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Peter O'Toole : the definitive biography / Robert Sellers.

by Sellers, Robert.

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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2016, c2015.

O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography

9781250095947 (hc.)

First U.S. edition.

xv, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

"First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-386), filmography (pages 387-400), and index.

Peter O'Toole was supremely talented, a unique leading man and one of the most charismatic actors of his generation. Described by his friend Richard Burton as "the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war," O'Toole was also unpredictable, with a dangerous edge he brought to his roles and to his real life. A picture of this complex and much-loved man. What drove him to extremes, why he drank to excess for many years and hated authority, and a description of a man who was fiercely intelligent, with a great sense of humor and huge energy. British-Irish stage and film actor Peter O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). His other films include 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).

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