Peter Sellers
British actor and comedian (1925-1980) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 54
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Something wrong?He was the man of a thousand voices who insisted he had no voice of his own. Peter Sellers turned self-erasure into art - becoming Inspector Clouseau, three characters in Dr. Strangelove, a simpleton who baffles Washington in Being There - but offstage the emptiness wasn't an act.
A life in dates
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuFilm, 1980Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith1978
Rire et sourire : Le SplendidSeries, Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
Revenge of the Pink PantherFilm, 1978Chief Inspector Clouseau1977“There is no me. I do not exist … There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed.”In their words6 December 1977As "Himself" in The Muppet Show, episode # 2.19 (6 December 1977); also quoted in "Sellers Strikes Again"by Richard Schickel in TIME1975
The Return of the Pink PantherFilm, Inspector Clouseau1972
SykesSeries, Tommy Grando1970
There's a Girl in My SoupFilm, Robert Danvers1969
This Is Tom JonesSeries1968
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Film, Harold1967
One Pair of EyesSeries
Casino RoyaleFilm, 1967Evelyn Tremble1965
The Dean Martin ShowSeries
What's New Pussycat?Film, 1965Dr. Fritz Fassbender1963
The Pink PantherFilm, Insp. Jacques Clouseau1961“Criticism should be done by critics, and a critic should have some training and some love of the medium he is discussing.”In their wordsSeptember 1961Statement (September 1961), as quoted in Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (1999) by Ed Sikov, p. 168
TempoSeries, 19611960
The Battle of the SexesFilm, Mr. Martin1958
Tom ThumbFilm, Antony1957
Theatre NightSeries, The Sultan1956
The Man Who Never WasFilm, Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)1954And So To BentleySeries1953
Beat the DevilFilm, Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)1925Born8 September 1925Also in Deutsch
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, There is no me. I do not exist … There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed.
Criticism should be done by critics, and a critic should have some training and some love of the medium he is discussing.
If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.
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JMJohn Candy: I Like Me
KKKubrick by Kubrick
KOKoyaanisqatsi
TPTrail of the Pink PantherTMThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
BTBeing There
TZThe Prisoner of ZendaRPRevenge of the Pink Panther
MDMurder by Death
TAThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainTPThe Return of the Pink Panther
AWAlice's Adventures in WonderlandTSThere's a Girl in My Soup
TCThe Magic Christian
TPThe PartyITI Love You, Alice B. Toklas!CRCasino Royale
WSWoman Times Seven
AFAfter the Fox
TBThe Wrong Box
AWAlice in WonderlandWPWhat's New Pussycat?
DBDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
ADA Shot in the Dark
TOThe World of Henry Orient
CCCarol for Another ChristmasTPThe Pink Panther
TLThe Wrong Arm of the Law
LOLolita
TKThe Road to Hong Kong
TSTwo-Way Stretch
TMThe MillionairessTSThe Battle of the Sexes
TRThe Mouse That Roared
IJI'm All Right JackTTTom Thumb
TEThe Smallest Show on EarthTWThe Man Who Never Was
TLThe LadykillersBDBeat the Devil146 credits on file
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TBThe Beatles: Get Back
PAParkinson
THThe World of Hammer
FBFunny BusinessRSRire et sourire : Le Splendid
TSThe Muppet ShowSYSykesTJThis Is Tom Jones
RIRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
ITIt Takes a ThiefOEOne Pair of Eyes
ASABC Stage 67TSThe Dean Martin Show
TTThe Telegoons
TSThe Mike Douglas ShowTETempo
WWWhicker's WorldTNTheatre NightAwards
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Born Richard Henry Sellers on 8 September 1925, he grew up touring English variety halls with his parents and later drummed for troop shows during the war, honing the mimicry that would define him. In 1951 he joined Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe for The Goon Show on BBC Radio, a nine-year run that made him a household presence before he ever stepped in front of a camera. His film work through the 1950s and '60s revealed a performer who could inhabit aristocrats, buffoons, and megalomaniacs with equal conviction - The Ladykillers, Lolita, five Pink Panther films, the triple role in Dr. Strangelove. He was nominated twice for the Oscar as Best Actor and won the Golden Globe in 1980 for Being There, playing a gardener mistaken for a sage. Depression, four marriages, clashes on set, and a heart that finally gave out on 24 July 1980 at fifty-four - the Boulting brothers called him the greatest comic genius Britain had produced since Chaplin, but Sellers himself claimed he didn't exist outside the parts.
In common with Peter
Ringo StarrAlso in The Magic Christian (1969)
Stanley KubrickAlso in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Eva Marie SaintAlso in Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Vladimir NabokovAlso in Lolita (1962)
Bob HopeAlso in The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Sophia LorenAlso in The Millionairess (1960)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.