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Peter Sellers

Birth name: Richard Henry Sellers

Birth date: 08.09.1925

Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a child, Sellers was spoiled, as his parents' first child had died at birth. He enlisted in the army and fought during World War II, where he met Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, who would become his future workmates. After the war he set up a review in London, which was a combination of music (he played the drums) and impressions. Then, all of a sudden, he burst into prominence as the voices of numerous favourites on "The Goon Show" (1951-1960), making his debut in films in Penny Points to Paradise (1951) and Down Among the Z Men (1952), before making it big as one of the criminals in The Ladykillers (1955). These small but showy roles continued throughout the 1950s, but he got his first big break playing the dogmatic union man, Fred Kite, in I'm All Right Jack (1959). The film's success led to starring vehicles into the 1960s that showed off his extreme comic ability to its fullest, but after the relative failure of What's New, Pussycat (1965), which was Woody Allen's first film, Sellers embarked on a rapid downfall to "Grade Z" movies in the 1970s, all of which he claimed to have made only because he needed the money. In 1972 he read the book "Being There" and decided to make it into a film. It took him seven years to finally bring it to the screen, but it earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination (he lost to Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of "Superdad" in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)). Being There (1979) proved to be somewhat of a last hurrah for Sellers, as he died the following year. His last movie, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), completed just before his death, proved to be another flop. Director Blake Edwards' attempt at reviving the Pink Panther series after Sellers' death resulted in two panned 1980s comedies, the first of which, Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), deals with Inspector Clouseau's disappearance and was made from material cut from previous Pink Panther films and includes interviews with the original casts playing their original characters.

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Filmography

1. The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) .... Dennis Nayland Smith/Dr. Fu('Fred') Manchu 2. Being There (1979) .... Chance the Gardener ... aka Chance 3. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) .... Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Syd Frewin 4. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) .... Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau ... aka Blake Edwards' Revenge of the Pink Panther (UK: complete title) 5. Kingdom of Gifts (1978) (voice) 6. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) .... Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau 7. Murder by Death (1976) .... Inspector Sidney Wang 8. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) .... Insp. Jacques Clouseau ... aka Blake Edwards' The Return of the Pink Panther (UK: complete title) 9. Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) .... Général Latour/Major Robinson/Herr Schroeder/Adolf Hitler/The President/Prince Kyoto ... aka Party for Hitler ... aka Undercovers Hero (USA) 10. The Great McGonagall (1974) .... Queen Victoria 11. The Optimists (1973) .... Sam ... aka The Optimists of Nine Elms 12. The Blockhouse (1973) .... Rouquet 13. Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) .... Dick Scratcher ... aka Ghost in the Noonday Sun (USA) 14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) .... The March Hare 15. "Sykes" .... Tommy Grando (1 episode, 1972) - Stranger (1972) TV Episode .... Tommy Grando 16. Where Does It Hurt? (1972) .... Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel 17. 'Wiltons' - The Handsomest Hall in Town (1970) (TV) .... Music Hall Performer 18. There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) .... Robert Danvers 19. Hoffman (1970) .... Benjamin Hoffman 20. A Day at the Beach (1970) .... The Salesman 21. The Magic Christian (1969) .... Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE 22. "It Takes a Thief" .... Man in Harbor Records Office (1 episode, 1969) - Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars? (1969) TV Episode .... Man in Harbor Records Office 23. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968) .... Harold Fine ... aka Kiss My Butterfly 24. The Party (1968) .... Hrundi V. Bakshi 25. The Bobo (1967) .... Juan Bautista 26. Woman Times Seven (1967) .... Jean - segment 'Funeral Procession' ... aka Sept fois femme (France) ... aka Sette volte donna (Italy) 27. Casino Royale (1967) .... Evelyn Tremble/James Bond/007 ... aka Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale 28. "The Wednesday Play" .... King of Hearts (1 episode, 1966) - Alice in Wonderland movie download page (1966) TV Episode .... King of Hearts 29. Caccia alla volpe (1966) .... Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi ... aka After the Fox (UK) (USA) 30. The Wrong Box (1966) .... Doctor Pratt 31. What's New, Pussycat (1965) .... Dr. Fritz Fassbender ... aka Quoi de neuf, Pussycat? (France) 32. Birds, Bees and Storks (1965) (voice) .... Narrator 33. Carol for Another Christmas (1964) (TV) .... Imperial Me 34. A Shot in the Dark (1964) .... Insp. Jacques Clouseau 35. The World of Henry Orient (1964) .... Henry Orient 36. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) .... Group Captain (G/C) Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove ... aka Dr. Strangelove 37. The Pink Panther (1963) .... Insp. Jacques Clouseau 38. Heavens Above! (1963) .... The Rev. John Smallwood 39. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) .... Pearly Gates 40. "The Telegoons" (1963) TV Series .... Bluebottle / ... (unknown episodes) 41. The Dock Brief (1962) .... Wilfred Morgenhall, Solicitor ... aka Trial and Error (USA) 42. Lolita (1962) .... Clare Quilty (TV writer)/Dr. Zempf (Beardsley High School psychologist) 43. The Road to Hong Kong (1962) (uncredited) .... Indian neurologist 44. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) .... Gen. Leo Fitzjohn ... aka The Amorous General 45. Only Two Can Play (1962) .... John Lewis 46. "The Jo Stafford Show" (1 episode, 1961) - The Language of Language (1961) TV Episode 47. Mr. Topaze (1961) .... Auguste Topaze ... aka I Like Money (USA) 48. Two Way Stretch (1960) .... Dodger Lane 49. The Millionairess (1960) .... Dr. Ahmed el Kabir 50. Never Let Go (1960) .... Lionel Meadows 51. The Battle of the Sexes (1959) .... Mr. Martin 52. The Mouse That Roared (1959) .... Grand Duchess Gloriana XII/Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy/Tully Bascombe 53. I'm All Right Jack (1959) .... Fred Kite/Sir John Kennaway 54. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) .... Prime Minister Amphibulos ... aka Man in a Cocked Hat (USA) 55. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) .... Photographer 56. tom thumb (1958) .... Antony 57. Up the Creek (1958) .... CPO Doherty 58. The April 8th Show (Seven Days Early) (1958) (TV) .... Various Characters 59. The Naked Truth (1957) .... Sonny MacGregor ... aka Your Past Is Showing (USA) 60. The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) .... Mr. Quill ... aka Big Time Operators (USA) 61. "Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show!" (1957) TV Series .... Various Characters 62. Insomnia Is Good for You (1957) .... Hector Dimwiddle 63. "Son of Fred" (1956) TV Series .... Various Characters 64. "A Show Called Fred" (1956) TV Series .... Various Characters 65. The Man Who Never Was (1956) (voice) (uncredited) .... Voice of Churchill 66. "The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d" (1956) TV Series .... Various Characters 67. The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956) .... Narrator/Supt. Quilt/Asst. Commissioner Sir Jervis Fruit/Henry Crun 68. The Ladykillers (1955) .... Harry (a.k.a. 'Mr. Robinson') ... aka The Lady Killers 69. John and Julie (1955) .... Police Constable Diamond 70. "And So to Bentley" (1954) TV Series .... Various Roles 71. Orders Are Orders (1954) .... Pvt. Griffin 72. Our Girl Friday (1953) (voice) (uncredited) .... Parrot ... aka The Adventures of Sadie (USA) 73. Down Among the Z Men (1952) .... Major Bloodnok ... aka Stand Easy ... aka The Goon Movie ... aka The Goon Show Movie (video title) 74. Goonreel (1952) (TV) .... Various 75. Penny Points to Paradise (1951) .... The Major/Arnold Fringe 76. Let's Go Crazy (1951) .... Groucho/Giuseppe/Cedric/Izzy/Gozzunk/Crystal Jollibottom 77. The Black Rose (1950) (voice) (uncredited) .... Voice for Alfonso Bedoya