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AKA: Richard Henry Sellers
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 09/08/1925
Birthplace: Southsea, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 07/24/1980
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Protean comic actor who first came to attention on the popular radio series "The Goon Show," a precursor to both "Beyond the Fringe" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Sellers made his screen debut in 1951 and demonstrated a remarkable gift for character transformation in films such as "The Mouse That Roared" (1959), a political spoof in which he played three very different roles. In 1963, Sellers starred in the first installment of the hugely popular "Pink Panther" series, introducing the loveable bumbler, Inspector Clouseau. (In that same year, he again assumed multiple identities in
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Drafted at age 18, assigned to Royal Air Force entertainment unit (appeared in India, Ceylon, Burma)
1949
Appeared on BBC radio's "The Goon Show" with Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan
1951
Screen debut "Penny Points to Paradise"
1961
Directed, and acted in, "Mr Topaze"
1964
Suffered serious heart attack during filming of "Kiss Me, Stupid"
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