Peter Sellers
Born in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK — Sep 08 1925• Died Jul 24 1980
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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 differ…
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Peter Sellers's Credits
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The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
The Dean Martin Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
It Takes a Thief
Man in Harbor Records Office
Sykes
Tommy Grando
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
ABC Stage 67
Self
Casino Royale
Evelyn Tremble
Lolita
Clare Quilty
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
The Beatles: Get Back
Self
Theatre Night
The Sultan
The Pink Panther
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
The Party
Hrundi V. Bakshi
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Return of the Pink Panther
Inspector Clouseau
What's New Pussycat?
Dr. Fritz Fassbender
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Being There
Chance
A Shot in the Dark
Jacques Clouseau
The Ladykillers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
This Is Tom Jones
Self
Woman Times Seven
Jean
Trail of the Pink Panther
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Chief Inspector Clouseau
Murder by Death
Sidney Wang
Koyaanisqatsi
Self (archive footage)
I'm All Right Jack
Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
The Magic Christian
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
Son of Fred
Mickey's 50
Self
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The March Hare
The Man Who Never Was
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
One Pair of Eyes
The Bobo
Juan Bautista
The Wrong Box
Doctor Pratt
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beat the Devil
Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
The Mouse That Roared
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
The Caretaker
Crew
Tom Thumb
Antony
The Telegoons
Two-Way Stretch
Dodger Lane
Alice in Wonderland
King of Hearts
After the Fox
Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
Heavens Above!
The Rev. John Smallwood
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Harold
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
A Day at the Beach
Salesman
A Show Called Fred
Carol for Another Christmas
Imperial Me
The Smallest Show on Earth
Percy Quill
The Naked Truth
"Wee" Sonny MacGregor
The World of Henry Orient
Henry Orient
The Road to Hong Kong
Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
John and Julie
Police Constable Diamond
Never Let Go
Lionel Meadows
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Pearly Gates
The Blockhouse
Rouquet
The Millionairess
Dr. Kabir
Waltz of the Toreadors
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
The Black Rose
Lu Chung (voice)
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Dick Scratcher
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
The Big Screen
Self
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
Funny Business
(archive footage)
Only Two Can Play
John Lewis
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Spike
Self
Talking Comedy
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
The Great McGonagall
Queen Victoria
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
Simon Simon
Man with Two Cars
Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Our Girl Friday
Voice of Parrot
The Unknown Peter Sellers
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
Mr. Topaze
Auguste Topaze
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
The Dock Brief
Wilfred Morgenhall
Up the Creek
CPO Doherty
There's a Girl in My Soup
Robert Danvers
Muppet Treasures
Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self (archive footage)
Where Does It Hurt?
Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Self
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
The Villain Antony (archive footage)
The Battle of the Sexes
Mr. Martin
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Prime Minister Amphibulos
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
The Optimists of Nine Elms
Sam
Sellers' Best
Self (archive footage)
Penny Points to Paradise
The Major / Arnold Fringe
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Voice narrator
With Love, Sophia
Self
Orders Are Orders
Pvt. Goffin
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Self (archive footage)
Julie: My Favourite Things
Various
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Self (Archive)
El Rey en Londres
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
G.W. Ross
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Self (archive footage)
To See Such Fun
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Down Among the Z Men
Major Bloodnok
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
Self (archive material)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self (Archival Footage)
The Peter Sellers Story
Himself
Kingdom Of Gifts
The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
Dearth of a Salesman
Hector Dimwittie
Directed By Blake Edwards
Self
Flip Wilson... Of Course
Self
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Assorted
The Super Secret Service
Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
Insomnia is Good for You
And So To Bentley
Birds, Bees and Storks
Narrator (voice)
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
Himself
Let's Go Crazy
Multiple Roles
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
Self
The Last Goon Show of All
Self
I Say I Say I Say