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Peter Sellers

Also known as Richard Henry Sellers, Peter Richard Henry Sellers, Richard Henry Seller

Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and became internationally acclaimed for his film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series.

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Peter Sellers was a British actor and comedian born Richard Henry Sellers on September 8, 1925, in Southsea. He worked in television and film, with a career spanning from 1948 until 1980. His work primarily fell within the comedy genre, and he performed in the English language.

Sellers served in the Royal Air Force and held United Kingdom citizenship. He received the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and won Golden Globes. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

He died of a myocardial infarction at Middlesex Hospital on July 24, 1980. His death was classified as natural causes.

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Film & TV

Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

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…

Known for

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders — Archive2025
John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor (archive footage)2025
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work — Self (archive footage)2023
Directed By Blake Edwards — Self2021
The Beatles: Get Back — Self2021
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy — Self (Archival Footage)2020
Kubrick by Kubrick — Self (archive footage)2020
The Ghost of Peter Sellers — Self (archive footage)2018
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace — Self (archive footage)2014

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1925
Active to: 1980

Discography

Any Old Iron / Boiled Bananas And Carrots (Boiled Beef & Carrots)1957
I'm So Ashamed1958
The Best of Sellers1958
Songs for Swingin’ Sellers1959
Bangers and Mash1960
Goodness Gracious Me!1960
Peter and Sophia1960
After the Fox1966
Sellers Market1979
The unreleased She loves you1981

Member of

The Goons1951–1972

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Peter Sellers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Henry
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Southsea
Place of death: Middlesex Hospital
Spouse: Lynne Frederick
Child: Victoria Sellers
Occupation: singer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: British English
Award: Golden Globes
Genre: comedy
Military branch: Royal Air Force
Official website: www.petersellers.com
Image: Peter Sellers Allan Warren.jpg
Height: 174
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Peter Sellers
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1925-09-08
date of death: 1980-07-24
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
manner of death: natural causes
birth name: Richard Henry Seller
name in native language: Peter Sellers
start of work period: 1948-00-00
end of work period: 1980-00-00
related category: Category:Films directed by Peter Sellers
place of burial: Golders Green Crematorium
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from: Peter Sellars
number of viewers/listeners: 319292

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Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and became internationally acclaimed for his film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series.

Sellers made his stage debut at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, as an infant, and began accompanying his parents in a touring variety act. He worked as a drummer and toured around England as a member of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). He developed his mimicry and improvisational skills during a spell in Ralph Reader's wartime Gang Show entertainment troupe. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ShowTime, and eventually became a regular performer on various BBC Radio shows. In 1951, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, and Michael Bentine, began starring in the successful radio series The Goon Show, which ended in 1960.

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