Peter Sellers - Comedian

Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers, was born on 8th September 1925 and was brought up by his parents who were both vaudeville entertainers. Thus as a young child he used to travel frequently with his family. Peter became intrigued in observing the behavior of other people he used to meet. This helped him develop his observational humor and skills for mimicry. His family were musical and Peter was encouraged to learn different musical instruments including the banjo, ukulele and drums. Peter picked up these instruments quickly, demonstrating his versatile artistic and musical capacities. At one time he considered a career as a jazz drummer.

After the war he gained a good reputation on the radio and Peter was able to make his first break into Film. He first film was the low key "Penny Points To Paradise". But later on he appeared in several influential and popular films such as The LadyKillers (1955) (with Alec Guinness, an actor he admired a lot) and The Mouse that Roared (1959) In the Mouse that Roared he showed his versatility by playing a couple of characters. As an American film, this also helped raise his profile in Hollywood, leading to some key roles shortly after.

In 1963 director Blake Edwards was given the job of directing a new series of films called the Pink Panther. Peter Sellers proved to be an inspired choice for the dimwitted and hapless French police There was mutual appreciation between Sellers and Edwards. In Sellers, Edwards found an actor who had the initiative and natural talent to make a character his own. Peter Sellers also warmed to Edwards because he was able to bring his own ideas and suggestions to the role. The film and subsequent follow were released to both popular and commercial acclaim.

In 1964 Peter Sellers starred in arguably his finest film Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) . The Director of Columbia Movies insisted on Peter Sellers on playing the lead role. In fact Peter went on to play 3 characters in the film including U.S. President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove, and British RAF officer Group Captain Lionel Mandrake. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and 3 BAFTAs. It regularly appears in lists of the top 100 films of all time. (It was voted to be number number 26 by the America film institutes 100 years 100 films)

It was also in 1964 that Peter Sellers suffered a near fatal heart attack. He only just survived with his heart stopping completely. There followed a less successful period in which many of Peter Sellers films failed to be successful. By the mid 1970s Peter Sellers reputation had taken a definite fall. However another successor to the Pink Panther series (The Return of the Pink Panther 1974) had a galvanising effect on his career, firmly cementing his position as one of the all time greats of cinema. As well as comedy it is worth noting that Peter Sellers was very versatile as an actor. One of his finest films was an understated film about a simple gardener, mistaken for an Economics Guru. His carefully balanced role in playing the gardener Chance, earned him a second Oscar nomination for the film Being There in 1979.

Richard writes numerous biographies of people for his website and blog. He has a few pages on British Comedians

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