Peter Sellers

AKA:
Richard Henry Sellers
Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
09/08/1925
Birthplace:
Southsea, England
Death Date:
07/24/1980
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biography
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 Continued
Credits
Sidney Wang
1976
screenplay
1970
Sir Guy Grand
1970
Evelyn Tremble
1967
Doctor Pratt
1966
Inspector Clouseau
1963
John Lewis
1962
Percy Quill
1957
Harry Robinson
1955
funding
Tony
Clare Quilty
1962
Queen Victoria
Sonny MacGregor
Irish Bosun
Dr Ahmed el Kabir
Lionel Meadows
Morganhall/Doctor
Director
Pearly Whites
Chance
Inspector Clouseau
Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Topaze
Inspector Clouseau
Hrundi V Bakshi
Major Robinson
Aldo Vanucci
1966
Robert Danvers
Juan Bautista
Prime Minister Montjoy
Inspector Clouseau
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr Strangelove
Prince Rudolph
Dick Scratcher
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Rev John Smallwood
Fred Kite
General Fitzjohn
Benjamin Hoffman
Albert T Hopfnagel
Rouquet
Fritz Fassbender
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
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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