Actor
Peter Sellers
September 8, 1925 · Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
8.1Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
7.3Lolita (1962)
as Clare Quilty
6.8The Pink Panther (1963)
as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
7.6Being There (1979)
as Chance
7.1Murder by Death (1976)
as Sidney Wang
7.3The Party (1968)
as Hrundi V. Bakshi
5.3Casino Royale (1967)
as Evelyn Tremble
7.9Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
as Self (archive footage)
6.8The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
as Inspector Clouseau
7.2A Shot in the Dark (1964)
as Jacques Clouseau
6.9The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
7.3The Ladykillers (1955)
as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
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