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person_profile-Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers Died at age: 54

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Peter Sellers

Date of Birth:

Sep 08, 1925

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 24, 1980

Biography of

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."

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Filmography of

Peter Sellers

Found 92 Movies in total

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2025

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

Self (Archival Footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

Himself (Archive) ( Actor )

... 2018

HyperNormalisation

Dr. Strangelove (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2007

The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

Self (Archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

The Peter Sellers Story

Himself ( Actor )

... 1995

Sellers' Best

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1992

Scrooged

Viewed on TV screen acting in 1964 film Carol For Another Christmas uncredited ( Actor )

... 1988

Muppet Treasures

Self ( Actor )

... 1985

Koyaanisqatsi

Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Trail of the Pink Panther

Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

Self (archive material) ( Actor )

... 1981

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith ( Actor )

... 1980

Being There

Chance ( Actor )

... 1979

The Prisoner of Zenda

Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin ( Actor )

... 1979

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Chief Inspector Clouseau ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1977

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Chief Inspector Clouseau ( Actor )

... 1976

Murder by Death

Sidney Wang ( Actor )

... 1976

The Return of the Pink Panther

Inspector Clouseau ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

... 1975

The Great McGonagall

Queen Victoria ( Actor )

... 1975

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

The Big Screen

Self ( Actor )

... 1973

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Dick Scratcher ( Actor )

... 1973

The Blockhouse

Rouquet ( Actor )

... 1973

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The March Hare ( Actor )

... 1972

Where Does It Hurt?

Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal ( Actor )

... 1972

There's a Girl in My Soup

Robert Danvers ( Actor )

... 1970

Hoffman

Mr. Hoffman ( Actor )

... 1970

Let It Be

Self (scenes deleted) ( Actor )

... 1970

A Day at the Beach

Salesman ( Actor )

... 1970

Will the Real Mr. Sellers...

Subject Of Portrait ( Actor )

... 1969

The Magic Christian

Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE ( Actor )

Additional Writing

... 1969

... 1968

The Party

Hrundi V. Bakshi ( Actor )

... 1968

Woman Times Seven

Jean ( Actor )

... 1967

Casino Royale

Evelyn Tremble ( Actor )

... 1967

The Bobo

Juan Bautista ( Actor )

... 1967

Alice in Wonderland

King of Hearts ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

After the Fox

Aldo Vanucci / Federico Fabrizi ( Actor )

... 1966

The Wrong Box

Doctor Pratt ( Actor )

... 1966

What's New Pussycat?

Dr. Fritz Fassbender ( Actor )

... 1965

Carol for Another Christmas

Imperial Me ( Actor )

... 1964

A Shot in the Dark

Jacques Clouseau ( Actor )

... 1964

The World of Henry Orient

Henry Orient ( Actor )

... 1964

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

Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove ( Actor )

... 1964

The Pink Panther

Insp. Jacques Clouseau ( Actor )

... 1963

Heavens Above!

The Rev. John Smallwood ( Actor )

... 1963

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Pearly Gates ( Actor )

... 1963

Trial and Error

Wilfred Morgenhall ( Actor )

... 1962

Lolita

Clare Quilty ( Actor )

... 1962

Waltz of the Toreadors

Gen. Leo Fitzjohn ( Actor )

... 1962

The Road to Hong Kong

Indian Neurologist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Only Two Can Play

John Lewis ( Actor )

... 1962

Mr. Topaze

Auguste Topaze ( Actor )

Director

... 1961

Two-Way Stretch

Dodger Lane ( Actor )

... 1960

The Millionairess

Dr. Kabir ( Actor )

... 1960

Never Let Go

Lionel Meadows ( Actor )

... 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

Mr. Martin ( Actor )

... 1960

I'm All Right Jack

Fred Kite ( Actor )

... 1959

The Mouse That Roared

Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe ( Actor )

... 1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Prime Minister Amphibulos ( Actor )

... 1959

Tom Thumb

Antony ( Actor )

... 1958

Up the Creek

CPO Doherty ( Actor )

... 1958

The Naked Truth

Sonny MacGregor ( Actor )

... 1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

Percy Quill ( Actor )

... 1957

The Man Who Never Was

Winston Churchill (voice) ( Actor )

... 1956

The Ladykillers

Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson' ( Actor )

... 1955

John and Julie

Police Constable Diamond ( Actor )

... 1955

Orders Are Orders

Pvt. Goffin ( Actor )

... 1954

Our Girl Friday

Voice of Parrot ( Actor )

... 1953

Beat the Devil

Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Down Among the Z Men

Major Bloodnok ( Actor )

... 1952

Penny Points to Paradise

The Major / Arnold Fringe ( Actor )

... 1951

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1951

The Black Rose

Lu Chung (voice) ( Actor )

... 1950