Peter Sellers
Age: N/A | From: Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: A. Queen , 彼得·塞勒斯 , پیتر سلرز , Richard Henry Sellers
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
Biography
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, 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."
Most Famous Work
It Takes a Thief
(1968) Man in Harbor Records Office
ABC Stage 67
(1966) Self
The Beatles: Get Back
(2021) Self
Koyaanisqatsi
(1983) Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
(1966) King of Hearts
Mickey's 50
(1978) Self
The Man Who Never Was
(1956) Winston Churchill (voice)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1972) The March HareActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (Archival Footage) | ||
| 2018 | Himself (Archive) | |
| 2014 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | The Villain Antony (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Himself | |
| 2001 | Self (Archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Himself | |
| 1995 | Himself | |
| 1992 | (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1990 | N/A | |
| 1988 | Viewed on TV screen acting in 1964 film Carol For Another Christmas uncredited | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1983 | Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | Self (archive material) | |
| 1980 | Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith | |
| 1979 | Chance | |
| Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin | ||
| 1978 | Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978 | |
| Self | ||
| Chief Inspector Clouseau | ||
| The Slightly Larcenous Mayor | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Chief Inspector Clouseau | |
| Self - Special Guest Star | ||
| Sidney Wang | ||
| 1975 | Inspector Clouseau | |
| Various | ||
| Self | ||
| Queen Victoria | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto | ||
| 1973 | Sam | |
| Self | ||
| Rouquet | ||
| Dick Scratcher | ||
| 1972 | The March Hare | |
| Tommy Grando | ||
| Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1970 | G.W. Ross | |
| Robert Danvers | ||
| Mr. Hoffman | ||
| Man with Two Cars | ||
| Salesman | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1968 | Harold | |
| Hrundi V. Bakshi | ||
| Self | ||
| Man in Harbor Records Office | ||
| 1967 | Jean | |
| Evelyn Tremble | ||
| Juan Bautista | ||
| 1966 | King of Hearts | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Aldo Vanucci / Federico Fabrizi | ||
| Doctor Pratt | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Narrator (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Fritz Fassbender | ||
| 1964 | Imperial Me | |
| N/A | ||
| Jacques Clouseau | ||
| Henry Orient | ||
| Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove | ||
| 1963 | Insp. Jacques Clouseau | |
| N/A | ||
| The Rev. John Smallwood | ||
| Pearly Gates | ||
| 1962 | Wilfred Morgenhall | |
| Clare Quilty | ||
| Gen. Leo Fitzjohn | ||
| Indian Neurologist (uncredited) | ||
| John Lewis | ||
| 1961 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Auguste Topaze | ||
| 1960 | Dodger Lane | |
| Dr. Kabir | ||
| Lionel Meadows | ||
| Mr. Martin | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Fred Kite | ||
| Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe | ||
| Prime Minister Amphibulos | ||
| 1958 | Antony | |
| CPO Doherty | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Sonny MacGregor | ||
| Percy Quill | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hector Dimwittie | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Winston Churchill (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Assorted | ||
| 1955 | Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson' | |
| Police Constable Diamond | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Pvt. Goffin | ||
| 1953 | Voice of Parrot | |
| Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch | ||
| 1952 | Major Bloodnok | |
| 1951 | Multiple Roles | |
| The Major / Arnold Fringe | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Voice narrator | ||
| 1950 | Lu Chung (voice) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Additional Writing | |
| 1964 | Thanks | |
| 1956 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Writer | |
| 1951 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |