Peter Sellers
from Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
from Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
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."
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Archive
Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self (Archival Footage)
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Self (archive footage)
The Villain Antony (archive footage)
Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Himself
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(Unknown)
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Himself
Self (archive footage)
(Unknown)
Self (archive footage)
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Self (archive material)
Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
Chance
Kingdom Of Gifts
The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Self
(Unknown)
Sidney Wang
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Queen Victoria
Various
Self
Inspector Clouseau
Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
Self
Dick Scratcher
Rouquet
Self
Sam
Self
Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
The March Hare
Stallholder
Man with Two Cars
Mr. Hoffman
Robert Danvers
G.W. Ross
(Unknown)
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
Self
Hrundi V. Bakshi
Harold
Juan Bautista
Evelyn Tremble
Jean
With Love, Sophia
Self
Doctor Pratt
Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
(Unknown)
King of Hearts
Dr. Fritz Fassbender
(Unknown)
Birds, Bees and Storks
Narrator (voice)
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
Henry Orient
Jacques Clouseau
I Say I Say I Say
Director
Imperial Me
Thanks
Pearly Gates
The Rev. John Smallwood
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
John Lewis
Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
Clare Quilty
Wilfred Morgenhall
Auguste Topaze
Mr. Martin
Lionel Meadows
Dr. Kabir
Dodger Lane
Prime Minister Amphibulos
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
Editor
CPO Doherty
Antony
Hector Dimwittie
Percy Quill
"Wee" Sonny MacGregor
(Unknown)
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Assorted
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Police Constable Diamond
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Pvt. Goffin
Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
Voice of Parrot
Major Bloodnok
Voice narrator
(archive footage)
The Major / Arnold Fringe
Multiple Roles
Lu Chung (voice)
