Peter Shaffer Filmography

Born:: May 15, 1926 in Liverpool, England
Occupation:: Screen Story, Screenwriter, Play Author
Birth name:: Peter Levin Shaffer

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Appointment with Death

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie

Synopsis: In this mystery, Peter Ustinov reprises the role of Hercule Poirot, the fussy and flower-tending detective from Belgium created by Agatha Christie. In 1937, Mrs. Emily Boynton (Piper Laurie) is on an archeological dig in Palestine; she inherited the wealth of her recently deceased husband and Read More

4/15/88
Amadeus

Crew: Play Author, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice

Synopsis: For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Read More

9/19/84
Equus

Crew: Play Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: Richard Burton plays a psychiatrist who attempts to discover why young Peter Firth has taken to mutilating live horses. In probing Firth's psyche, Burton discovers that the source of the boy's obsession is his mother, Joan Plowright, who has raised Firth with a convoluted set of values. Even as he Read More

1977
The Public Eye

Crew: Play Author, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This English comedy is based on a short play by Peter Shaffer (better known for Equus). Belinda is a free-spirited American woman married to a stuffy English rolled-umbrella man. When he leaves for work each day, she leaves their London apartment too. She says she's just sightseeing, but he Read More

1972
The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Michael Craig, Leonard Whiting

Synopsis: Historical accuracy is cast aside in the film version of Peter Shaffer's play. Fueled by promises of gold, Pizarro (Robert Shaw) and his explorers make a third trip across the treacherous Andes Mountains to Peru. There they meet King Atahuallpa (Christopher Plummer), considered to be a god by his Read More

1969
The Pad and How to Use It

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Brian Bedford, Julie Sommars, James Farentino, Edy Williams

Synopsis: A nebbish tries to become a ladies' man overnight, with disastrous results, in this comedy. Bob Handman (Brian Bedford) is a bright but painfully shy young man who is more than a bit nervous around the opposite sex. While attending a Mozart recital, he meets a beautiful woman named Doreen Marshall Read More

1966
Five Finger Exercise

Crew: Play Author

Actors: Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Maximilian Schell, Richard Beymer, Annette Gorman

Synopsis: A distinguished cast highlights this film adaptation of a stage drama by Peter Shaffer. Stanley Harrington (Jack Hawkins) is a self-made businessman incapable of expressing his emotions or compromising with others; his wife Louise (Rosalind Russell) imagines herself an intellectual, though her Read More

1962