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.
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 |