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O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013 (Personal Name)

Preferred form: O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013
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  • O'Toole, Seamus Peter, 1932-2013

Freedland, M. Peter O'Toole, c1982 (subj.) t.p. (Peter O'Toole) p. 10, etc. (actor; Peter Seamus O'Toole; b. 8/2/32)

New York times (online), viewed Dec. 16, 2013 (in obituary published Dec. 15: Peter O'Toole; b. Peter Seamus (some sources say Seamus Peter) O'Toole, Aug. 2, 1932, Connemara; his family moved to England when he was a baby and settled in Leeds; d. Saturday [Dec. 14, 2013], London, aged 81; Irish bookmaker's son with a hell-raising streak whose performance in the 1962 epic film Lawrence of Arabia earned him overnight fame and established him as one of his generation's most charismatic actors; also appeared on stage and television)

Peter James O Toole; born 2 August 1932; died 14 December 2013; Irish stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his film debut in 1959. He achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He received seven further Oscar nominations - for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982) and Venus (2006); he won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA and an Emmy, and was the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in 2003)

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