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 R
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."
Born
Sep 08, 1925
Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Died
Jul 24, 1980
Known For
Acting
Movies
111 acting
9 crew
Popularity
1.7
Known For
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
Lolita
1962
as Clare Quilty
Casino Royale
1967
as Evelyn Tremble
The Pink Panther
1963
as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
A Shot in the Dark
1964
as Jacques Clouseau
Murder by Death
1976
as Sidney Wang
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Being There
1979
as Chance
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