Johan Peter Bull

Johan Peter Bull (3 August 1883 – 16 September 1960) was a Norwegian theatre worker. He was appointed at the National Theatre of Norway from 1909 to 1950 in various administrative positions, including secretary and stage director. He was the brother of literary historian Francis Bull, and politician Edvard Bull. He founded a Theatre Museum in Oslo, and was an Honorary member of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association.

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Peter Bull

Peter Cecil Bull, DSC (21 March 1912 – 20 May 1984) was a British character actor.

Biography

He was the fourth and youngest son of Hammersmith MP Sir William James Bull, 1st Bt..

Bull was educated at Winchester College. His first professional stage appearance was in If I Were You at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1933.

He was a friend of Alec Guinness, whom he first met at HMS Raleigh during training in World War Two, and later HMS King Alfred; he served as an officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later commanding Landing Craft (Flak) 16 in the Mediterranean.

Bull's performance as the Soviet Ambassador, Alexi de Sadesky, in Dr. Strangelove (1964) is among the best-known of his several dozen film and TV appearances. He both narrated and had a small on-screen role in Scrooge (1951), and portrayed the German ship's captain in The African Queen (1951). Peter Bull was memorably cast as Thwackum, one of Blifil's two tutors, in the 1963 film Tom Jones. (The other tutor, Square, of contrasting build and character, was played by John Moffatt.)