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."
Fotos
Películas (112)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025 · Archive
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Directed By Blake Edwards
2021 · Self
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020 · Self (Archival Footage)
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014 · Self (archive footage)
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013 · The Villain Antony (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
2003 · Self
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001 · Self (Archive footage)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Spike
1996 · Self
The Peter Sellers Story
1995 · Self
Sellers' Best
1992 · Self (archive footage)
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
1990
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985 · Self
Muppet Treasures
1985 · Self
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981 · Self (archive material)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980 · Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Being There
1979 · Chance
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979 · Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · Chief Inspector Clouseau
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978 · The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
To See Such Fun
1977
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Chief Inspector Clouseau
Murder by Death
1976 · Sidney Wang
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Inspector Clouseau
Julie: My Favourite Things
1975 · Various
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975 · Self
The Great McGonagall
1975 · Queen Victoria
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974 · Self
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974 · Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
The Optimists of Nine Elms
1973 · Sam
The Big Screen
1973 · Self
The Blockhouse
1973 · Rouquet
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973 · Dick Scratcher
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · The March Hare
Where Does It Hurt?
1972 · Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
The Last Goon Show of All
1972 · Self
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970 · G.W. Ross
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970 · Robert Danvers
Hoffman
1970 · Mr. Hoffman
Simon Simon
1970 · Man with Two Cars
A Day at the Beach
1970 · Stallholder
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969 · Self
The Magic Christian
1969 · Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE, Additional Writing
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
1969
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968 · Harold
The Party
1968 · Hrundi V. Bakshi
With Love, Sophia
1967 · Self
Woman Times Seven
1967 · Jean
Casino Royale
1967 · Evelyn Tremble
The Bobo
1967 · Juan Bautista
Alice in Wonderland
1966 · King of Hearts
El Rey en Londres
1966
After the Fox
1966 · Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
The Wrong Box
1966 · Doctor Pratt
Birds, Bees and Storks
1965 · Narrator (voice)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
What's New Pussycat?
1965 · Dr. Fritz Fassbender
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 · Imperial Me
I Say I Say I Say
1964 · Director
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Jacques Clouseau
The World of Henry Orient
1964 · Henry Orient
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
The Caretaker
1964 · Thanks
The Pink Panther
1963 · Insp. Jacques Clouseau
Heavens Above!
1963 · The Rev. John Smallwood
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Pearly Gates
The Dock Brief
1962 · Wilfred Morgenhall
Lolita
1962 · Clare Quilty
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962 · Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 · Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
Only Two Can Play
1962 · John Lewis
Mr. Topaze
1961 · Auguste Topaze, Director
Two-Way Stretch
1960 · Dodger Lane
The Millionairess
1960 · Dr. Kabir
Never Let Go
1960 · Lionel Meadows
The Battle of the Sexes
1960 · Mr. Martin
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959 · Editor, Producer, Writer
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
The Mouse That Roared
1959 · Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · Prime Minister Amphibulos
Tom Thumb
1958 · Antony
Up the Creek
1958 · CPO Doherty
Insomnia is Good for You
1957 · Hector Dimwittie
The Naked Truth
1957 · "Wee" Sonny MacGregor
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957 · Percy Quill
Dearth of a Salesman
1957 · Hector Dimwittie
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956 · Assorted, Additional Writing
The Ladykillers
1955 · Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
John and Julie
1955 · Police Constable Diamond
Orders Are Orders
1954 · Pvt. Goffin
Our Girl Friday
1953 · Voice of Parrot
Beat the Devil
1953 · Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
The Super Secret Service
1953 · Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
Down Among the Z Men
1952 · Major Bloodnok
Let's Go Crazy
1951 · Multiple Roles, Writer
Penny Points to Paradise
1951 · The Major / Arnold Fringe
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 · (archive footage)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951 · Voice narrator
The Black Rose
1950 · Lu Chung (voice)
Hybrid Creatures
· participant
Series (26)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 · Self
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Funny Business
1992 · (archive footage)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978 · Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
Sykes
1972 · Tommy Grando
Film '72
1971 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
This Is Tom Jones
1969 · Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self, Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Man in Harbor Records Office
One Pair of Eyes
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966 · Self
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Telegoons
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self (archive footage)
Tempo
1961 · Self
Whicker's World
1959
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
1957
Theatre Night
1957 · The Sultan
Son of Fred
1956
A Show Called Fred
1956
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
And So To Bentley
1954
Talking Comedy