 movie list. I think I also wrote a hub on Lawrence a few years ago.
Of the 35 films you’ve listed I’ve seen 22. Good to see Lion in Winter up there with Lawrence on the moviescore chart. Becket is another favorite. Of his later films I remember watching My Favorite Year and The Stunt Man a number of times on video back in the 80’s but it’s been a while since I last watched those two films.
The Night of the Generals was an interesting film, a murder mystery set during WWII. Goodbye Mr Chips is a film I’ve wanted to see for a while now, The Ruling Class too. Voted Up.
Hey Steve….Sir O’Toole was one of my favorites too. I remember your Lawrence hub….if it still exists I will be sure to include when I finish this page. You, me and my late dad all agree about Lawrence being his best movie. Another tie….as I am at 22 as well. Though I must admit I barely remember his role in Caligula. My Favorite Year and The Stunt Man brought O’Toole back into the spot light….he was playing Errol Flynn in My Favorite Year and David Lean in The Stunt Man. I have seen bits and pieces of The Night of the Generals….but never seen the movie from beginning to end. As always…I appreciate your thoughts and comments.
Hello Bruce, thanks for all these tables (Laughton, Grable, O’Toole and Brennan). With you, it’s really Christmas.
Hey Logan….you are welcome….recently I decided to publish more of these unfinished pages…just to get the information out there…..so reading your comment…makes me think it was a good decision.
Hello Bruce. Thanks for doing a page on Peter O’Toole, my favorite Irish actor. I’m very happy to see you found box office information on The Ruling Class, Murphy’s War and Goodbye Mr. Chips. My favorite O’Toole films are Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, The Ruling Class, The Stunt Man and Becket in that order. I also like What’s New, Pussycat?, My Favorite Year and How to Steal a Million. Thanks again, Bruce
Hey Lyle…glad you like your requested Peter O’Toole page. Sadly some of his movies barely made a dent in the box office. Of your favorite ones….Ruling Class, Murphy’s War and Goodbye Mr. Chips all fall into that category. My Top 5 would also include Lawrence and The Stunt Man. The rest of my Top 5 would be My Favorite Year, The Stunt Man and Troy. Troy was not very good….but O’Toole was in that movie. His scene with Brad Pitt after Eric Bana died I thought and hoped would have been shown when they announced Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees….but the Oscar people ignored him that year. I love O’Toole as David Lean in The Stunt Man….especially when he comes from the sky in the crane like a god…..good stuff there!