CMNetwork Actors

Peter Sellers

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."

  • Nacimiento: 1925-09-08, Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
  • Fallecimiento: 1980-07-24
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,4 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • ¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú (1964) — Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
  • Bienvenido Mr. Chance (1979) — Chance
  • La pantera rosa (1963) — Insp. Jacques Clouseau
  • El guateque (1968) — Hrundi V. Bakshi
  • Casino Royale (1967) — Evelyn Tremble
  • El regreso de la pantera rosa (1975) — Inspector Clouseau
  • El nuevo caso del inspector Clouseau (1964) — Jacques Clouseau
  • La pantera rosa ataca de nuevo (1976) — Chief Inspector Clouseau

Filmografía

  • Talking Comedy
  • Funny Business (1992) — (archive footage)
  • Tras la pista de la pantera rosa (1982) — Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
  • El diabólico plan del Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) — Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
  • Bienvenido Mr. Chance (1979) — Chance
  • El estrafalario prisionero de Zenda (1979) — Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
  • Rire et sourire : Le Splendid (1978) — Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
  • La venganza de la pantera rosa (1978) — Chief Inspector Clouseau
  • Kingdom Of Gifts (1978) — The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
  • La pantera rosa ataca de nuevo (1976) — Chief Inspector Clouseau
  • Un cadáver a los postres (1976) — Sidney Wang
  • El regreso de la pantera rosa (1975) — Inspector Clouseau
  • Julie: My Favourite Things (1975) — Various
  • The Great McGonagall (1975) — Queen Victoria
  • Camas blandas, batallas duras (1974) — Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
  • Los optimistas (1973) — Sam
  • The Blockhouse (1973) — Rouquet
  • Un fantasma al sol de mediodía (1973) — Dick Scratcher
  • Las aventuras de Alicia (1972) — The March Hare
  • Sykes (1972) — Tommy Grando
  • ¡Hasta nunca, Doctor! (1972) — Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
  • Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town (1970) — G.W. Ross
  • Hay una chica en mi sopa (1970) — Robert Danvers
  • Amor a la inglesa (1970) — Mr. Hoffman
  • Simon Simon (1970) — Man with Two Cars
  • A Day at the Beach (1970) — Stallholder
  • Si quieres ser millonario no malgastes el tiempo trabajando (1969) — Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
  • Te amo, Alice B. Toklas (1968) — Harold
  • El guateque (1968) — Hrundi V. Bakshi
  • Ladrón sin destino (1968) — Man in Harbor Records Office
  • Siete veces mujer (1967) — Jean
  • Casino Royale (1967) — Evelyn Tremble
  • El magnífico Bobo (1967) — Juan Bautista
  • Alicia en el País de las Maravillas (1966) — King of Hearts
  • Tras la pista del zorro (1966) — Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
  • La caja de las sorpresas (1966) — Doctor Pratt
  • The Dean Martin Show (1965)
  • ¿Qué tal, Pussycat? (1965) — Dr. Fritz Fassbender
  • Canción para otra Navidad (1964) — Imperial Me
  • I Say I Say I Say (1964)
  • El nuevo caso del inspector Clouseau (1964) — Jacques Clouseau
  • El irresistible Henry Orient (1964) — Henry Orient
  • ¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú (1964) — Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
  • La pantera rosa (1963) — Insp. Jacques Clouseau
  • The Telegoons (1963)
  • Cielos arriba (1963) — The Rev. John Smallwood
  • El honrado gremio del robo (1963) — Pearly Gates
  • El tribunal de la comedia (1962) — Wilfred Morgenhall
  • Lolita (1962) — Clare Quilty
  • El mayor mujeriego (1962) — Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
  • Dos frescos en órbita (1962) — Indian Neurologist (sin acreditar)
  • Juego para dos (1962) — John Lewis
  • Mr. Topaze (1961) — Auguste Topaze
  • La extraña prisión de Huntleigh (1960) — Dodger Lane
  • La millonaria (1960) — Dr. Kabir
  • Hasta el último aliento (1960) — Lionel Meadows
  • La batalla de los sexos (1960) — Mr. Martin
  • The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
  • Estoy bien, Jack (1959) — Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
  • Un golpe de gracia (1959) — Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
  • Despiste ministerial (1959) — Prime Minister Amphibulos
  • El pequeño gigante (1958) — Antony
  • Up the Creek (1958) — CPO Doherty
  • Insomnia is Good for You (1957) — Hector Dimwittie
  • La verdad al desnudo (1957) — "Wee" Sonny MacGregor
  • The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) — Percy Quill
  • Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show! (1957)
  • Theatre Night (1957) — The Sultan
  • Dearth of a Salesman (1957) — Hector Dimwittie
  • Son of Fred (1956)
  • A Show Called Fred (1956)
  • El hombre que nunca existió (1956) — Voice of Winston Churchill (sin acreditar)
  • The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956)
  • The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn (1956) — Assorted
  • El quinteto de la muerte (1955) — Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
  • John and Julie (1955) — Police Constable Diamond
  • Orders Are Orders (1954) — Pvt. Goffin
  • And So To Bentley (1954)
  • Our Girl Friday (1953) — Voice of Parrot
  • La burla del diablo (1953) — Billy Dannreuther (voz) (sin acreditar)
  • The Super Secret Service (1953) — Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
  • Down Among the Z Men (1952) — Major Bloodnok
  • Let's Go Crazy (1951) — Multiple Roles
  • Penny Points to Paradise (1951) — The Major / Arnold Fringe
  • Ça, c'est du cinéma (1951) — (archive footage)
  • A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen" (1951) — Voice narrator
  • La rosa negra (1950) — Lu Chung (voz)