10.0
10.0
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
1951
as Voice narrator
Peter Sellers
Also known as: Richard Henry Sellers, Peter Richard Henry Sellers, Richard Henry Seller
Acting
Born:September 8, 1925
Died:July 24, 1980(aged 54)
Birthplace:Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:5'9" (174 cm)
Education:St Aloysius RC College
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CommunityBiography
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."
Filmography (101 movies)
10.0
10.0
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
9.5
9.5
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
1990
8.1
8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
8.0
8.0
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
as Self (Archival Footage)
8.0
8.0
Directed By Blake Edwards
2021
as Self
7.6
7.6
Being There
1979
as Chance
7.3
7.3
Lolita
1962
as Clare Quilty
7.3
7.3
The Party
1968
as Hrundi V. Bakshi
7.3
7.3
The Ladykillers
1955
as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
7.2
7.2
Murder by Death
1976
as Sidney Wang
7.2
7.2
Hoffman
1970
as Mr. Hoffman
7.2
7.2
A Shot in the Dark
1964
as Jacques Clouseau
7.0
7.0
The Peter Sellers Story
1995
as Himself
7.0
7.0
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
as The Villain Antony (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956
as Assorted
6.9
6.9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
6.8
6.8
The Pink Panther
1963
as Insp. Jacques Clouseau
6.8
6.8
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
as Self (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
as Inspector Clouseau
6.7
6.7
Two-Way Stretch
1960
as Dodger Lane
6.6
6.6
The Black Rose
1950
as Lu Chung (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Naked Truth
1957
as Sonny MacGregor
6.6
6.6
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
6.6
6.6
The Optimists of Nine Elms
1973
as Sam
6.5
6.5
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963
as Pearly Gates
6.5
6.5
The Dock Brief
1962
as Wilfred Morgenhall
6.5
6.5
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957
as Percy Quill
6.5
6.5
The Battle of the Sexes
1960
as Mr. Martin
6.5
6.5
The Wrong Box
1966
as Doctor Pratt
6.4
6.4
Never Let Go
1960
as Lionel Meadows
6.4
6.4
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Chief Inspector Clouseau
6.4
6.4
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Pvt. Goffin
6.3
6.3
The Mouse That Roared
1959
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
6.3
6.3
The Blockhouse
1973
as Rouquet
6.3
6.3
Tom Thumb
1958
as Antony
6.3
6.3
Heavens Above!
1963
as The Rev. John Smallwood
6.2
6.2
Woman Times Seven
1967
as Jean
6.2
6.2
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
as The March Hare
6.1
6.1
Beat the Devil
1953
as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Dr. Fritz Fassbender
6.0
6.0
Birds, Bees and Storks
1965
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Bobo
1967
as Juan Bautista
6.0
6.0
Simon Simon
1970
as Man with Two Cars
6.0
6.0
The Last Goon Show of All
1972
as Self
6.0
6.0
After the Fox
1966
as Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
5.9
5.9
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
as Prime Minister Amphibulos
5.8
5.8
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
2018
as Himself (Archive)
5.8
5.8
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self (archive footage)
5.8
5.8
Only Two Can Play
1962
as John Lewis
5.8
5.8
The World of Henry Orient
1964
as Henry Orient
5.7
5.7
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Imperial Me
5.7
5.7
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979
as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
5.6
5.6
The Magic Christian
1969
as Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
5.6
5.6
Mr. Topaze
1961
Director
5.5
5.5
Up the Creek
1958
as CPO Doherty
5.4
5.4
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970
as Robert Danvers
5.4
5.4
The Millionairess
1960
as Dr. Kabir
5.4
5.4
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1959
Writer
5.2
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
as Evelyn Tremble
5.2
5.2
The Great McGonagall
1975
as Queen Victoria
5.2
5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
5.1
5.1
Down Among the Z Men
1952
as Major Bloodnok
5.1
5.1
Where Does It Hurt?
1972
as Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
5.0
5.0
Let's Go Crazy
1951
Writer
4.9
4.9
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968
as Harold
4.8
4.8
Our Girl Friday
1953
as Voice of Parrot
4.8
4.8
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
4.7
4.7
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
4.6
4.6
John and Julie
1955
as Police Constable Diamond
4.5
4.5
The Super Secret Service
1953
as Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
4.5
4.5
A Day at the Beach
1970
as Salesman
4.2
4.2
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
4.1
4.1
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Dick Scratcher
3.9
3.9
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
as The Major / Arnold Fringe
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
1975
as Self
Spike
1996
as Himself
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985
as Self
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
1981
as Self (archive material)
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
1969
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
as Himself (archive footage)
I Say I Say I Say
1964
Director
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
Insomnia is Good for You
1957
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
2003
as Himself
To See Such Fun
1977
Muppet Treasures
1985
as Self
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978
as The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
Julie: My Favourite Things
1975
as Various
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
as Self (Archive footage)
With Love, Sophia
1967
as Self
The Big Screen
1973
as Self
Sellers' Best
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
as G.W. Ross
Dearth of a Salesman
1957
as Hector Dimwittie
Flip Wilson... Of Course
1974
as Self
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