Peter Sellers

Birthday: 1925-09-08
Deathday: 1979-08-26
Birthplace: Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

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."

Career Statisics

	Season	Age	Movie	Role	Result	Points
	1965	40	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)	Leading Actor	Nom	0
	1980	55	Being There (1979)	Leading Actor	Nom	0
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Transaction History

Date	Location	Team	Receives	Team	Receives	Team	Receives

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2025-06-17	Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders	Archive
	2000-04-25	The Unknown Peter Sellers
	1990-01-01	The Very Best of Peter Sellers
	1980-08-08	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu	Fu Manchu / Nayland Smith
	1979-12-19	Being There	Chance
	1979-08-17	The Prisoner of Zenda	Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney Frewin
	1978-01-08	Revenge of the Pink Panther	Chief Inspector Clouseau
	1978-01-01	Kingdom Of Gifts	The Slightly Larcenous Mayor
	1977-11-01	To See Such Fun
	1976-09-16	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	Chief Inspector Clouseau
	1976-06-23	Murder by Death	Sidney Wang
	1975-05-21	The Return of the Pink Panther	Inspector Clouseau
	1975-04-18	Julie: My Favourite Things	Various
	1975-01-23	The Great McGonagall	Queen Victoria
	1974-01-24	Soft Beds, Hard Battles	Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto
	1973-10-17	The Optimists of Nine Elms	Sam
	1973-01-01	The Blockhouse	Rouquet
	1973-01-01	Ghost in the Noonday Sun	Dick Scratcher
	1972-11-20	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	The March Hare
	1972-07-24	Where Does It Hurt?	Dr. Albert T. Hopfnegal
	1970-12-26	Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town	G.W. Ross
	1970-12-15	There's a Girl in My Soup	Robert Danvers
	1970-07-16	Hoffman	Mr. Hoffman
	1970-06-01	Simon Simon	Man with Two Cars
	1970-05-01	A Day at the Beach	Salesman
	1969-12-12	The Magic Christian	Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE
	1969-06-07	One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
	1968-10-18	I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!	Harold
	1968-04-04	The Party	Hrundi V. Bakshi
	1967-09-29	Woman Times Seven	Jean
	1967-04-18	Casino Royale	Evelyn Tremble
	1967-03-31	The Bobo	Juan Bautista
	1966-12-28	Alice in Wonderland	King of Hearts
	1966-10-11	El Rey en Londres
	1966-09-08	After the Fox	Aldo Vanucci/Federico Fabrizi
	1966-06-19	The Wrong Box	Doctor Pratt
	1965-12-16	The Music of Lennon & McCartney
	1965-06-22	What's New Pussycat?	Dr. Fritz Fassbender
	1964-12-28	Carol for Another Christmas	Imperial Me
	1964-07-09	I Say I Say I Say
	1964-06-23	A Shot in the Dark	Jacques Clouseau
	1964-03-19	The World of Henry Orient	Henry Orient
	1964-01-29	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
	1963-12-18	The Pink Panther	Insp. Jacques Clouseau
	1963-05-20	Heavens Above!	The Rev. John Smallwood
	1963-03-17	The Wrong Arm of the Law	Pearly Gates
	1962-09-25	The Dock Brief	Wilfred Morgenhall
	1962-06-13	Lolita	Clare Quilty
	1962-04-12	Waltz of the Toreadors	Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
	1962-03-29	The Road to Hong Kong	Indian Neurologist (uncredited)
	1962-01-19	Only Two Can Play	John Lewis
	1961-04-04	Mr. Topaze	Auguste Topaze
	1960-12-20	Two-Way Stretch	Dodger Lane
	1960-10-18	The Millionairess	Dr. Kabir
	1960-06-02	Never Let Go	Lionel Meadows
	1960-02-25	The Battle of the Sexes	Mr. Martin
	1959-10-31	The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
	1959-08-18	I'm All Right Jack	Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
	1959-07-17	The Mouse That Roared	Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully Bascombe
	1959-03-10	Carlton-Browne of the F.O.	Prime Minister Amphibulos
	1958-12-04	Tom Thumb	Antony
	1958-05-13	Up the Creek	CPO Doherty
	1957-12-12	Insomnia is Good for You
	1957-12-03	The Naked Truth	"Wee" Sonny MacGregor
	1957-04-09	The Smallest Show on Earth	Percy Quill
	1957-01-01	Dearth of a Salesman	Hector Dimwittie
	1956-04-03	The Man Who Never Was	Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
	1956-01-01	The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn	Assorted
	1955-12-08	The Ladykillers	Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
	1955-07-26	John and Julie	Police Constable Diamond
	1954-10-01	Orders Are Orders	Pvt. Goffin
	1953-12-01	Our Girl Friday	Voice of Parrot
	1953-11-24	Beat the Devil	Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)
	1953-01-01	The Super Secret Service	Sir Walter Smood / Reuben J. Crouch
	1952-10-01	Down Among the Z Men	Major Bloodnok
	1951-05-01	Let's Go Crazy	Multiple Roles
	1951-04-25	Penny Points to Paradise	The Major / Arnold Fringe
	1951-03-01	A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"	Voice narrator
	1950-09-01	The Black Rose	Lu Chung (voice)