Peter Sellers

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1925 · Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Biographie

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."

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Filmographie

10.0
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
2025 · Archive
7.0
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013
2013 · The Villain Antony (archive footage)
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
2007 · Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.3
Funny Business
1992
1992 · (archive footage)
5.1
À la recherche de la Panthère rose
1982
1982 · Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)
4.9
Le complot diabolique du docteur Fu Manchu
1980
1980 · Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
7.6
Bienvenue, Mister Chance
1979
1979 · Chance
5.7
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979
1979 · Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
8.0
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
1978
1978 · Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
6.4
La Malédiction de la Panthère rose
1978
1978 · Chief Inspector Clouseau
Kingdom Of Gifts
7.0
Kingdom Of Gifts
1978
1978 · The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
6.9
Quand la Panthère rose s'emmêle
1976
1976 · Chief Inspector Clouseau
7.1
Un cadavre au dessert
1976
1976 · Sidney Wang
6.8
Le Retour de la Panthère rose
1975
1975 · Inspector Clouseau
5.6
The Great McGonagall
1975
1975 · Queen Victoria
4.6
En voiture, Simone
1974
1974 · Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
6.7
Les optimistes
1973
1973 · Sam
6.2
The Blockhouse
1973
1973 · Rouquet
4.9
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
1973 · Dick Scratcher
6.3
Alice au pays des merveilles
1972
1972 · The March Hare
6.7
Sykes
1972
1972 · Tommy Grando
5.5
Where Does It Hurt?
1972
1972 · Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
1970
1970 · G.W. Ross
5.5
Il y a une fille dans ma soupe
1970
1970 · Robert Danvers
7.1
Hoffman
1970
1970 · Mr. Hoffman
6.7
Simon Simon
1970
1970 · Man with Two Cars
4.8
Un jour sur la plage
1970
1970 · Stallholder
5.8
The Magic Christian
1969
1969 · Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
5.1
Le Baiser papillon
1968
1968 · Harold
7.3
La Party
1968
1968 · Hrundi V. Bakshi
7.2
Opération Vol
1968
1968 · Man in Harbor Records Office
6.3
Sept fois femme
1967
1967 · Jean
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
1967 · Evelyn Tremble
6.2
The Bobo
1967
1967 · Juan Bautista
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
1966
1966 · King of Hearts
6.1
Le renard s'évade à trois heures
1966
1966 · Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
6.4
Un mort en pleine forme
1966
1966 · Doctor Pratt
5.9
Quoi de neuf, Pussycat ?
1965
1965 · Dr. Fritz Fassbender
5.9
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
1964 · Imperial Me
I Say I Say I Say
I Say I Say I Say
1964
1964 · Réalisation
7.2
Quand l'inspecteur s'emmêle
1964
1964 · Jacques Clouseau
5.9
Deux copines, un séducteur
1964
1964 · Henry Orient
8.1
Docteur Folamour
1964
1964 · Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
6.8
La Panthère rose
1963
1963 · Insp. Jacques Clouseau
6.6
Heavens Above!
1963
1963 · The Rev. John Smallwood
6.7
Jules de Londres
1963
1963 · Pearly Gates
6.6
Le Défenseur ingénu
1962
1962 · Wilfred Morgenhall
7.3
Lolita
1962
1962 · Clare Quilty
5.0
Les Femmes du général
1962
1962 · Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
5.8
Astronautes malgré eux
1962
1962 · Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
5.9
On n'y joue qu'à deux
1962
1962 · John Lewis
5.9
Mr. Topaze
1961
1961 · Auguste Topaze
6.8
Le paradis des monte-en-l'air
1960
1960 · Dodger Lane
5.3
Les Dessous de la millionnaire
1960
1960 · Dr. Kabir
6.5
Quand gronde la colère
1960
1960 · Lionel Meadows
6.6
La guerre des sexes
1960
1960 · Mr. Martin
5.6
Le Courir Sauter & permanent Photo de film
1959
1959 · Writer
6.6
Après moi le déluge
1959
1959 · Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
6.4
La Souris qui rugissait
1959
1959 · Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
6.2
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
1959 · Prime Minister Amphibulos
6.4
Les Aventures de Tom Pouce
1958
1958 · Antony
6.0
Up the Creek
1958
1958 · CPO Doherty
6.8
The Naked Truth
1957
1957 · "Wee" Sonny MacGregor
6.7
Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde
1957
1957 · Percy Quill
Theatre Night
1957
1957 · The Sultan
Dearth of a Salesman
1957
1957 · Hector Dimwittie
7.0
L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé
1956
1956 · Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
6.9
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
1956
1956 · Assorted
7.3
Tueurs de dames
1955
1955 · Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
4.9
John and Julie
1955
1955 · Police Constable Diamond
6.6
Orders Are Orders
1954
1954 · Pvt. Goffin
5.3
Our Girl Friday
1953
1953 · Voice of Parrot
6.1
Plus fort que le Diable
1953
1953 · Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
4.5
The Super Secret Service
1953
1953 · Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
5.6
Down Among the Z Men
1952
1952 · Major Bloodnok
5.4
Let's Go Crazy
1951
1951 · Multiple Roles
4.4
Penny Points to Paradise
1951
1951 · The Major / Arnold Fringe
Ça, c'est du cinéma
1951
1951 · (archive footage)
10.0
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951
1951 · Voice narrator
6.5
La Rose noire
1950
1950 · Lu Chung (voice)