About
English actor, writer, and dramatist who played Inspector Poirot in Agatha Christie mysteries. He won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the films Topkapi and Spartacus.
Before Fame
He made his stage debut in 1938 at the prestigious Players' Theater before serving in the British Army.
Trivia
He played Nero in Quo Vadis and in The Sundowners.
Family Life
His mother was a painter and ballet designer Nadezhda Benois.
Associated With
In 1960, he won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children for his song "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf" with Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
