1925-09-08 ( 99 years old ) in 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. 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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Movies
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023-09-21
Directed By Blake Edwards
2021-02-03
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020-10-22
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020-05-09
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018-08-30
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014-12-10
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005-01-01
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
2003-04-23
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001-01-01
Spike
1996-06-11
The Peter Sellers Story
1995-07-09
Sellers' Best
1992-02-01
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
1990-01-01
Scrooged
1988-11-22
Muppet Treasures
1985-07-09
Koyaanisqatsi
1983-04-27
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982-12-03
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981-12-10
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980-08-08
Being There
1979-12-19
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979-08-17
Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978-01-08
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978-01-01
To See Such Fun
1977-11-01
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976-12-15
Murder by Death
1976-06-23
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975-05-21
Julie: My Favourite Things
1975-04-18
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975-04-18
The Great McGonagall
1975-01-23
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974-10-18
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974-01-24
The Optimists of Nine Elms
1973-10-17
The Big Screen
1973-02-20
The Blockhouse
1973-01-01
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973-01-01
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972-11-20
Where Does It Hurt?
1972-07-24
The Last Goon Show of All
1972-05-10
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970-12-26
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970-12-15
Hoffman
1970-07-16
Simon Simon
1970-06-01
A Day at the Beach
1970-05-01
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969-12-18
The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
1969-06-07
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968-10-18
The Party
1968-04-04
Woman Times Seven
1967-09-29
Casino Royale
1967-04-13
The Bobo
1967-03-31
Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28
El Rey en Londres
1966-10-11
After the Fox
1966-09-08
The Wrong Box
1966-06-19
Birds, Bees and Storks
1965-12-31
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965-12-16
What's New Pussycat?
1965-06-22
Carol for Another Christmas
1964-12-28
I Say I Say I Say
1964-07-09
A Shot in the Dark
1964-06-23
The World of Henry Orient
1964-03-19
The Pink Panther
1963-12-18
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963-03-17
Trial and Error
1962-09-25
Lolita
1962-06-13
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962-04-12
The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
Only Two Can Play
1962-01-19
Mr. Topaze
1961-04-04
Two Way Stretch
1960-12-20
The Millionairess
1960-10-18
Never Let Go
1960-06-02
The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959-10-31
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
The Mouse That Roared
1959-07-17
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959-03-10
Tom Thumb
1958-12-04
Up the Creek
1958-05-13
Insomnia is Good for You
1957-12-12
The Naked Truth
1957-12-03
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957-04-09
Dearth of a Salesman
1957-01-01
The Man Who Never Was
1956-04-03
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956-01-01
The Ladykillers
1955-12-08
John and Julie
1955-07-26
Orders Are Orders
1954-10-01
Our Girl Friday
1953-12-01
Beat the Devil
1953-11-26
Down Among the Z Men
1952-10-01
Let's Go Crazy
1951-05-01
Penny Points to Paradise
1951-04-25
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951-03-23
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
1951-03-01
The Black Rose
1950-09-01
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