Peter Sellers
Acting
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."
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
Age 38 (now 54)
The Return of the Pink Panther
as Inspector Clouseau
Age 49 (now 54)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Age 51 (now 54)
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Age 52 (now 54)
The Mouse That Roared
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Age 33 (now 54)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Age 57 (now 54)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 99 (now 54)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
as Archive
Age 99 (now 54)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 99 (now 54)
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
as Self (archive footage)
Age 98 (now 54)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self (Archival Footage)
Age 94 (now 54)
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Self (archive footage)
Age 92 (now 54)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self (archive footage)
Age 89 (now 54)
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
as The Villain Antony (archive footage)
Age 87 (now 54)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 81 (now 54)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as Self (archive footage)
Age 79 (now 54)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 79 (now 54)
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
as Himself
Age 77 (now 54)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
Age 75 (now 54)
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
as Self
Age 60 (now 54)
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Age 57 (now 54)
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
as Self (archive material)
Age 56 (now 54)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
Age 54
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
Age 53 (now 54)
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Age 52 (now 54)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Age 51 (now 54) The Return of the Pink Panther
as Inspector Clouseau
Age 49 (now 54)
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
Age 48 (now 54)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as The March Hare
Age 47 (now 54)
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
as G.W. Ross
Age 45 (now 54)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
Age 38 (now 54)
The Road to Hong Kong
as Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 54)
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Writer
Age 34 (now 54) The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Producer
Age 34 (now 54) The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Editor
Age 34 (now 54) The Mouse That Roared
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
Age 33 (now 54)
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Prime Minister Amphibulos
Age 33 (now 54)
The Man Who Never Was
as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Age 30 (now 54)The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Additional Writing
Age 30 (now 54)The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
as Assorted
Age 30 (now 54)
The Super Secret Service
as Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
Age 27 (now 54)
Penny Points to Paradise
as The Major / Arnold Fringe
Age 25 (now 54)
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
Age 25 (now 54)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
as Voice narrator
Age 25 (now 54)
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
Age 53 (now 54)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 54)
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Also Known As
A. Queen, 彼得·塞勒斯, پیتر سلرز, Richard Henry Sellers
IMDB
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