Peter Sellers

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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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sellers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-09-08
  • event Death Date 1980-07-24
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.2
  • info Birth Place Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Peter Sellers

8.2

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964-01-29

6.9

The Pink Panther

1963-12-18

7.3

A Shot in the Dark

1964-06-23

7.3

Lolita

1962-06-13

0

El Rey en Londres

1966-10-11

5.7

The Prisoner of Zenda

1979-08-17

5

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980-08-08

7.7

Being There

1979-12-19

5.4

The Millionairess

1960-10-18

6

What's New Pussycat?

1965-06-22

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The Music of Lennon & McCartney

1965-12-16

7.3

The Party

1968-04-04

7.3

The Ladykillers

1955-12-08

7.2

Murder by Death

1976-06-23

6.5

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978-01-08

5.7

The Magic Christian

1969-12-12

5.7

The Road to Hong Kong

1962-03-29

6.8

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975-05-21

7.4

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn

1956-01-01

5.3

Casino Royale

1967-04-13

6.9

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976-12-15

7.2

Hoffman

1970-07-16

6.4

The Mouse That Roared

1959-07-17

5.3

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982-12-03

6.1

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972-11-20

6.7

I'm All Right Jack

1959-08-18

7.3

Alice in Wonderland

1966-12-28

6.6

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957-04-09

4.1

Penny Points to Paradise

1951-04-25

6.5

Trial and Error

1962-09-25

5.9

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959-03-10

6.6

Never Let Go

1960-06-02

5.5

There's a Girl in My Soup

1970-12-15

5

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968-10-18

6.4

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963-03-17

4.8

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962-04-12

6.8

The Battle of the Sexes

1960-02-25

6.4

Woman Times Seven

1967-09-29

4.1

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

1974-01-24

6.5

The Wrong Box

1966-06-19

6.6

Two Way Stretch

1960-12-20

5

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007-05-10

6.5

The Naked Truth

1957-12-03

0

Muppet Treasures

1985-07-09

5.5

Mr. Topaze

1961-04-04

6

After the Fox

1966-09-08

0

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985-10-01

5.6

The World of Henry Orient

1964-03-19

6.3

The Blockhouse

1973-01-01

5.1

Let's Go Crazy

1951-05-01

5.8

Only Two Can Play

1962-01-19

6.2

Tom Thumb

1958-12-04

5.1

Where Does It Hurt?

1972-07-24

5.2

The Great McGonagall

1975-01-23

5.8

Carol for Another Christmas

1964-12-28

5.1

Down Among the Z Men

1952-10-01

6.4

Orders Are Orders

1954-10-01

5.4

The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

1959-10-31

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Kingdom Of Gifts

1978-01-01

0

Julie: My Favourite Things

1975-04-18

4.9

A Day at the Beach

1970-05-01

0

The Big Screen

1973-02-20

6

The Bobo

1967-03-31

0

Sellers' Best

1992-02-01

0

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951-03-23

5.8

Up the Creek

1958-05-13

6.4

The Optimists of Nine Elms

1973-10-17

4.8

John and Julie

1955-07-26

0

The Peter Sellers Story

1995-07-09

0

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work

2023-09-21

4.9

Our Girl Friday

1953-12-01

6.2

Heavens Above!

1963-05-20

6

The Last Goon Show of All

1972-05-10

6

Simon Simon

1970-06-01

4.2

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

1973-01-01

0

Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town

1970-12-26

7

The Man Who Never Was

1956-04-03

0

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

1981-12-10

0

Dearth of a Salesman

1957-01-01

7

The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

2013-03-19

0

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

2001-01-01

0

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

2014-12-10

0

One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously

1969-06-07

6

Birds, Bees and Storks

1965-12-31

0

A Salute to Sir Lew Grade

1975-04-18

6.2

Beat the Devil

1953-11-26

0

I Say I Say I Say

1964-07-09

7.5

HyperNormalisation

2016-10-25

9.5

The Very Best of Peter Sellers

1990-01-01

0

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

1969-12-18

6.8

The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

2005-01-01

5.9

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

2018-08-30

0

Spike

1996-06-11

5.8

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

2004-10-28

0

Mickey's 50

1978-11-19

6.6

The Black Rose

1950-09-01

8

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

2020-05-09

7.6

Kubrick by Kubrick

2020-10-22

0

The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It

2003-04-23

0

To See Such Fun

1977-11-01

10

A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

1951-03-01

0

Insomnia is Good for You

1957-12-12

0

Flip Wilson... Of Course

1974-10-18

0

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

1956-02-24

0

Son of Fred

1956-09-17

4.5

The Telegoons

1963-10-05

0

A Show Called Fred

1956-05-02

8.1

The Muppet Show

1976-09-05

6.5

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967-09-09

5.7

ABC Stage 67

1966-09-14

0

And So To Bentley

1954-10-01

6

This Is Tom Jones

1969-02-07

0

Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!

1957-02-11

7

It Takes a Thief

1968-01-09

8.5

The Beatles: Get Back

2021-11-25

8

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

1978-11-19

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

8

Funny Business

1992-11-22

6

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971-05-09

7.4

The Dean Martin Show

1965-09-16

6.4

Sykes

1972-09-14

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