Peter Bull

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Peter Cecil Bull (born March 21, 1912 in London , † May 20, 1984 in London ) was an English actor .

Life

Peter Bull was born as the youngest son of the well-known lawyer and politician Sir William Bull (1863-1931). He graduated from Winchester College . After Bull initially worked as a journalist, he took on his first theater roles in the early 1930s. In 1936 he starred in his first film The Secret Voice . During World War II, Bull worked for the British Army. In the post-war period, the corpulent character actor played numerous supporting roles in film and television, particularly often people from the Eastern Bloc countries of the time , including diplomats and business people. His best-known roles include the German ship's captain in John Huston's adventure film African Queen (1951) and the ambassador De Sadesky in Stanley Kubrick's comedy Dr. Strange or How I Learned to Love the Bomb (1964). Bull also had considerable success as a theater actor on London's West End and on New York's Broadway, for example, he played the role of Pozzo in the English premiere of Waiting for Godot .

Peter Bull worked as the author of several humorous, partly autobiographical books. Peter Bull also wrote a book about his great passion - collecting teddy bears . He died of a heart attack on May 20, 1984 in his hometown of London .

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SURNAME Bull, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bull, Peter Cecil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1984
Place of death London