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Peter Sellers (I) (1925–1980)

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Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, 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 Royal Air Force and served during World War II... See full bio »

Born:

Richard Henry Sellers
in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 54) in Lambeth, London, England, UK
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1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
 
1979 Being There
Chance
 
1979 The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf IV / Rudolf V / Syd Frewin
 
1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
1978 Kingdom of Gifts
The Slightly Larcenous Mayor (voice)
 
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Chief Inspector Clouseau
 
1976 Murder by Death
Sidney Wang
 
1975 The Return of the Pink Panther
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
1974 The Great McGonagall
Queen Victoria
 
1974 Undercovers Hero
Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / …
 
1973 The Optimists of Nine Elms
Sam
 
1973 The Blockhouse
Rouquet
 
1973 Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Dick Scratcher
 
1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The March Hare
 
1972 Sykes (TV series)
Tommy Grando
– Stranger (1972) … Tommy Grando
 
1972 Where Does It Hurt?
Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel
 
1972 A Day at the Beach
The Salesman (as A. Queen)
 
1970 'Wiltons' - The Handsomest Hall in Town (TV movie)
Music Hall Performer
 
1970 There's a Girl in My Soup
Robert Danvers
 
1970 Hoffman
Benjamin Hoffman
 
1970 Simon Simon (short)
Man with two cars
 
1969 The Magic Christian
Sir Guy Grand
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Man in Harbor Records Office
– Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars? (1969) … Man in Harbor Records Office
 
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Harold
 
1968 The Party
Hrundi V. Bakshi
 
1967 The Bobo
Juan Bautista
 
1967 Woman Times Seven
Jean (segment "Funeral Procession")
 
1967 Casino Royale
Evelyn Tremble / James Bond 007
 
1966 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
King of Hearts
 
1966 After the Fox
Aldo Vanucci
 
1966 The Wrong Box
Doctor Pratt
 
1965 What's New Pussycat
Dr. Fritz Fassbender
 
1965 Not Only... But Also (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1965)
 
1965 Birds, Bees and Storks (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1964 A Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie)
Imperial Me
 
1964 A Shot in the Dark
Jacques Clouseau
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient
Henry Orient
 
1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
 
1963 The Pink Panther
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
1963 The Telegoons (TV series)
Bluebottle / Col. Bloodnok / Henry Crun / …
– The Lost Colony (1963) … Bluebottle (voice) / Col. Bloodnok (voice) / Henry Crun (voice) / …
– The Ascent of Mount Everest (1963) … Bluebottle (voice) / Col. Bloodnok (voice) / Henry Crun (voice) / …
 
1963 Heavens Above!
The Rev. John Smallwood
 
1963 The Wrong Arm of the Law
Pearly Gates
 
1962 Trial and Error
Wilfred Morgenhall, Solicitor
 
1962 Lolita
Clare Quilty
 
1962 The Road to Hong Kong
Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
 
1962 Waltz of the Toreadors
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
 
1962 Only Two Can Play
John Lewis
 
1961 I Like Money
Auguste Topaze
 
1960 The Millionairess
Dr. Ahmed el Kabir
 
1960 Never Let Go
Lionel Meadows
 
1960 The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (short)
Photographer
 
1960 Two Way Stretch
Dodger Lane
 
1959 The Battle of the Sexes
Mr. Martin
 
1959 I'm All Right Jack
Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
 
1959 The Mouse That Roared
Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert of Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat
Señor Amphibulos - the prime minister
 
1958 tom thumb
Antony
 
1958 Up the Creek
CPO Doherty
 
1958 The April 8th Show (Seven Days Early) (TV movie)
Various Characters
 
1957 Your Past Is Showing
Sonny MacGregor
 
1957 Big Time Operators
Percy Quill
 
1957 Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show! (TV series)
Various Characters
 
1957 Insomnia Is Good for You (short)
Hector Dimwiddle
 
1956 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Cyril Owlham ('The Birdwatcher') / Snowball ('Snowball')
– Double Bill: Snowball/The Birdwatcher (1956) … Snowball ('Snowball') / Cyril Owlham ('The Birdwatcher')
 
1956 Son of Fred (TV series)
Various / Various Characters
– Episode #1.5 (1956) … Various
– Episode #1.1 (1956) … Various Characters
 
1956 A Show Called Fred (TV series)
Various Characters
– Episode #1.5 (1956) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.4 (1956) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.3 (1956) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.2 (1956) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.1 (1956) … Various Characters
 
1956 The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (TV series)
Various Characters
– Episode #1.6 (1956) … Various Characters
– Episode #1.1 (1956) … Various Characters
 
1956 The Man Who Never Was
Winston Churchill (voice) (uncredited)
 
1956 The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn (short)
Narrator / Supt. Quilt / Asst. Commissioner Sir Jervis Fruit / …
 
1955 The Ladykillers
Harry (a.k.a. 'Mr. Robinson')
 
1955 John and Julie
Police Constable Diamond
 
1954 And So to Bentley (TV series)
Various Roles
– Episode #1.6 (1954) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.5 (1954) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.4 (1954) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.3 (1954) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.2 (1954) … Various Roles
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1954 Orders Are Orders
Pvt. Goffin
 
1953 The Adventures of Sadie
Parrot (voice) (uncredited)
 
1953 The Super Secret Service (short)
Sir Walter Smood/Reuben J. Crouch
 
1952 Down Among the Z Men
Major Bloodnok
 
1952 Don't Spare the Horses (TV series)
 
1952 Goonreel (TV movie)
Various
 
1951 Penny Points to Paradise
The Major/Arnold Fringe
 
1951 Let's Go Crazy (short)
Groucho Marx / Giuseppe / Cedric / …
 
1951 Ça c'est du cinéma
(UK version) (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 The Black Rose
Voice for Alfonso Bedoya (voice) (uncredited)
 
1915 Burlesque on Carmen (short)
Narrator 1951 UK Sound Version
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
1981 Gateway to the South (short) (sketch)
 
1969 The Magic Christian (additional material)
 
1967 Casino Royale (uncredited)
 
1964 I Say I Say I Say (short)
 
1960 The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (short)
 
1956 The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn (short) (additional material)
 
1951 Let's Go Crazy (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (performer: "Goodness Gracious Me", "After the Fox")
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.19 (1977) (performer: "A Gypsy's Violin", "Cigarettes and Whiskey")
 
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (performer: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - uncredited)
 
1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (performer: "I See What I Eat", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat", "The Pun Song")
 
1966 After the Fox (performer: "After the Fox")
 
1952 Down Among the Z Men (performer: "Down Among the Z Men" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1960 The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010-2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 2 episodes)
– ¡Hasta nunca, Doctor! (2011) (in memory of)
– Jo, un cadáver revoltoso (2010) (in memory of)
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther (dedicatee - as Peter)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
1998 Música sí (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1976-1980 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Behind-the Scenes footage from 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again'
– Peter Sellers: Part 2 (1980) … Himself
– Peter Sellers: Part 1 (1980) … Himself
– Silent Comedy (1976) … Himself - Behind-the Scenes footage from 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again'
 
1980 Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Whicker's World (TV series)
Himself
– Nothing Is Utopia, This Comes Pretty Close (1980) … Himself
 
1980 The Don Lane Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
1978 That's Panthertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.19 (1977) … Himself
 
1975-1976 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 January 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 September 1975 (1975) … Himself - Guest
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.152 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Peter Sellers og hans verden (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972-1974 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.12 (1974) … Himself
– Episode #2.18 (1972) … Himself
 
1974 Glen Campbell & Company (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1970-1972 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Alice in Wonderland (1972) … Himself
– Sellers & Milligan (1970) … Himself
 
1971-1972 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Peter Sellers (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1972 The New Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Last Goon Show of All (TV movie)
Himself / Policeman / Hercules Grytpype-Thynne / …
 
1971 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1970 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969-1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #3.26 (1970) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode #3.10 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.1 (1969) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1969 London aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 One Pair of Eyes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Marty Feldman (1969) … Himself
 
1969 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Goon Show (TV short)
Himself / Henry Crun / Bluebottle / …
 
1967 With Love, Sophia (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 The Heart of Show Business (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1967 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)
Himself
– David Frost's Night Out in London (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Secombe and Friends (TV special)
Himself
 
1966 El rey en Londres
Himself
 
1965 The Music of Lennon & McCartney (TV special documentary)
Richard III
 
1965 The Royal Variety Performance 1965 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1965 The Best on Record (TV movie)
Himself
 
1964 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 Juke Box Jury (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 January 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1958-1962 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Attenborough (1962) … Himself
– Harry Secombe (1958) … Himself
 
1961 Tempo (TV series)
– Episode dated 15 October 1961 (1961)
 
1961 The Jo Stafford Show (TV series)
Himself
– The Language of Language (1961) … Himself
 
1960 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.121 (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Climb Up the Wall
Himself
 
1959 The Ivor Novello Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1958 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– The Marguerite Piazza Show (1958) … Himself - Guest
 
1957 Six-Five Special (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.44 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Lord's Taverners Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1957 Salute to Show Business (TV movie)
Himself
 
1957 Eric Sykes Presents Peter Sellers (TV series)
Himself/Various Characters
 
1951 London Entertaints (documentary)
Himself (as The Goons)
 
1948 New to You (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (50 titles)
2013 Piers Morgan's Life Stories (TV series)
 
2012 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2012 A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (TV documentary)
Dr. Strangelove/President Muffley/Group Captain Mandrake
 
2011 The Story of the Music Hall with Michael Grade (TV documentary)
W. G. Ross
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Alice in Wonderland Stills Gallery (video short)
Himself/King of Hearts (uncredited)
 
2009 Monty Python: Almost the Truth - Lawyers Cut (TV series)
 
2008 Morir de humor (TV movie)
 
2008 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years (TV documentary)
Dr. Strangelove/Fred Kite (uncredited)
 
2007 All the Best from Denis Norden (TV documentary)
Himself/Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (uncredited)
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 ¿De qué te ríes? (TV movie)
Hrundi V. Bakshi/Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Chance the Gardener/Dr. Strangelove (uncredited)
 
2005 Movies That Shook the World (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Greatest TV Comedy Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Comic Relief Does University Challenge (TV movie)
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
2004 Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Inside the Party (video documentary short)
Hrundi V. Bakshi
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
2004 Somebody's Daughter, Somebody's Son (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Sykes on Sykes (video short)
 
2004 Sykes in the Studio (video short)
 
2003 The Pink Panther Story (video documentary short)
Insp. Jacques Clouseau (uncredited)
 
2003 Behind the Laughter (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1995-2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Sketch Show Story
Himself/Various Characters
 
2001 Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (TV special)
 
2000 The 100 Greatest TV Ads (TV special)
(voice)
 
2000 The Unknown Peter Sellers (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Hattie Jacques (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Spike (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion (TV movie)
 
1992 Funny Business
 
1985 Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (video)
Himself
 
1985 Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (video)
Himself
 
1983 Bonds Are Forever (video documentary)
James Bond/Himself
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau
 
1982 Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (TV movie)
Inspector Clouseau
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove
 
1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Single: Duet with Sophia Loren, "Bangers and Mash", peaked at #22 in the UK charts in 1961. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | 5 Interviews  | 63 Articles  | 26 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Estate of Peter Sellers c/o CMG Worldwide | See more »

Alternate Names:

Peter Sellers CBE | The Goons | Peter | A. Queen

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on developing a role for the screen] I walk around, trying different accents, feeling my way to the character. I stare at my own image in the mirror every morning, waiting for the other fellow - the man I'm going to play - to emerge and stare back at me. I am waiting for the stranger to come into my life. When it happens, I have this flush of happiness. See more »

Trivia:

Was an amateur photographer and camera nut for most of his life. See more »

Trademark:

Often played multiple characters See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo