Peter Sellers
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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...
Known For
Filmography
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Directed By Blake Edwards
2021
as Self
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
as Self (Archival Footage)
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
as The Villain Antony (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
2003
as Himself
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
as Self (Archive footage)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
Spike
1996
as Self
The Peter Sellers Story
1995
as Himself
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Sellers' Best
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Funny Business
1992
as (archive footage)
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
1990
Muppet Treasures
1985
as Self
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985
as Self
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981
as Self (archive material)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979
as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
Being There
1979
as Chance
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978
as The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
as Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
To See Such Fun
1977
Murder by Death
1976
as Sidney Wang
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Inspector Clouseau
The Great McGonagall
1975
as Queen Victoria
Julie: My Favourite Things
1975
as Various
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975
as Self
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974
as Self
The Blockhouse
1973
as Rouquet
The Big Screen
1973
as Self
The Optimists of Nine Elms
1973
as Sam
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Dick Scratcher
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as The March Hare
Where Does It Hurt?
1972
as Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
The Last Goon Show of All
1972
as Self
Sykes
1972
as Tommy Grando
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Hoffman
1970
as Mr. Hoffman
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970
as Robert Danvers
A Day at the Beach
1970
as Stallholder
Simon Simon
1970
as Man with Two Cars
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
as G.W. Ross
The Magic Christian
1969
as Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
1969
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
as Self
This Is Tom Jones
1969
as Self
The Party
1968
as Hrundi V. Bakshi
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968
as Harold
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Man in Harbor Records Office
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Casino Royale
1967
as Evelyn Tremble
Woman Times Seven
1967
as Jean
The Bobo
1967
as Juan Bautista
With Love, Sophia
1967
as Self
One Pair of Eyes
1967
El Rey en Londres
1966
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as King of Hearts
The Wrong Box
1966
as Doctor Pratt
After the Fox
1966
as Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Dr. Fritz Fassbender
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
Birds, Bees and Storks
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
A Shot in the Dark
1964
as Jacques Clouseau
The World of Henry Orient
1964
as Henry Orient
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Imperial Me
I Say I Say I Say
1964
The Pink Panther
1963
as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963
as Pearly Gates
Heavens Above!
1963
as The Rev. John Smallwood
The Telegoons
1963
Lolita
1962
as Clare Quilty
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
The Dock Brief
1962
as Wilfred Morgenhall
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
Only Two Can Play
1962
as John Lewis
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Auguste Topaze
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Tempo
1961
as Self
The Millionairess
1960
as Dr. Kabir
Never Let Go
1960
as Lionel Meadows
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Mr. Martin
Two-Way Stretch
1960
as Dodger Lane
The Mouse That Roared
1959
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
as Prime Minister Amphibulos
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
Whicker's World
1959
Tom Thumb
1958
as Antony
Up the Creek
1958
as CPO Doherty
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
as Percy Quill
The Naked Truth
1957
as "Wee" Sonny MacGregor
Dearth of a Salesman
1957
as Hector Dimwittie
Insomnia is Good for You
1957
as Hector Dimwittie
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
1957
Theatre Night
1957
as The Sultan
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956
as Assorted
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
Son of Fred
1956
A Show Called Fred
1956
The Ladykillers
1955
as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
John and Julie
1955
as Police Constable Diamond
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Pvt. Goffin
And So To Bentley
1954
Our Girl Friday
1953
as Voice of Parrot
Beat the Devil
1953
as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
The Super Secret Service
1953
as Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
Down Among the Z Men
1952
as Major Bloodnok
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
as The Major / Arnold Fringe
Let's Go Crazy
1951
as Multiple Roles
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951
as Voice narrator
The Black Rose
1950
as Lu Chung (voice)