Peter Sellers

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-09-08

Deathday 1980-07-24 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Also Known As A. Queen, 彼得·塞勒斯

Peter Sellers

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2023
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Beatles: Get Back

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Kubrick by Kubrick

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

as Self (Archival Footage)

2018
The Ghost of Peter Sellers

as Himself (Archive)

2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

as Himself (archive footage)

2013
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

as The Villain Antony (archive footage)

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers

as Self (Archive footage)

1996
Spike

as Himself

1992
Sellers' Best

as Self (archive footage)

1992
Funny Business

as (archive footage)

1985
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther

as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)

1981
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers

as Self (archive material)

1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith

1979
Being There

as Chance

1979
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin

1978
Mickey's 50

as Self

1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther

as Chief Inspector Clouseau

1978
Kingdom Of Gifts

as The Slightly Larcenous Mayor

1978
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

as Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978

1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Chief Inspector Clouseau

1976
Murder by Death

as Sidney Wang

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
The Return of the Pink Panther

as Inspector Clouseau

1975
The Great McGonagall

as Queen Victoria

1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles

as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto

1973
1973
The Blockhouse

as Rouquet

1973
Ghost in the Noonday Sun

as Dick Scratcher

1972
1972
Where Does It Hurt?

as Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal

1972
Sykes

as Tommy Grando

1971
1970
There's a Girl in My Soup

as Robert Danvers

1970
Hoffman

as Mr. Hoffman

1970
Simon Simon

as Man with Two Cars

1970
A Day at the Beach

as Salesman

1969
The Magic Christian

as Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE

1969
1968
The Party

as Hrundi V. Bakshi

1968
It Takes a Thief

as Man in Harbor Records Office

1967
1967
Casino Royale

as Evelyn Tremble

1967
The Bobo

as Juan Bautista

1966
Alice in Wonderland

as King of Hearts

1966
After the Fox

as Aldo Vanucci / Federico Fabrizi

1966
The Wrong Box

as Doctor Pratt

1966
ABC Stage 67

as Self

1965
Birds, Bees and Storks

as Narrator (voice)

1965
What's New Pussycat?

as Dr. Fritz Fassbender

1964
1964
A Shot in the Dark

as Jacques Clouseau

1964
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove

1963
The Pink Panther

as Insp. Jacques Clouseau

1963
Heavens Above!

as The Rev. John Smallwood

1963
The Wrong Arm of the Law

as Pearly Gates

1962
Trial and Error

as Wilfred Morgenhall

1962
Lolita

as Clare Quilty

1962
Waltz of the Toreadors

as Gen. Leo Fitzjohn

1962
The Road to Hong Kong

as Indian Neurologist (uncredited)

1962
Only Two Can Play

as John Lewis

1961
Mr. Topaze

as Auguste Topaze

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self (archive footage)

1960
Two Way Stretch

as Dodger Lane

1960
The Millionairess

as Dr. Kabir

1960
Never Let Go

as Lionel Meadows

1960
1959
I'm All Right Jack

as Fred Kite

1959
The Mouse That Roared

as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe

1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Prime Minister Amphibulos

1958
Tom Thumb

as Antony

1958
Up the Creek

as CPO Doherty

1957
The Naked Truth

as Sonny MacGregor

1957
1957
Dearth of a Salesman

as Hector Dimwittie

1956
The Man Who Never Was

as Winston Churchill (voice)

1955
The Ladykillers

as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

1955
John and Julie

as Police Constable Diamond

1954
Orders Are Orders

as Pvt. Goffin

1953
Our Girl Friday

as Voice of Parrot

1953
Beat the Devil

as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)

1952
Down Among the Z Men

as Major Bloodnok

1951
Let's Go Crazy

as Multiple Roles

1951
Penny Points to Paradise

as The Major / Arnold Fringe

1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

1951
1950
The Black Rose

as Lu Chung (voice)

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Italian Movie Director (archive footage)

Crew

1969
The Magic Christian

as Additional Writing

1964
The Caretaker

as Thanks

1956

Director

1964
I Say I Say I Say

as Director

1961
Mr. Topaze

as Director