Peter Sellers

Acting · Born 1925-09-08 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
• The Pink Panther as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
• A Shot in the Dark as Jacques Clouseau
• Lolita as Clare Quilty
• The Prisoner of Zenda as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
• The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
• Being There as Chance
• The Millionairess as Dr. Kabir
• What's New Pussycat? as Dr. Fritz Fassbender
• The Party as Hrundi V. Bakshi