portrayed him. nominated for eight best acting oscar, peter o toole won the golden globe for this film the lion in winter. there were many others. he won awards for beckett, good-bye mr. chips and this one from 1962, arguably his most famous role lawrence of arabia. never winning an oscar, in 2003 he accepted an honorary oscar after receiving the award he spoke to the media and made a comment about not doing terribly well with musicals. i ve been in three musicals. i can t sing a note. all three have died. all i know is that if i m in it, then you ll be bankrupt. peter o toole was a truly legendary film star. a man who personified old school epic hollywood.
where his career began with a turn in 2004 s sword and sandals epic troy. his role as an out of work actor in his golden years who became obsessed with a much younger woman, in 2006 s venus earned him yet another best actor nomination. further cementing his status as a legendary performer. in terms of people that have gone, i ve lost a few. through the years. oh, i miss them dreadfully, but wear not here. on we go. reporter: finally in july of 2012, o toole himself admitsed that he could not go on in the acting business. he officially retired, giving the profession of profoundly grateful fair well. peter o toole, an immortal on-screen, uniquely human off. and o toole s daughter said he had been ill for some time and added that her family, his
punishment. rehabilitation. the entire focus of juvenile court. so the judge did her job by focusing on that. yeah. all right. i wish we could talk more, because there s so much more. mo ivory, ashley, thanks for coming on and talking to us. actor peter o toole is weeg remembered as an absolute genius. his agent says the legendary actor died peacefully after a long illness. we ll look back at his career, his life and everything you saw on screen coming up next in the newsroom. is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams, there s just no way we re going to let them die. like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that s what ameriprise financial does. that s what they can do with you. that s how ameriprise puts more within reach.
man. the self-described entertainer by trade, o toole mocked his own image as an alcoholic over the hill matinee idol in my favorite year, a performance that earned him his seventh oscar nomination. ah! reporter: though he made have forgettable films through the 80s such as 1984 super girl o toole continued to work appearing in several made-for-tv films including joan of arc. i know a good deed without all of that, but this work is every bit as important as the other. reporter: in 2003, the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences honored the then 71-year-old actor with the oscar for lifetime achievement. initially decliningfearing it would signal the end of his career. i suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest. reporter: but o toole carried on returning to the desert sands
hollywood s most loser, and red button, a comedic actor could win an oscar, not this man. he took it in great stride. when e he arrived in hollywood for his last nomination venus. he said it s kind of cool being the big et loser because i m still in the history books this way. great sense of humor. how is hollywood reacting? i think everybody is devastated and shocked by it. he retired last year. was very sickly even when he came out for venus, still the loss is immense because tman wa so talented. richard burton said he was odd, mystical, deeply disturbing. he was all of those things. not just any actor. lawrence arabia ranks on the american film institute as one of the ten greatest movies ever made. tom aneao neal, we appreciat. the other big story we ve