Where did Peter O'Toole study acting?

Peter Seamus O'Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor of Irish descent. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1952 to 1954 on a scholarship after being rejected by the Abbey Theatre's drama school in Dublin by the director Ernest Blythe, because he couldn't speak the Irish language. He 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 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – 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) and holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations for acting without a win. In 2002, O'Toole was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements. He was additionally the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one British Academy Film Award and one Primetime Emmy Award.

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donaldorwald

kleenoslo, kleenoslo, Here's a drunk story …..maybe y9u know it., O'Toole and Richard Harris were in a costume piece...next door toa pub. So when they were off stage they went in the bar in costume and the stage manager was to come get them a few minutes before each of their entrances.There was a big jump in lines so without warning the stage manager came running in to the Pub and said" run for the stage door ...you're both on." Harris being the more athletic ran out the back door and in the stage door and out on to the stage. He tripped on a throw rug and went sliding all the way to the apron. It was a matinee so mostly women, one of whom walked over to Richard , turned to the crowd and yelled "Harris is drunk"! Richard looked up at the full house and said "You think I'm drunk….wait til you see O'Toole

Jacqueline Tattam

O'Toole was apparently once told by the playwright Noel Coward: "If you had been any prettier, it would have been Florence of Arabia."....

Fred Keogh

Andy Gibson, The 'Brits', as you like to call us, have never claimed he was British, he has always been Irish to us. However, he worked on changing his accent to that of an upper middle class British accent, chose to live in the UK too. It's not surprising that foreign journalists thought of him as British.