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