This force was with us.When Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: [ˈjuːstɪnɒf] or [ˈuːstɪnɒf];[1] April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born called him "the outstanding poet of anonymity," he was likely referring to Sir Alec Guinness's theatrical skills. But Ustinov might just as well have been speaking of the late Guinness's disguised dis·guise tr.v. dis·guised, dis·guis·ing, dis·guis·es 1. a. To modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition. b. To furnish with a disguise. 2. homosexuality homosexuality, a term created by 19th cent. theorists to describe a sexual and emotional interest in members of one's own sex. Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing , which is being revealed in several upcoming biographies--55 years after his arrest and conviction for engaging in a homosexual homosexual /ho·mo·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the same sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. act in a public rest room. London's Guardian newspaper reports that at the time of his arrest, the actor provided a false name to authorities, keeping the stow out of the headlines. However, the name he provided, Herbert Pocket, might have struck a note with his fans: The name is borrowed from a character in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, a role Guinness had played on the stage in 1939. |
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