The death of Peter O'Toole hero "Lawrence of Arabia" at 81 years - وفاة بيتر اوتول بطل"لورانس العرب" عن 81 عاماً

توفى الممثل البريطاني ذو الأصول الإيرالندية يوم السبت الماضي في أحد مستشفيات لندن.

 ورغم أدائه للعديد من الأدوار إلا أنه اشتهر بشكل أكبر بدوره في فيلم "لورنس العرب" الذي صور في جنوب المغرب.

 

توفي نجم المسرح والسينما البريطاني بيتر اوتول الذي صعد الى عالم الشهرة بعد أن لعب دور البطولة في فيلم"لورانس العرب" الذي صور في المغرب.

وتوفي النجم البريطاني يوم السبت الماضي (14 ديسمبر) في أحد مستشفيات لندن عن عمر يناهز 81 عاماً بعد صراع طويل مع المرض وذلك حسب ذكر تيف كينيس وكيل اعمال بيتر اوتول أمس الأحد.

وكان اوتول قد نجا من إصابته بسرطان في المعدة في السبعينات، لكن صحته تدهورت بسبب شراهته في شرب الخمر والتدخين لعدة سنوات.

وشارك اوتول خلال مشواره الفني الذي امتد 60 عاماً في عشرات الأفلام، إلا أن أفضل أدواره التي يتذكرها الجمهور هو دوره في فيلم "لورانس العرب" عام 1962 كضابط غريب الأطوار في الجيش البريطاني، كان يحارب مع القوات العربية غير النظامية ضد الحكم العثماني في الحرب العالمية الثانية. وعرف الفيلم مشاركة الممثل المصري عمر الشريف.

 ومن جانبه قال رئيس الوزراء البريطاني ديفيد كاميرون في تغريدة على تويتر أن"لورانس العرب" هو "أفضل الافلام التي يحبها، مشيدا بأداء أوتول فيه بوصفه ممثلاً مذهلاً."

‘Lawrence Of Arabia’s Peter O’Toole Dead At 81 – 8-Time Oscar Nominee Retired Last Year

Oscar-nominated actor Peter O’Toole died yesterday, his agent confirmed Sunday. 

He was 81. Often called the Hamlet of his generation, his death comes only about a year after retiring from a 54-year career in both stage and film highlighted by his turn as T.E.

 Lawrence in David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, which won seven Oscars including Best Picture. The beloved actor was nominated for eight Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in his lifetime, including a nod for the Lawrence role that defined his career. In July 2012, he wrote a poignant note to the world, stating, “It is time for me to chuck in the sponge.

 To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won’t come back. My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. 

It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I’ve shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits. However, it’s my belief that one should decide for oneself when it is time to end one’s stay. So I bid the profession a dry-eyed and profoundly grateful farewell.”

Peter Seamus O’Toole was born on August 2, 1932 in Connemara, Ireland in County Galway. After a stint in the Royal Navy, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and debuted on television in 1954 before breaking out in Lawrence of Arabia, earning the first of eight career Oscar nods. After that he was nominated 7 more times, including for Becket, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Ruling Class, The Stunt Man, and My Favorite Year. He was last nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for the movie Venus. 

O’Toole also provided the voice of Anton Ego (the hard-nosed food reviewer) in Pixar’s Ratatouille. He was the most nominated actor never to receive an Oscar, but the Academy remedied that by presenting him with an honorary Oscar in 2003.

Said daughter Kate O’Toole: “His family are very appreciative and completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time. 

Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts. In due course there will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished. We will be happy to speak to you all then but in the meantime if you could give Peter O’Toole the respect he deserves and allow us to grieve privately we’d appreciate it. Thank you all again for your beautiful tributes – keep them coming.”