Peter Sellers
Film Year Role Award
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film 1959 Nominated - Academy Award for Short Subject ( Live Action )
I 'm All Right Jack 1959 Fred Kite Won - British Academy Film Award for Best British Actor
Waltz of the Toreadors 1962 General Leo Fitzjohn Won - San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Actor
Lolita 1962 Clare Quilty Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor
Only Two Can Play 1962 John Lewis Nominated - British Academy Film Award for Best British Actor
The Pink Panther 1963 Inspector Jacques Clouseau Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Nominated - British Academy Film Award for Best British Actor
Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Group Captain Lionel Mandrake/ President Merkin Muffley/ Dr. Strangelove Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated - British Academy Film Award for Best British Actor
The Optimists of Nine Elms 1973 Sam Won - Tehran Film Festival Award for Best Actor
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975 Inspector Jacques Clouseau Won - The Evening News British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1976 Inspector Jacques Clouseau Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Being There 1979 Chance Won - National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Won - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Won - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Won - London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated - British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Filmography and other works
Main article : Peter Sellers on stage , radio , screen and record Selected works , based on award nominations
Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 - 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian, and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs, and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films. Born in Portsmouth to a theatrical family, Sellers made his stage debut at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, when he was two weeks old. He began accompanying his parents in a variety act that toured the provincial theatres. He first 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, which toured Britain and the Far East. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ShowTime, and eventually became a regular performer on various BBC radio shows. During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, and Michael Bentine, took part in the successful radio series The Goon Show, which ended in 1960. Sellers began his film career during the 1950s. Although the bulk of his work was comedic, often parodying characters of authority such as military officers or policemen, he also performed in other film genres and roles. Films demonstrating his artistic range include I'm All Right Jack (1959), Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove (1964), What's New, Pussycat? (1965), Casino Royale (1967), The Party (1968), Being There (1979), and five films of the Pink Panther series (1963-78).