English actor, playwright, filmscript-writer, novelist and storyteller, born 1921, London; died 2004. Peter Alexander has made more than 50 films in Rome, London and Hollywood. He is a playwright, as highly appreciated in New York City as in London. His first book, ADD A DASH OF PITY, short stories, appeared in 1960. His best known book is KRUMNAGEL. His other writings include an autobiography, DEAR ME, and his historical work MY RUSSIA. Since 1969 he was a UNICEF Ambassador at Large. He excels in witty characteristics - like his description of a Wagner evening. Ustinov was knighted by Her Majesty Elizabeth II in 1990.
