Peter Sellers
Actor
- Down Among the Z Men (The Goon Show Movie) (1952)
- Dir. Maclean Rogers
Feat. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe…
- A rare outing into film for the Goons, in their original four–man lineup – Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine –…
- Ladykillers, The (1955)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Frankie Howerd
- Priceless Ealing black comedy in which bungling robbers Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers et al conspire to snuff out their rich old landlady, an…
- Smallest Show on Earth, The (1957)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers…
- A small gem of British comedy, concerning a young couple who inherit a movie–house from a long lost uncle. Along with the semi–decrepit…
- Naked Truth, The (Your Past is Showing) (1957)
- Dir. Mario Zampi
Feat. Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Peggy Mount…
- Dark comedy set in the tabloid industry with an extortionate publisher marked for death by his celebrity victims.
- Mouse That Roared, The (1959)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Peter Sellers
- Slapstick/satire combo in which Peter Sellers inhabits three roles, primarily as the head of a tiny state that declares war on the U.S. on the…
- Carlton Browne of the F.O. / Hoffman (1959-1969)
- Dir. Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting, Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Peter Sellers
- A pair of eclectic, little known comedies starring Peter Sellers on one cassette.
- I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas…
- Brilliant satire of labour and class relations, makes a glorious mockery of unions and management alike as upperclass twit Ian Carmichael joins the…
- Battle of the Sexes, The (1959)
- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings…
- An archly engaging comedy based upon a James Thurber story in which the head clerk (Sellers) of a tweed manufacturer resists the efforts of the…
- Two Way Stretch (1960)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Cribbins…
- Peter Sellers leads a jailbird trio whose plans for the ultimate heist are scuppered by the arrival of a staunch prison warden.
- Millionairess, The (1960)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica…
- Loren plays a spoiled heiress who tries to 'buy' a husband in the form of principled doctor Sellers. Fairly good adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's…
- Never Let Go (1960)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Adam Faith…
- Solid crime drama about a young salesman (Todd) who has his car inconveniently stolen – leaving him with a large debt – and then…
- Only Two Can Play (1961)
- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough…
- One of Peter Seller's earlier films sees him in rare semi–dramatic part, playing a librarian in a small Welsh town who has an affair. Dryly…
- Lolita (1962)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters…
- A middle–aged man falls in love with a 14–year–old girl, so marries her mother to be near her. Fascinating black comedy of sexual…
- Wrong Arm of the Law, The (1962)
- Dir. Cliff Owen
Feat. Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins…
- Hilarious comic spoof, in which a gang of Australian thieves is pursued by Scotland Yard and criminal underworld alike.
Peter Sellers is at the…
- Trial and Error (The Dock Brief) (1962)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid
- Sellers plays a washed–up barrister who must represent wife–murderer Attenborough, who insists upon his guilt. This is ignored by Sellers…
- Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton…
- Bruising comedy with an elderly general struggling to come to terms with impending retirement and his ruinous personal life.
- Dr. Strangelove (or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (1963)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott
- A brilliant black comedy in which the U.S. president and his henchmen await imminent nuclear retaliation from the Russians. A landmark satire with…
- Heavens Above (1963)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Peter Sellers
- Frightfully British satire of life in the clergy saved from 'Carry–On' status by Peter Sellers' winning performance.
- Pink Panther, The (1964)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers
- In his most synonymous role, Peter Sellers stars in the first of six films of the bungling misadventures of Inspector Clouseau. Superb slapstick…
- Shot in the Dark, A (The Pink Panther II) (1964)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders…
- The second Inspector Clouseau film, in which the bumbling detective becomes convinced a beautiful woman is innocent of murder, despite the evidence…
- Pink Panther Collection, The (The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther) (1964-1982)
- Feat. Peter Sellers
- Five of Peter Sellers' iconic "Pink Panther" films in a deluxe pink boxed set.
- World of Henry Orient, The (1964)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury…
- An irreverant and oddly unique Sellers comedy, in which the 'Pink Panther' plays a NYC concert pianist who is 'stalked' by two teenage devotees,…
- What's New Pussycat (1965)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen…
- Early Woody Allen script sees shrink Peter Sellers trying to help Peter O'Toole with his woman–problems.
- Alice in Wonderland (1966)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Peter Cook, Michael Redgrave, Peter Sellers…
- Cult BBC version of Lewis Carroll's classic children's book, in which drowsing Alice enters the dreamscape of 'Wonderland'.
Influenced by the…
- Wrong Box, The (1966)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine…
- A classic black farce where two Victorian siblings (Richardson and Mills) scramble tooth and nail to collect a massive legacy, each trying to outwit…
- After The Fox (Caccia alla Volpe) (1966)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland…
- Peter Sellers plays a con–man who escapes jail and must masquerade as a film–director, managing to pull off a major gold bullion…
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Dir. John Huston, others
Feat. David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen…
- Black–sheep of the Bond movies, this is in fact an elaborate send–up, whose chaotic production–history is obvious in the…
- Woman Times Seven (1967)
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman…
- Shirley MacLaine inhabits seven different women in seven fanciful, star–studded mini–stories of adultery for Italian dir. Vittorio De…
- Bobo, The (1967)
- Dir. Robert Parrish
Feat. Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi…
- Sellers chews up the scenery as 'Juan', a singing bullfighter who finally books a job with a famous theatre director on the proviso that he can…
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
- Dir. Hy Averback
Feat. Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young…
- An affectionate poke at the 'tune–in, drop out' generation with Peter Sellers as an uptight lawyer who falls in love with a young hippie.…
- Party, The (1968)
- Feat. Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards
- Pink Panther cohorts Peter Sellers and Blake Edwards reunite to send up Tinseltown in merciless slapstick fashion. Sellers plays a bungling Indian…
- Magic Christian, The (1969)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough…
- From Terry Southern's novel, a wildly loopy satire about an eccentric multi–millionaire (Peter Sellers) who adopts a destitute son (Ringo…
- There's A Girl In My Soup (1970)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Diana Dors…
- Romantic comedy set around the unpredictable frission between a ladykilling TV personality (Sellers) and a kooky young thing (Hawn). A bit…
- Last Goon Show, The (1972)
- Feat. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reunite in 1972 to perform a live show and reminisce their years as the kings of BBC radio comedy.
- Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
- Dir. Rodney Amateau
Feat. Peter Sellers, Rick Lenz, Harold Gould…
- Watchable farce has Sellers playing Dr. Albert T Hopfnagel, a corrupt hospital official devoted to the art of ripping off patients.
Barbed satire…
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
- Dir. William Sterling
Feat. Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore…
- Star–packed, centennial adaptation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece follows young Alice (Fullerton) down the rabbithole and on to her adventures…
- Blockhouse, The (1973)
- Dir. Clive Rees
Feat. Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp
- A crafted, though minor serious role for Sellers as one of a number of slave–labourers at work on the Nazi's Normandy defence bunkers.
On…
- Soft Beds Hard Battles (1973)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Peter Sellers, Curt Jurgens, Beatrice Romand…
- Shambling but quite watchable war comedy set in a Parisian brothel during the German WWII occupation, with brothel Madame (Kedrova) adjusting her…
- Optimists, The (1973)
- Dir. Anthony Simmons
Feat. Peter Sellers
- Gentle, affirmative tale of a busker (Sellers) who inspires London's poor and neglected children to look on the bright side of life. Hard to dislike.
- Great McGonagall, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Valentine Dyall
- Based on the true story of 19th Scottish 'nonsense' poet William McGonagall (Milligan), who courted favour from Queen Victoria (Sellers) amongst…
- Return of the Pink Panther, The (1975)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
- Fourth entry in the Inspector Clouseau series sees dir. Blake Edwards return to join a riotous Peter Sellers in the hunt for another missing diamond.…
- Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk…
- Inspector Clouseau has finally driven his boss Chief Dreyfus over the edge, and Dreyfus sets out on a crazed attempt to destroy the world with a…
- Murder by Death (1976)
- Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco…
- A classic whodunnit premise is taken within an inch of its life by a knockout cast, here playing a gaggle of famous sleuths and sidekicks who convene…
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon…
- Sellers reprises the role of Inspector Clouseau for the last time, as the bumbling detective fakes his own murder to track down some baddies…
- Being There (1980)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Peter Sellers
- A middle–aged gardner, reared in solitude and exclusively educated through his television, is mistaken for a political genius. Profound and…
- Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren
- Notable as Peter Sellers' last movie, but ranking close to the bottom of the Sellers canon for its fiendish forced humour and racist overtones.
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom…
- Inspector Clouseau is back again despite the death of the star, Peter Sellers. Using previously unseen footage and newly created linking material,…
- Peter Sellers - Best Of (1990)
- Feat. Peter Sellers
- A selection of classic moments from the movie career of the incomparable comedian.