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.
1974
as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
1959
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
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|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | The Party Animal | Nominated |
Funny Business
as (archive footage)
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 22, 1992
Sykes
as Tommy Grando
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 14, 1972
It Takes a Thief
as Man in Harbor Records Office
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1968
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 19, 1978
The Telegoons
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Oct 05, 1963
Son of Fred
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 17, 1956
And So To Bentley
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Oct 01, 1954
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 11, 1957
A Show Called Fred
Episodes: 5
First Aired: May 02, 1956
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 10, 1966
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 09, 1967
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 24, 1956
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1976
ABC Stage 67
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1966
This Is Tom Jones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 1969
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 09, 1971
The Dean Martin Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1965
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
The Beatles: Get Back
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 25, 2021
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