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.
Movie | HyperNormalisation | Dr. Strangelove (archive footage) | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace | Himself (archive footage) | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
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 Pink Panther Strikes Again | Chief Inspector Clouseau | 1976-12-15 |
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 | Where Does It Hurt? | Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal | 1972-07-24 |
Movie | The Last Goon Show of All | 1972-05-10 | |
Movie | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | The March Hare | 1972-11-20 |
Movie | Simon Simon | Man with Two Cars | 1970-06-01 |
Movie | A Day at the Beach | Salesman | 1970-05-01 |
Movie | There's a Girl in My Soup | Robert Danvers | 1970-12-15 |
Movie | Hoffman | Mr. Hoffman | 1970-07-16 |
Movie | The Magic Christian | Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE | 1969-12-12 |
Movie | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! | Harold | 1968-10-18 |
Movie | The Party | Hrundi V. Bakshi | 1968-04-04 |
Movie | The Bobo | Juan Bautista | 1967-03-31 |
Movie | Woman Times Seven | Jean | 1967-09-29 |
Movie | Casino Royale | Evelyn Tremble | 1967-04-13 |
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 | The World of Henry Orient | Henry Orient | 1964-03-19 |
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 | I Say I Say I Say | 1964-07-09 | |
Movie | A Shot in the Dark | Jacques Clouseau | 1964-06-23 |
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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