- Born
- 8 September 1925, Southsea, United Kingdom
- First work
- 1951: Penny Points to Paradise
- Peak
- 1959 to 1968 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1980: The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
- Died
- 24 July 1980, London, United Kingdom; aged 54; natural
Peter Sellers
Film: comedian, actor, singer, United Kingdom
Peter Sellers was an English comic actor and impressionist celebrated for his extraordinary vocal versatility and protean character work. He first came to prominence on BBC radio's surreal comedy series The Goon Show during the 1950s before establishing an international film career. Sellers became famous globally as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in Blake Edwards's Pink Panther series and demonstrated dazzling satirical range by playing three distinct roles in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. In 1979, he gave a quiet, critically acclaimed turn in Being There, earning an Oscar nomination. Plagued by poor health, Sellers died in London following a heart attack in July 1980 at the age of fifty-four.
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Signature works
- The Ladykillers film1955
- I'm All Right Jack film1959
- The Pink Panther film1963
- Dr. Strangelove film1964
- A Shot in the Dark film1964
- The Party film1968
- Being There film1979
Honours
- Two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actor (Dr. Strangelove, Being There)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1980)
- Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1970)