He won an Academy Award for Spartacus 1960. He wrote, produced, directed, and acted in several films, including Romanoff and Juliet 1961, Billy Budd 1962, and Lady L 1965. Other film appearances include Topkapi 1964, Death on the Nile 1978, and Evil under the Sun 1981. He published his autobiography Dear Me 1983. Knighted 1990.