Peter Bull
Peter Bull
British actor Peter Bull made his stage debut in 1933 at age 21, his film debut one year later (The Silent Voice [1934]) and his Broadway bow the next year. He was brought to Hollywood for a small role in Marie Antoinette (1938), which costarred his lifelong friend and fellow Briton Robert Morley. In films, the corpulent Bull was often cast as unpleasant prosecuting attorneys, hard-hearted businessmen or officious government men (including the memorable camera-happy Russian ambassador de Sadasky in Dr. Strangelove [1963]); on stage, he enjoyed a wider variety of roles, and at one time ran his own repertory company. His career was put in abeyance for war service, during which he won the Distinguish Service Cross. Outside of his theatrical work, Bull was well known for his interest in astrology, and even better known for his fascination with teddy bears. He owned perhaps the world's largest and most valuable collection of teddies, and wrote several witty, informative books on the subject (one of his bears appeared prominently in the internationally popular TV serial Brideshead Revisited). Peter Bull died shortly after finishing his role in the movie Yellowbeard (1984), which also represented the last screen work of another prominent British performer, Marty Feldman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Peter Bull:
- Contraband with Conrad Veidt , Valerie Hobson , Esmond Knight , Leo Genn , Deborah Kerr , Bernard Miles , Torin Thatcher
- The Brute with Julian Glover , Bruce Robinson
- Yellowbeard with Graham Chapman , Peter Boyle , Tommy Chong , Eric Idle , Peter Cook , John Cleese , Marty Feldman , Michael Hordern , Madeline Kahn , James Mason , Susannah York , Bernard Fox , Kenneth Mars , Spike Milligan , Beryl Reid , Nigel Stock , David Bowie , David Bowie , Cheech Marin
- Tom Thumb with Russ Tamblyn , Alan Young , Terry-Thomas , Peter Sellers , Jessie Matthews , Bernard Miles , Dom DeLuise
- Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore , Robert Morley , Anita Louise , Joseph Schildkraut , Henry Stephenson , Henry Daniell , Joseph Calleia , Scotty Beckett , Mae Busch , Cecil Cunningham , Harry Davenport , Albert Dekker , Barry Fitzgerald , Reginald Gardiner , Ben Hall , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Ruth Hussey , Frank Jaquet , Henry Kolker , Horace McMahon , Herbert Rawlinson , Buddy Roosevelt , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Walter Walker , Ian Wolfe , George Zucco
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