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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Acting

Basic Information

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Birth Date

September 8, 1925(100 yrs)

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Birth Place

Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

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Nationality

British

Summary

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