Peter Sellers
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."
Known for
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
The Pink Panther
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
It Takes a Thief
Man in Harbor Records Office
Casino Royale
Evelyn Tremble
Sykes
Tommy Grando
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
Self
The Ladykillers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Lolita
Clare Quilty
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
This Is Tom Jones
Self
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Being There
Chance
The Return of the Pink Panther
Inspector Clouseau
The Beatles: Get Back
Self
Murder by Death
Sidney Wang
A Shot in the Dark
Jacques Clouseau
The Party
Hrundi V. Bakshi
Trail of the Pink Panther
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Theatre Night
The Sultan
The Telegoons
After the Fox
Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
Tom Thumb
Antony
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Pearly Gates
What's New Pussycat?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
Beat the Devil
Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Who Never Was
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
The Mouse That Roared
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The March Hare
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Harold
I'm All Right Jack
Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
The Road to Hong Kong
Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
Funny Business
(archive footage)
The Wrong Box
Doctor Pratt
Heavens Above!
The Rev. John Smallwood
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Magic Christian
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
Muppet Treasures
Self
Two-Way Stretch
Dodger Lane
Let's Go Crazy
Multiple Roles
And So To Bentley
The World of Henry Orient
Henry Orient
Spike
Self
Woman Times Seven
Jean
The Black Rose
Lu Chung (voice)
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
The Villain Antony (archive footage)
The Millionairess
Dr. Kabir
The Super Secret Service
Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
The Smallest Show on Earth
Percy Quill
Directed By Blake Edwards
Self
Flip Wilson... Of Course
Self
I Say I Say I Say
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
The Last Goon Show of All
Self
The Battle of the Sexes
Mr. Martin
Julie: My Favourite Things
Various
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Voice narrator
Dearth of a Salesman
Hector Dimwittie
Insomnia is Good for You
There's a Girl in My Soup
Robert Danvers
A Show Called Fred
Mickey's 50
Self
The Blockhouse
Rouquet
Alice in Wonderland
King of Hearts
Mr. Topaze
Auguste Topaze
Carol for Another Christmas
Imperial Me
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Only Two Can Play
John Lewis
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Self
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
The Naked Truth
"Wee" Sonny MacGregor
Never Let Go
Lionel Meadows
Up the Creek
CPO Doherty
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
Son of Fred
The Optimists of Nine Elms
Sam
Simon Simon
Man with Two Cars
The Dock Brief
Wilfred Morgenhall
A Day at the Beach
Salesman
Orders Are Orders
Pvt. Goffin
The Great McGonagall
Queen Victoria
El Rey en Londres
The Big Screen
Self
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self (archive footage)
Down Among the Z Men
Major Bloodnok
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Prime Minister Amphibulos
Waltz of the Toreadors
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
With Love, Sophia
Self
The Bobo
Juan Bautista
Our Girl Friday
Voice of Parrot
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
Where Does It Hurt?
Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
Penny Points to Paradise
The Major / Arnold Fringe
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Dick Scratcher
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Self (Archive)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Talking Comedy
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self (archive footage)
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Self (archive material)
John and Julie
Police Constable Diamond
Sellers' Best
Self (archive footage)
Kingdom Of Gifts
The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
To See Such Fun
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
G.W. Ross
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
Himself
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Assorted
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self (Archival Footage)
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
The Mike Douglas Show
Self (archive footage)
Birds, Bees and Storks
Narrator (voice)
The Peter Sellers Story
Himself
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Tempo
Self