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Peter Sellers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sellers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Sep 8, 1925 In Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
85
First Appeared:
In the movie The Black Rose 1950-09-01
Latest Project:
Series The Beatles: Get Back 2021-11-25
Known For
Filmography
Series The Beatles: Get Back Self (archive footage) 2021-11-25
Movie Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy Self (Archival Footage) 2020-05-09
Movie The Ghost of Peter Sellers Himself (Archive) 2018-08-30
Movie Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace Himself (archive footage) 2014-12-10
Movie The World of Peter Sellers 2009-09-15
Movie Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' Self (archive footage) 2004-10-28
Series Funny Business (archive footage) 1992-11-22
Movie Trail of the Pink Panther Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage) 1982-12-03
Movie The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith 1980-08-08
Movie The Prisoner of Zenda Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin 1979-08-17
Movie Being There Chance 1979-12-19
Movie Revenge of the Pink Panther Chief Inspector Clouseau 1978-01-08
Movie Mickey's 50 Self 1978-11-19
Series Rire et sourire : Le Splendid Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978 1978-11-19
Movie Murder by Death Sidney Wang 1976-06-23
Movie The Pink Panther Strikes Again Chief Inspector Clouseau 1976-12-15
Movie The Return of the Pink Panther Inspector Clouseau 1975-05-21
Movie The Great McGonagall Queen Victoria 1975-08-15
Movie Soft Beds, Hard Battles Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto 1974-01-24
Movie The Blockhouse Rouquet 1973-01-01
Movie Ghost in the Noonday Sun Dick Scratcher 1973-01-01
Movie The Optimists of Nine Elms Sam 1973-10-17
Movie The Last Goon Show of All 1972-05-10
Movie Where Does It Hurt? Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal 1972-07-24
Movie Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The March Hare 1972-11-20
Movie A Day at the Beach Salesman 1970-05-01
Movie Let It Be Self (scenes deleted) 1970-05-13
Movie There's a Girl in My Soup Robert Danvers 1970-12-15
Movie Simon Simon Man with two cars 1970-06-01
Movie Hoffman Mr. Hoffman 1970-07-16
Movie One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously 1969-06-07
Movie The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent Self (archive footage) 1969-01-29
Movie The Magic Christian Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE 1969-12-12
Movie The Party Hrundi V. Bakshi 1968-04-04
Movie I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! Harold 1968-10-18
Movie Casino Royale Evelyn Tremble 1967-04-13
Movie The Bobo Juan Bautista 1967-03-31
Movie Woman Times Seven Jean 1967-09-29
Movie After the Fox Aldo Vanucci / Federico Fabrizi 1966-09-08
Movie The Wrong Box Doctor Pratt 1966-06-19
Movie Alice in Wonderland King of Hearts 1966-12-26
Movie What's New Pussycat? Dr. Fritz Fassbender 1965-06-22
Movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove 1964-01-29
Movie The World of Henry Orient Henry Orient 1964-03-19
Movie Carol for Another Christmas Imperial Me 1964-12-28
Movie A Shot in the Dark Jacques Clouseau 1964-06-23
Movie I Say I Say I Say 1964-07-09
Movie The Wrong Arm of the Law Pearly Gates 1963-03-17
Movie Heavens Above! The Rev. John Smallwood 1963-05-20
Series The Telegoons 1963-10-05
Movie The Pink Panther Insp. Jacques Clouseau 1963-12-18
Movie Only Two Can Play John Lewis 1962-01-19
Movie Waltz of the Toreadors Gen. Leo Fitzjohn 1962-04-12
Movie The Road to Hong Kong Indian Neurologist (uncredited) 1962-03-29
Movie Trial and Error Wilfred Morgenhall 1962-09-25
Movie Lolita Clare Quilty 1962-06-13
Movie Mr. Topaze Auguste Topaze 1961-04-04
Movie The Battle of the Sexes Mr. Martin 1960-02-25
Movie Never Let Go Lionel Meadows 1960-06-02
Movie Two Way Stretch Dodger Lane 1960-12-20
Movie The Millionairess Dr. Kabir 1960-10-18
Movie Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Prime Minister Amphibulos 1959-03-10
Movie I'm All Right Jack Fred Kite 1959-08-18
Movie The Mouse That Roared Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe 1959-07-17
Movie Up the Creek CPO Doherty 1958-05-13
Movie Tom Thumb Antony 1958-12-04
Movie The Naked Truth Sonny MacGregor 1957-12-03
Series Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show! 1957-02-11
Movie The Smallest Show on Earth Percy Quill 1957-04-09
Movie The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn Assorted 1956-01-01
Series The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d 1956-02-24
Series Son of Fred 1956-09-17
Series A Show Called Fred 1956-05-02
Movie The Man Who Never Was Winston Churchill (voice) 1956-04-03
Movie John and Julie Police Constable Diamond 1955-07-26
Movie The Ladykillers Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson' 1955-12-08
Series And So To Bentley 1954-10-01
Movie Orders Are Orders Pvt. Goffin 1954-10-01
Movie Beat the Devil Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited) 1953-11-26
Movie Our Girl Friday Voice of Parrot 1953-12-01
Movie Down Among the Z Men Major Bloodnok 1952-10-01
Movie The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (archive footage) 1951-03-23
Movie Let's Go Crazy Multiple Roles 1951-05-01
Movie Penny Points to Paradise The Major / Arnold Fringe 1951-04-25
Movie The Black Rose Lu Chung (voice) 1950-09-01