Video: Peter O'Toole: Great moments from stage and screen Actor Peter O'Toole, who achieved stardom in the Oscar-winning epic Lawrence Of Arabia, has died at the age of 81, his agent has confirmed. He also starred in films including Goodbye Mr Chips, Zulu Dawn and achieved critical and popular success with the stage play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell The acclaimed leading man, who received an honorary Academy Award in 2003 for his body of work, died yesterday at the Wellington hospital in London after a long illness, his agent Steve Kenis said. "He was one of a kind in the very best sense and a giant in his field," Mr Kenis said.