GENEVA (AP) — Peter Ustinov, the renowned actor whose 60-year career included Oscar-winning roles in "Spartacus" and "Topkapi," has died. He was 82. Ustinov, who later became a U.N. goodwill ...

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LONDON — Peter Ustinov, whose film career began in London in the 1940s and netted two Oscars in the ’60s, died Sunday of heart failure near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. He was 82. A brilliant wit and ...

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Ustinov delighted in national differences and frequently referred to them in his works and public appearances. He was - as he noted proudly in his autobiography "Dear Me" - conceived in St. Petersburg ...

It was as if all the world’s wit were rolled into one portly fellow. PETER USTINOV, who died last week at 82, once boasted, “I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my ...

In his native England, Playwright-Actor-Director Peter Alexander Ustinov did so little TV that one critic mourned: “Genius is going to waste. That multitalented marvel, that compendium of comedy, has ...

UNICEF Ambassador Sir Peter Ustinov poses for photographers during his visit to Kiel, northern Germany, in this Aug. 29, 2003 file picture. GENEVA - Sir Peter Ustinov, a brilliant wit and mimic who ...