Peter Sellers
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1925-09-08
- Falecimento:
- 1980-07-24
- Local de nascimento:
- Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Biografia
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."
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Filmografia
John Candy: Eu Me Amo
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
The Beatles: Get Back
Directed By Blake Edwards
Kubrick por Kubrick
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Hitler: The Comedy Years
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Parkinson
The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Spike
The Peter Sellers Story
The World of Hammer
Funny Business
Sellers' Best
The Very Best of Peter Sellers
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Muppet Treasures
Koyaanisqatsi: Uma Vida Fora de Equilíbrio
A Trilha da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Muito Além do Jardim
O Prisoneiro de Zenda
Mickey's 50
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
A Vingança da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
Kingdom Of Gifts
To See Such Fun
A Nova Transa da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
Muppet Show
Assassinato Por Morte
A Volta da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
Julie: My Favourite Things
A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
The Great McGonagall
Flip Wilson... Of Course
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
The Optimists of Nine Elms
The Big Screen
The Blockhouse
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
As Aventuras de Alice no Mundo das Maravilhas
Sykes
Where Does It Hurt?
The Last Goon Show of All
Film '72
V.I.P. Schaukel
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Caiu uma Moça na Minha Sopa
Hoffman
Simon Simon
A Day at the Beach
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Um Beatle no Paraíso
One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously
This Is Tom Jones
O Abilolado Endoidou
Um Convidado Bem Trapalhão
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
O Rei dos Ladrões
With Love, Sophia
Sete Vezes Mulher
One Pair of Eyes
Cassino Royale
The Bobo
Alice no País das Maravilhas
El Rey en Londres
ABC Stage 67
O Fino da Vigarice
A Loteria da Vida
Birds, Bees and Storks
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
The Dean Martin Show
O Que É Que Há Gatinha?
Carol for Another Christmas
I Say I Say I Say
Um Tiro no Escuro
O Mundo de Henry Orient
Dr. Fantástico
A Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
The Telegoons
O Pior dos Pecados
The Wrong Arm of the Law
The Dock Brief
Lolita
Waltz of the Toreadors
Dois Errados no Espaço
Only Two Can Play
The Mike Douglas Show
Tempo
A Solidão da Riqueza
Prisioneiro Vagabundo
Com Milhões e Sem Carinho
Never Let Go
A Batalha dos Sexos
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
I'm All Right Jack
O Rato que Ruge
Whicker's World
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
O Pequeno Polegar
Up the Creek
Insomnia is Good for You
A Audácia de um Canalha
The Smallest Show on Earth
Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
Theatre Night
Dearth of a Salesman
Son of Fred
A Show Called Fred
O Homem que Nunca Existiu
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
Quinteto da Morte
John and Julie
Orders Are Orders
And So To Bentley
3 Homens e um Biquíni
O Diabo Riu por Último
The Super Secret Service
Down Among the Z Men
Let's Go Crazy
Penny Points to Paradise
Ça, c'est du cinéma
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
A Rosa Negra
Hybrid Creatures
Talking Comedy