Peter Ustinov happily surrounds himself with books — precarious waist-high piles of books in a half-dozen languages that cover almost every table, chair and empty patch of floor in his living room."It ...

GENEVA -- Sir Peter Ustinov, a brilliant wit and mimic who won two Oscars for an acting career that ranged from the evil Nero in "Quo Vadis" to the quirky Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot, has ...

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 ...

GENEVA -- Sir Peter Ustinov, a wit and mimic who won two Oscars for an acting career that ranged from the evil emperor Nero in "Quo Vadis" to the quirky Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot, has ...