Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

=== 1973–1999: Established actor ===
O'Toole did not make a film for several years. He performed at the Bristol Old Vic from 1973 to 1974 in ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[Plunder (play)|Plunder]]'', ''[[The Apple Cart]]'' and ''Judgement''. He returned to films with ''[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]'' (1975), a flop thriller for [[Otto Preminger]], in which O'Toole replaced [[Robert Mitchum]] at the last minute. He followed it with ''[[Man Friday (film)|Man Friday]]'' (1975), an adaptation of the [[Robinson Crusoe]] story, which was the last work from Keep Films.<ref name="buck" /> O'Toole made ''[[Foxtrot (1976 film)|Foxtrot]]'' (1976), directed by [[Arturo Ripstein]]. He was critically acclaimed for his performance in ''[[Rogue Male (1976 film)|Rogue Male]]'' (1976) for British television.<ref name="TV">{{cite news|title=Television: An Interview with Mark Shivas|last=Hodgson |first=Clive|work=London Magazine|issue=1|date=1 April 1978|volume=18|page=68}}</ref> He did ''Dead Eyed Dicks'' on stage in Sydney in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131796935 |title=IN BRIEF Actors |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=51 |issue=14,539 |date=20 November 1976 |access-date=25 November 2018 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Less well received was ''[[Power Play (1978 film)|Power Play]]'' (1978), made in Canada, and ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' (1979), shot in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian calls the shots at U.S. cable giant|work=Toronto Star|date=16 November 1988|page=B9}}</ref> He toured ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' and ''[[Present Laughter]]'' on stage. In 1979, O'Toole starred as [[Tiberius]] in the controversial ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''-funded biopic ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' acting alongside [[Malcolm McDowell]], [[Helen Mirren]] and [[John Gielgud]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/caligula-the-ultimate-cut-review-1235744121/|title= 'Caligula: The Ultimate Cut' Review: The Taming of a Screwed Production, Minus the Penthouse Taint|website= Variety|date= 4 October 2023|accessdate= 13 June 2024}}</ref>

In 1980, he received critical acclaim for playing the director in the behind-the-scenes film ''[[The Stunt Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-stunt-man-1980|title=The Stunt Man|first=Roger |last=Ebert|date=7 November 1980|work=rogerebert.com|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0DE1D81238F934A25753C1A966948260|work=The New York Times|first=Janet|last=Maslin|title=O'Toole In 'Stunt Man'|date=17 October 1980}}</ref> His performance earned him an Oscar nomination. He appeared in a mini-series for Irish TV, ''[[Strumpet City (miniseries)|Strumpet City]]'', in which he played [[James Larkin]]. He followed this with another mini-series, ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]'' (1981), playing [[Lucius Flavius Silva]]. In 1980, he performed in ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the Old Vic for $500 a week ({{Inflation|US|500|1980|fmt=eq|r=-2}}), a performance that famously earned O'Toole some of the worst reviews of his career.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125624814 |title=Another 'Macbeth' success |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=55 |issue=16,441 |date=30 September 1980 |access-date=25 November 2018 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Downie |first=Leonard, Jr. |title=Toil and Trouble At the Old Vic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/09/09/toil-and-trouble-at-the-old-vic/c2011439-41b1-4600-bff6-4b038f1bd2a0/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=9 September 1980}}</ref>

O'Toole was nominated for another Oscar for ''[[My Favorite Year]]'' (1982), a light romantic comedy about the behind-the-scenes at a 1950s TV variety-comedy show, in which O'Toole plays an ageing [[swashbuckling]] film star reminiscent of [[Errol Flynn]]. He returned to the stage in London with a performance in ''Man and Superman'' (1982) that was better received than his ''Macbeth''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130831493 |title=O'Toole role improves on his Macbeth |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=57 |issue=17,224 |date=24 November 1982 |access-date=25 November 2018 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He focused on television, doing an adaptation of ''[[Man and Superman]]'' (1983), ''[[Svengali (1983 film)|Svengali]]'' (1983), ''Pygmalion'' (1984), and ''[[Kim (1984 film)|Kim]]'' (1984), and providing the voice of [[Sherlock Holmes]] for a series of animated TV movies. He played in ''Pygmalion'' on stage in 1984 at the West End's [[Shaftesbury Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter O'Toole: buccaneer at large |work=The Globe and Mail |date=12 May 1984 |page=8}}</ref>

O'Toole returned to feature films in ''[[Supergirl (1984 film)|Supergirl]]'' (1984), ''[[Creator (1985 film)|Creator]]'' (1985), ''[[Club Paradise]]'' (1986), ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' (1987) as Sir [[Reginald Johnston]], and ''[[High Spirits (film)|High Spirits]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102035135 |title=FILM |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=63 |issue=19,414 |date=1 December 1988 |access-date=25 November 2018 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He appeared on Broadway in an adaptation of ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' (1987), opposite [[Amanda Plummer]]. It ran for 113 performances.

He won a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for his performance in ''[[Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite news|last=Gibbons|first=Fiachra|title=National upsets the form book at awards|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/feb/19/fiachragibbons|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 December 2013|date=19 February 2000}}</ref> His other appearances that decade include ''[[Uncle Silas]]'' (1989) for television. O'Toole's performances in the 1990s include ''[[Wings of Fame]]'' (1990); ''[[The Rainbow Thief]]'' (1990), with Sharif; ''[[King Ralph]]'' (1991) with [[John Goodman]]; ''[[Isabelle Eberhardt (film)|Isabelle Eberhardt]]'' (1992); ''[[Rebecca's Daughters]]'' (1992), in Wales; ''[[Civvies (TV series)|Civvies]]'' (1992), a British TV series; ''[[The Seventh Coin]]'' (1993); ''[[Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III]]'' (1994), for American TV; and ''[[Heavy Weather (film)|Heavy Weather]]'' (1995), for British TV. He was in an adaptation of ''[[Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' (1996), playing the Emperor of Lilliput; ''[[FairyTale: A True Story]]'' (1997), playing [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]; ''[[Phantoms (1998 film)|Phantoms]]'' (1998), from a novel by [[Dean Koontz]]; and ''[[Molokai: The Story of Father Damien]]'' (1999). He won a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for his role as Bishop Pierre Cauchon in the 1999 mini-series ''[[Joan of Arc (miniseries)|Joan of Arc]]''. He also produced and starred in a TV adaptation of ''[[Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell]]'' (1999).