English actor and comedian known for the Pink Panther series as Inspector Clouseau, Dr. Strangelove, and his work with The Goons.
Background
Born Richard Henry Sellers in Southsea, Hampshire, England, to entertainer parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and joined the BBC radio comedy “The Goon Show.”
Career
He took over the role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau in Blake Edwards’s “The Pink Panther” series and earned three Oscar nominations across “Dr. Strangelove,” in which he played three roles for Stanley Kubrick, and “Being There,” in which he played Chance the gardener.
Style
Sellers was known for vanishing into voices and characters and is regarded as one of the foremost comedy character actors of the twentieth century.
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