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Peter Sellers
Actor, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born September 8, 1925Died July 24, 1980 (54 years)
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980), known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, for playing three different characters in Dr. Strangelove, as Clare Quilty in Lolita, and as the man-child and TV-addicted Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, Being There. Leading actress Bette Davis once remarked of him, "He isn't an actor—he's a chameleon." Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German, as well as British regional accents), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers' private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, and had three children from the first two marriages.
An enigmatic figure, he often claimed to have no identity outside the roles that he played, but he left his own portrait since, "he obsessively filmed his homes, his family, people he knew, anything that took his fancy right to the end of his life—intimate film that remained undiscovered until long after his death in 1980." The director Peter Hall has said: "Peter had the ability to identify completely with another person, and think his way physically, mentally and emotionally into their skin. Where does that come from? I have no idea. Is it a curse? Often. I think it's not enough though in this business to have talent. You have to have talent to handle the talent. And that I think Peter did not have."
An enigmatic figure, he often claimed to have no identity outside the roles that he played, but he left his own portrait since, "he obsessively filmed his homes, his family, people he knew, anything that took his fancy right to the end of his life—intimate film that remained undiscovered until long after his death in 1980." The director Peter Hall has said: "Peter had the ability to identify completely with another person, and think his way physically, mentally and emotionally into their skin. Where does that come from? I have no idea. Is it a curse? Often. I think it's not enough though in this business to have talent. You have to have talent to handle the talent. And that I think Peter did not have."
Known For
Peter Sellers Filmography
| 2018 | Black Baby · as Dr. Strangelove (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Kubrick Remembered · as Cast |
| 2012 | |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Chance The Gardener |
| 2004 | Inside the Party · as Hrundi V. Bakshi |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Insp. Jacques Clouseau |
| 2000 | The 100 Greatest TV Ads · as Cast |
| 1992 | Funny Business (TV Series) · as (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther · as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'casino Royale' |
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu · as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith |
| 1979 | Being There · as Chance |
| 1979 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Rudolf Iv/rudolf V/sidney Frewin |
| 1978 | Revenge of the Pink Panther · as Chief Inspector Clouseau |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as President Merkin Muffley |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again · as Chief Inspector Clouseau |
| 1976 | Murder by Death · as Sidney Wang |
| 1975 | The Return of the Pink Panther · as Inspector Clouseau |
| 1975 | The Great McGonagall · as Queen Victoria |
| 1974 | Undercovers Hero · as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto |
| 1974 | Ghost in the Noonday Sun · as Dick Scratcher |
| 1973 | The Optimists · as Sam |
| 1973 | The Blockhouse · as Rouquet |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · as The March Hare |
| 1972 | Sykes (TV Series) · as Tommy Grando |
| 1972 | Where Does It Hurt? · as Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal |
| 1970 | There's a Girl in My Soup · as Robert Danvers |
| 1970 | Hoffman · as Mr. Hoffman |
| 1970 | Simon Simon · as Man With Two Cars |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach · as Salesman |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian · as Sir Guy Grand Kg, Kc, Cbe |
| 1968 | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! · as Harold |
| 1968 | The Party · as Hrundi V. Bakshi |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Man In Harbor Records Office |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven · as Jean |
| 1967 | The Bobo · as Juan Bautista |
| 1967 | Casino Royale · as Evelyn Tremble |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland · as King Of Hearts |
| 1966 | After the Fox · as Aldo Vanucci/federico Fabrizi |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box · as Doctor Pratt |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat · as Dr. Fritz Fassbender |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas · as Imperial Me |
| 1964 | A Shot in the Dark · as Jacques Clouseau |
| 1964 | The World of Henry Orient · as Henry Orient |
| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther · as Insp. Jacques Clouseau |
| 1963 | The Telegoons (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! · as The Rev. John Smallwood |
| 1963 | The Wrong Arm of the Law · as Pearly Gates |
| 1962 | Trial and Error · as Wilfred Morgenhall |
| 1962 | Lolita · as Clare Quilty |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors · as Gen. Leo Fitzjohn |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong · as Indian Neurologist (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play · as John Lewis |
| 1961 | I Like Money · as Auguste Topaze |
| 1960 | The Millionairess · as Dr. Kabir |
| 1960 | Never Let Go · as Lionel Meadows |
| 1960 | The Battle of the Sexes · as Mr. Martin |
| 1960 | Two Way Stretch · as Dodger Lane |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack · as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway |
| 1959 | The Mouse That Roared · as Grand Duchess Gloriana Xii / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe |
| 1959 | Man in a Cocked Hat · as Prime Minister Amphibulos |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb · as Antony |
| 1958 | Up the Creek · as Cpo Doherty |
| 1957 | Your Past Is Showing · as "wee" Sonny Macgregor |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Big Time Operators · as Percy Quill |
| 1957 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as The Sultan |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was · as Voice Of Winston Churchill (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn · as Assorted |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers · as Harry, Alias 'mr. Robinson' |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cyril Owlham (segment "the Birdwatcher") |
| 1955 | John and Julie · as Police Constable Diamond |
| 1954 | Orders Are Orders · as Pvt. Goffin |
| 1953 | Beat the Devil · as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Adventures of Sadie · as Voice Of Parrot |
| 1952 | Down Among the Z Men · as Major Bloodnok |
| 1951 | Let's Go Crazy · as Multiple Roles |
| 1951 | Penny Points to Paradise · as The Major / Arnold Fringe |
| 1951 | Ça c'est du cinéma · as (archive Footage) |
| 1950 | The Black Rose · as Lu Chung (voice) |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me · as Self - Actor (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames · as Self |
| 2024 | Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Directed by Blake Edwards · as Self |
| 2022 | Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive · as Self |
| 2022 | This Is Joan Collins · as Self |
| 2021 | The Beatles: Get Back (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Last Blockbuster · as Self |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth · as Self |
| 2020 | Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy · as Self (archival Footage) |
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick · as Self |
| 2019 | An Accidental Studio · as Self |
| 2018 | Hal · as Self |
| 2018 | The Ghost of Peter Sellers · as Self (archive) |
| 2017 | Filmworker · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It · as Himself |
| 2000 | The Unknown Peter Sellers · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1990 | The World of Hammer (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | Koyaanisqatsi · as Self - On Tv |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1981 | |
| 1978 | That's Panthertainment · as Self |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star |
| 1975 | Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Harty (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The New Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Last Goon Show of All · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | This is Tom Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Goon Show · as Self |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Not Only... But Also (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Late Late Show (IE) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1960 | Climb Up the Wall · as Self |
| 1959 | Juke Box Jury (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1959 | Whicker's World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | London Entertains · as Self |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian · as Additional Material |
| 1956 | The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn · as Additional Material |