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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:
61
First Appeared:
In the movie The Black Rose 1950-09-01
Latest Project:
Movie Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 2014-12-10
Known For
Filmography
Movie Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace Himself (archive footage) 2014-12-10
Movie Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' Self (archive footage) 2004-10-28
Series Funny Business 1992-11-22
Movie Trail of the Pink Panther Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage) 1982-12-03
Movie Murder by Death Sidney Wang 1976-06-23
Movie The Great McGonagall Queen Victoria 1975-01-23
Movie Soft Beds, Hard Battles Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto 1974-01-24
Movie Ghost in the Noonday Sun Dick Scratcher 1973-01-01
Movie The Optimists of Nine Elms Sam 1973-10-17
Movie The Blockhouse Rouquet 1973-01-01
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 Simon Simon Man with two cars 1970-06-01
Movie Hoffman Mr. Hoffman 1970-07-16
Movie There's a Girl in My Soup Robert Danvers 1970-12-15
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 1966-12-28
Movie What's New Pussycat? Dr. Fritz Fassbender 1965-06-22
Movie A Shot in the Dark Jacques Clouseau 1964-06-23
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 I Say I Say I Say 1964-07-09
Movie Carol for Another Christmas Imperial Me 1964-12-28
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 Only Two Can Play John Lewis 1962-01-19
Movie The Road to Hong Kong Indian Neurologist (uncredited) 1962-03-29
Movie Lolita Clare Quilty 1962-06-13
Movie Trial and Error Wilfred Morgenhall 1962-09-25
Movie Mr. Topaze Auguste Topaze 1961-04-04
Movie The Battle of the Sexes Mr. Martin 1960-02-25
Movie The Millionairess Dr. Kabir 1960-10-18
Movie Never Let Go Lionel Meadows 1960-06-02
Movie The Mouse That Roared Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe 1959-07-17
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 Up the Creek CPO Doherty 1958-05-13
Movie Tom Thumb Antony 1958-12-04
Movie The Smallest Show on Earth Percy Quill 1957-04-09
Movie The Naked Truth Sonny MacGregor 1957-12-03
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
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 Penny Points to Paradise The Major / Arnold Fringe 1951-04-25
Movie Let's Go Crazy Multiple Roles 1951-05-01
Movie The Black Rose Lu Chung (voice) 1950-09-01
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