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Peter Sellers

Actor, Writer, Director, Editor, Producer, Additional Credits
Died 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."

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Room 237
  • Beat the Devil
  • The Millionairess
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • I Like Money
Known For
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Being There
  • The Party
  • The Pink Panther
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again
  • The Return of the Pink Panther
  • A Shot in the Dark
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther
  • Casino Royale
  • Murder by Death
  • What's New Pussycat
  • The Mouse That Roared
  • The Ladykillers
  • Lolita
  • I'm All Right Jack
  • After the Fox
  • The World of Henry Orient
  • The Magic Christian
  • I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
  • There's a Girl in My Soup
  • Two Way Stretch
  • The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
  • The Wrong Arm of the Law
  • Trail of the Pink Panther

Filmography

2014
2012
Room 237 · as Clare Quilty
2006
2004
Inside the Party · as Hrundi V. Bakshi
2004
The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
2000
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
The Pink Panther Strikes Again · as Chief Inspector Clouseau
1976
America at the Movies · as President Merkin Muffley
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
1972
Sykes (TV Series) · as Tommy Grando
1972
Where Does It Hurt? · as Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
1972
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
1968
The Party · as Hrundi V. Bakshi
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Man In Harbor Records Office
1967
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
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
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
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 Sonny Macgregor
1957
1957
Big Time Operators · as Percy Quill
1956
The Man Who Never Was · as Winston Churchill (voice)
1956
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)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Italian Movie Director (archive Footage)

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