Biography

He was born 21st March 1912 in London, the fourth son of Sir William James Bull M.P. and Lillian Heather Brandon. Educated at Winchester College, he started in journalism before studying for the stage with Elsie Fogerty and made his stage debut at London's Shaftsbury Theatre in As You Like It on 15th June 1933. In 1941 he joined the navy as an ordinary seaman, eventually becoming a commander of a landing craft in the Mediterranean during which time he was promoted to Lt. Commander and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He left the service in 1948 and returned to acting both on stage and in films. In between times he used his journalism experience to write a number of books, including "To Sea in a Sieve" (1956) "Bulls in the Meadow" (1957), "I Know the Face But..." (1959), "Not on Your Telly" (1961), "I Say Look Here" (1965), and ran a small shop in Notting Hill Gate, in London.

Writer

ITV Television Playhouse(1955)

Actor

Yellowbeard(1983)as Queen Anne

Dead on Time(1983)as Old Man in Waiting Room

The Magic Shop(1982)

The Tempest(1979)as Alonso - The King of Naples

The Light Princess(1978)as Fat Frog

Soundtrack

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972)

Self

Group Madness(1983)as Self

This Is Your Life(1955)as Self

Blankety Blank(1978)as Self

90 Minutes Live(1976)as Self

Going a Bundle(1974)as Self

Archive Footage

Compression(1995)as Self

Rich Hall's Red Menace(2019)as Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky

The Directors(2018)as Self

Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike(2021)as Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky

Flying Solo: Stanley Kubrick as Producer(2016)as Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky

Known for

The African Queen1951 · Actor Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964 · Actor Tom Jones1963 · Actor Saraband1948 · Actor

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Peter Bull and Kay Walsh in Oliver Twist (1948)

Peter Bull in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Peter Sellers, Peter Bull, Peter Evans, and Joe Phelps in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Peter Bull, Peter Evans, Reg Thomason, Peter Roy, Joe Phelps, and George Holdcroft in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Credit Score: Peter Bull

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky

Wed Jan 29 1964

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	25.00	1964	•	8.3	0	4	551425
2	Tom Jones	15.00	1963	•	6.4	4	10	15370
3	The African Queen	13.00	1952	•	7.7	1	4	88859
4	A Christmas Carol	10.00	1951	•	8.1	0	0	29165
5	Doctor Dolittle	7.50	1967	•	6.2	2	9	11084
6	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	4.75	1973	•	5.7	2	2	2013
7	The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World	3.09	1965	•	5.6	0	0	219
8	The Lavender Hill Mob	3.00	1951		7.5	1	2	16955
9	Saraband	2.50	1948	•	6.5	0	1	762
10	Lock Up Your Daughters!	2.38	1969	•	5.0	0	0	227