Peter Sellers CBE, 54 (1925-1980) actor

[@Pohleece222]

A comic genius that gave me so much pleasure growing up!

[@bigtwit799]

did he?

[@derekstocker6661]

The fabulous Peter Sellers, a wonderful actor and fantastic comedian and superb imitator of accents and voices, possibly the very best. This is a great showcase for Peter's talents, so very sad Peter taken far too soon as so many great performers. We are still listening, and laughing Peter! RIP.

[@MrDarrenmountford]

As I get older I understand and relate more and more and the more things you watch about him the more you love him,every time I watch pink panther films I find things i never noticed.He was a genius

[@boatman222345]

He provided me with many hours of laughter and as in the old saying, "Laughter is the best medicine!" Thank you Peter...

[@yogaflirt7]

Thank you George Pollen for posting this show about Peter Sellers. I knew him from his movies, esp Being There & Lolita but I never knew about his comic beginnings! Great show. He is so hilarious! I love Peter Sellers. Truly unique & brilliant.

[@HaydnGuite]

A wonderful talent and a thoroughly decent man. He was immensely versatile and bought a smile to so many people's faces. His work with the Goons was great and his performances as Clouseau in the Pink Panther films 📼 are unforgettable. He left us far too soon but his legacy is never forgotten. Thanks for the entertainment Mr Sellers ❤ 😊

[@johnbarroll1120]

so spontaneous and fun, never taking himself seriously. Not vain, self centered or greedy for attention, like most stars.

[@user-ed8bk6rz9s]

Seeing The Pink Panther movies in my early twenties kept my friends and my partner and I running his voices and jokes from the movies for a couple of years!! He was a genius. Loved him in the GOONS TOO.

[@mae8861]

Now that’s is humor. No foul language no F bombs every other word. Good old slap stick and talent.

[@bigtwit799]

is it?

[@StonyRC]

I've always been amazed at the way his accent changes during a single spoken paragraph - he was CONSTANTLY playing characters. A consummate actor.

[@HaydnGuite-c4s]

An exceptional talent and such a nice man. Like many great comics, he was never in your face, over the top or self-centered. He was polite, kind, funny and optimistic. For me, he'll always be Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films. Rest easy Peter ❤ 😊

[@arthurtrauer5684]

We lost Peter too soon. Rest In Peace Mr. Sellers and thank you.

[@Snakefinger1000]

You've got that one right Arthur, 55 is just not enough he still cracks me up even after all those years, God bless him.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Can I just tell you something? What did Professor Harold Everett say to his daughter Prudence? He said; "everybody has to go to school, it's the law of the land." He said it in 'Nanny and the Professor.'

[@jamespayne7753]

I loved Peter Sellars acting

[@paulhalpin6301]

What. For taking the PISS out of Chinese &Indian accents? His REAL voice is the most disturbing of all tho. It's SOOO OVER-POSHED. He has a plumb in his mouth. He also CONTINUALLY CURSES? "CHEEKY young sod?" Claims to be a musician. Even admits he LIED, to BBC? GET TIRED, ILLEGAL, BLASPHEMOUS IDIOTS like HIM, OFF the airways!🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔 ps They're called "Timpani." And NOT "Kettle Drums!" Sod off, you WIERED cunt? And PLEASE, STOP SWEARING?!? I can't understand a WORD, of your "Cheeky Young Sod" soliloquie. THAT, is the extent of his vocabulary 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡☠ Then he goes &shags Brit Ecland.? The guy's a TOTAL wanker. The canned-laughter is.... odd. Thank God that I'M alive in the 21st century 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@paulhalpin6301]

Who's "WE?"

[@mr.j.perala2861]

Peter Sellers was a genius, everybody knows that. He has inspired me very much. His legend will live on always.

[@dukwdriver2909]

A consummate actor, not just comedy. A unique talent who died too young. What further genius did we miss?

[@cunn9305]

I was 14 when he passed on but he had already made me laugh harder than I ever have or will again .. Godspeed Peter Sellers :(

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Why does every video featuring a Dead man have 1500 eulogies

[@h.a6177]

One of the best comedian off all time. R. I. P...... Birdy nam nam.

[@roel.vinckens]

That last joke rocks! Making your friends cry with laughter at your cremation! Talk about going out with a bang... Loved him in Lolita, adored him in Doctor Strangelove.

[@axlsime7092]

Such a scaring talent. Oh my gosh. Always amazes me to discover more and more for this ''freak'' of nature that Peter was. RIP Mr Sellers. 30 years of laughter and still goes on

[@monicaangelini3324]

He had the most sensuous voice. What a talent!

[@SWPDUDE]

OMG 55 years tears from me, he is my inspector Clousoe for ever ....

[@NxDoyle]

*Inspector Clouseau.

[@guapoviejo9135]

Damn. It's hard to believe he's been gone 38 years. What a tremendos actor he was. He and Leslie Nielson were my generations edition of Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Jack Benny. Really great comedy never goes out of fashion, and it never grows old for those of us who can put it in the context of those good times.

[@kdjlc]

Guapo viejo oh I think Peter far exceeds in natural talent then bob hope. He was a genius.

[@skeptical_sorcerer]

@@kdjlc Yes, and Leslie Nielsen doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Sellers.

[@stevenlight5006]

Here here

[@Nerzhina]

Peter Sellers was to comedy, what Bob Dylan is to folk music. Both men are pure genius at their craft.

[@Porscheman1]

The greatest actor ever!

[@lliamjurdom9505]

Being there 1979 beautiful film perhaps his best .....

[@anitarichmond8930]

Peter Sellers immerse himself so deeply into a roll that it was like he was a spectator outside himself observing the hilarity to call him a comic genius is an understatement. There's a recording of him that I particularly love where he plays an Indian doctor, to Sophia Loren ...It's Brilliant👏🏼

[@hughcorston9645]

Oh, my goodness gracious me!

[@peterherman4310]

That I would like to see. If he were to immerse himself into a roll, it would have to be a rather large loaf, would it not?

[@josephlandrut4154]

Peter Sellers and his English accent was favourite for many of his audiences

[@itssanti]

Thank you George

[@paul1x1]

Anytime you're feeling down sick stuck in the house put on any pink panther movie with Peter and I defy you not to laugh it will not fix your broken ankle but you will forget about it for awhile

[@whitsm16]

how timely this comment currently is...

[@georgeshelton6281]

I finally found out the name of the old man/character; Candace who was Thomas Franklin's business partner mentioned, it's Joseph Ceracini who was the one that died at age 100.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Joseph Ceracini was mentioned; in the 1980 Rated PG comedy movie called, 'Being There.'

[@georgeshelton6281]

Joseph Ceracini never allowed Chance Johnson to go to school.

[@georgeshelton6281]

@@whitsm16 You have to listen to the person's mind; even though, we don't have the power to read people's minds.

[@andrewlord3231]

The brilliant Peter Sellers rip

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

Greatest comic actor of all time

[@lipstickprincess1]

He was born in 1925 I was born in 1966 I had such a crush on him👍🏼 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@airzulu2733]

A British gem .

[@Vikseproducts]

Sellers was great,loved watching his movies,The pink panther most of all.

[@kmully8873]

BRILLIANT!

[@K9H8R]

Oh I shan't be having enough of him

[@logicalnetwork1611]

Oh how we miss the tremendous wit of Peter Sellers. Peter Sellers was the comedy titan of the 1960s and 1970s. Rick Mayall dominated the 1980s and Harry Enfield 1990s and early 2000s. I miss these comedians.

[@αλεξανδροςραπτης-λ5ζ]

peter sellers and louis de funes,the ultimate comic actors

[@elenal2012]

I was kust thinking the same!

[@emmapeart6101]

Brilliant actor, very talented and funny 🤣.

[@leonhsiung1951]

Indeed, Rest In Peace Mr. Peter Sellers, miss your movies so much.

[@NxDoyle]

By some accounts a terror, by others mean and almost perversely insecure. But there are many who love/d him as a person and millions more who still love him as a freakishly gifted human being.

[@bigtwit799]

do they?

[@sarahperry7431]

Great actor and comedian lost him too soon

[@deborahsosa4404]

How much he looks like John Lennon, in the last singing segment, ? both very funny & witty men, !!

I've been a fan of John for years, particularly his comedy. Unfortunately I've only recently discovered Seller's genius. But I can see how much John took from him. It's very much a case of John looks like him.

[@radhasen.animalwelfare.5644]

He appears a totally eccentric being...! But unforgettable as an actor and a comedian. My favourite films.. The Pink panther and The Party and the film with Sophia Loren where he sings along with her The Goodness gracious me song 😂😂😂😂

[@MrDDiRusso]

This is the first time I've heard Peter Sellers natural voice.

[@realblakrawb]

This is a character as well

[@praveenliverpool]

Peter Sellers -One of the greatest comedians of all time.Up there with Charlie Chaplin👍

[@jakobole]

What a star!

[@phillydog17]

The Party is the funniest movie of the sixties.

[@bobmirdiff2043]

I could never get along with 'The Party!' - Until I went to work in the Middle East with the 'Indian Contingent!' Then it was HILARIOUS! - Even the Indian Boys laughed too!

[@jessiejames7492]

its so nice he has the ability to laugh at himself

[@Isleofskye]

Self-deprecatory humour is the strongest of all asit shows one is a secure and confident person who can take it as well as dish it out.... I'm actually rather skilled at self-deprecatory humour myself Jessie.......leaves the stage with a cheeky smile on his face....

[@jessiejames7492]

@@Isleofskye thats true . glad youre so adept to it..any sense of humour is a plus ...a good thing to have ..

[@Isleofskye]

You are right and there are other benefits, as well. Others will accept you for laughing at them if they know you also do it to yourself and it takes "the wind of the sails" of any detractors if you get in first and laugh at your own idiosyncrasies and traits ...there is nowhere for them to go if they seek to belittle or embarass you because you have raised the subject yourself and controlled the situation Jessie :) @ @@jessiejames7492

[@rogersurf4149]

First date I ever had with a young lady was to see "The Mouse that Roared". Won't tell you how young we were;) but Sellers was three people in the movie. The three most important ones actually:)

[@realzok]

One of the greats of the Twentieth Century, Second Favorite Movie of all time is 'Being There". Well, the First is Barry Lyndon. Sellers was one of the Few that Kubrick openly admired.

[@franciscusjohannesburger3720]

Te vroeg van ons heengegaan .

[@gireeshneroth7127]

My favorite comedian after Charlie Chaplin. It was during the late 70s I got to watch a movie of his in Kerala, India. I liked his unique mannerisms as a comedian. That last scene in a movie when he struggles to untie the knot of his tie.

[@Snakefinger1000]

My kids bought me one of those gadgets for picking up things that I cannot reach, watching Clouseau almost castrate himself with it made me realise where they got the idea. They know that I'm over the moon over Sellers. I giggle every time I pick it up.

[@pamelllakaye]

i loved him so much, even though cliche, still my favorite is Clouseau. he did resemble john lennon, especially when john played the old man with the beard in HELP, and clouseau as the phone repairman 😀

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Coincidentally, Sellers and Lennon died in the same year.

[@nevermind-he8ni]

Can anyone imagine drinking with this guy? Wow.

[@justins21482]

watching him makes me think of robin williams. imagine drinking with both of them at the same time LOL

[@bobmirdiff2043]

In a league of his own!

[@MrRoberthilton]

If you can’t say anything nice about a long dead genius that gave so much pleasure to so many people best to say nothing at all.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie6200]

Thank you, bless your great memories

[@janiakowska]

a great mad genius

[@zuzanaSimurdova]

Genius!

[@MrMrdelivery]

What a shame that he died at the young age of 54, the medical technology we have today may have saved him...I recently watched his final film; ' Being There ', I couldn't ever think of another actor that could have pulled that role off like Mr. Sellers...

[@skeptical_sorcerer]

No, he knew he was very sick. He had suffered heart problems for many years. He knew he needed heart surgery for years before he died but he was too scared to have it. The technology was there. Instead he traveled the world being sucked into all sorts of silly 'alternative' therapies. It is all in the biographies of Sellers.

[@timcharles5476]

Sellers could have had open heart surgery but chose not to.

[@MrDaiseymay]

It's a common mistake, to say that ''Being There'', was seller's final film. Many wish it had been, including Seller's. But he was contracted to make '' The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu''. which was released in August 1980, , just a couple of weeks after Seller's died. Critics hammered it, and it did not do well at the box office.

[@skeptical_sorcerer]

The critics panned it because it is truly abysmal; unwatchable really. Even the biggesr Sellers fan has to admit he made some terrible movies. I have seen many very, very bad films starring Sellers.....and about 6 really good ones.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie6200]

@@skeptical_sorcerer I don't want to know which works you wish to insult since the Great Peter Sellers has passed away and I do not care for you correcting everyone based on your opinion. Holier than thou, you bloody must be, considering Mr Sellers cannot reply.

[@motle710]

I used to live almost opposite to where he was born in Southsea.

[@alunevans2377]

I remember the day he died in 1980. It was a sad day, legend passed, we have not seen the likes of him since

[@markmaki4460]

Ah the 70s and those windscreen spectacles.

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

"They don't write hands like that anymore".

[@angeloang8842]

Un grande!

[@cat-lw6kq]

I'll never forget at age 15 seeing Dr strangelove. Mandrake my favourite character a cool headed officer trying to save the world.

[@iseeolly9959]

A force of nature....he couldn't live longer.

[@aisle_of_view]

You can tell John Lennon incorporated Sellers into his own brand of humor.

[@simontaylor2319]

Good memory

[@Clemmy54]

I loved him in "The Party" - my go to film for laughs.

[@oppothumbs1]

Nice job with Hard Day's Night mockery.

[@paulfuller8985]

There is a better recording of this , which they mention in the video . He sounds like Lawrence Olivier.

[@MrMoggyman]

Peter Sellers was a comic genius, but a very complex person. He had a very low self esteem. I could never understand this, because he was so very talented. He considered himself simply a vessel into which the character was poured, and in so doing he became the character. He could be exceptionally difficult to work with too, as Blake Edwards found out with the Pink Panther films. Spike Miligans commentary on Peter Sellers too revealed many characteristics, including that he was always lost in characters, and could never be just himself. Peter himself revealed that people that saw him walking down the street to his house in LA would cross over the road to avoid him. What a shame, because he was a remarkable person. I would have loved to meet him in person.

[@blueheaven4838]

Lovely tip shared. I am very curious to know what did he do that made people avoid him? Was he knowingly obnoxious or offensive.

[@MrMoggyman]

I really do not know why people were avoiding him. Peter himself stated this fact in an interview with Alan Whicker at his Beverly Hills home in LA shortly before he died. He actually stated that people were crossing the road in order to avoid talking to him. A few weeks after the interview it was Alan Whicker who recited Peters eulogy on UK television. He could be very obnoxious at times, and certainly Britt Ekland and Blake Edwards have had a taste of that fact, and was a bit of a womaniser (Sophia Loren comes to mind), but generally I think he was a likeable man to many of his friends. I also feel so sad that Peter did not find true happiness in his life, because he deserved that, and the death of his mother, with whom he had a very close relationship, hit him hard. I hope that he has now found that happiness in another place. The film Being There was really out of character for Peter, but he stated that it was the best work he had ever done, maybe because he felt that the character he played actually almost replicated his real life situation. He was such a wonderfully gifted talent, but considered himself almost talentless, despite being loved by so many people all over the world for such varied and delightful performances. I miss him a lot....because he was simply brilliant, spontaneous, and irreplaceable......and so did Stanley Kubrick. He would have definitely been in Eyes Wide Shut. If he had lived Kubrick would have had him in that without a doubt. God bless Peter Sellers wherever his spirit is now. Rest in peace with love.

[@blueheaven4838]

@@MrMoggyman Thank you so much for your time and reply. Appreciate it.

[@moraleatwork]

Its not uncommon for comedy actors/comedians to be something quite different when not on stage or acting in a movie, on TV etc. If you are old enough you will remember Tony Hancock, hilarious but a very depressed guy. Robin Williams comes to mind. Sellers was a genius and for me, the high point was Dr Strangelove, where he played three characters. No one else could have done this, in the way he did it. He will always be missed, and enjoyed in the all movies and interviews he did.

[@marinazagrai1623]

@@moraleatwork Mental illnesses are associated with creativity (even when it's obnoxiousness; not that Peter Sellers was). That's why a lot of really creative people suffer from depression and other types of mental diseases.

[@johnrogan9420]

Liked doing the German voices...Dr Strangelove...his mockery of the way the French say "rume" as Inspector Clouseau has always stated in my memory...

[@fredmichalczak3446]

Zimmah!

[@Ometecuhtli]

@@fredmichalczak3446 That's what I said

[@lynnwood7205]

I miss his public personas. Greedy of me I know, may he rest well now.

[@kev3d]

This isn't a documentary on Peter Sellers, it's a documentary on Peter Sellers' television interviews.

[@lordeden1475]

Which is a Documentery on now sit down as this wil come as a terrible shock PETER SELLERS!

[@marinazagrai1623]

He was on a plane with a new bride (can't remember who) and he picked another girl whom he afterwards married. How's that for lunacy (but he was a really fabulous actor - who knows what makes some people act the way they do). Check Wikipedia for his life and education. He said that living through the war made him the comedian he was.

[@TheGodParticle]

That's because he was a mean bastard. behind the public interviews and films he was a very different person. fuck him.

[@stuartlawsonbeattie6200]

@@TheGodParticle why do you have God in your moniker, are you just a rear end of anatomy or do you actually have a use?

[@BladeRunner-td8be]

Mildly amusing at times was Peter Sellers to me. I never understood why he was so revered as an actor comedian when I was young and I still don't understand it. I have chalked it up to one of the many mysteries of my life.

[@janiegolden5338]

Died soon after this show, a real talent and spontaneously funny but had heart issues.

[@MrMrh1958]

Being there is a great swan song!😂

[@jrgboy]

It was well known that he had a weak heart, he had a pacemaker fitted in 1964 after his first heart attack and was told to take it easy but he loved to party & take drugs which was his downfall... BTW Peter's character of Fred Kite in I'm Alright Jack inspired Johnny Speight to create Alf Garnett....

[@igorvejacevski288]

Peter forever,Srbija end Macedonia love Peter.

[@MrMrh1958]

I think they should bring back the denim suit!😂

[@johnbaxter5766]

The Goon's. What can you say.

[@johnrogan9420]

Beatles...Long Days Night.. as Richard III

[@brianbozo2447]

he has a very good command of English and you would wonder if he was was well read.

[@robg71]

Great upload. Do you have the full, Parkinson interview with Secombe ?

[@georgepollen7927]

Sorry GP

[@gillyjames9609]

I'll never understand why Peter was nothing to look at when he was younger, but turned into a very gorgeous sex-pot when he got older, especially in the spoof James Bond film 'Casino Royale'.. he was a really handsome man then!💋xx

[@julioemilia7594]

CUDOWNY !!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@ZulcanPrime]

I remember when Peter Sellers died because it was on my 21st birthday.

[@Notmehimorthem]

Genius

[@markman63]

Hats off for using poppers in the 60s

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Party poppers? The fireworks for po' folk? 🎆🎇🎉👊

[@marklauzon3401]

One last laugh!

[@Actorsplace]

Is this narrated by Gillian?

[@alanpotts3297]

I declare: Lenon would have loved Sellers.

[@alanpotts3297]

Imagine that!

[@Isleofskye]

As would Stalon...

Died the same year.

[@DrQuadrivium]

A wonderful man. We desparatly need more like him now. These days the 'Woke' brigade would want him deplatfomed for being totally non-politically correct.

[@AfroPoli]

IMO Kubrick really got the best out of him. I find him absolutely magnificent in Lolita and Dr. Strangelove. The rest... meh. I still can't understand how people can find something like the Pink Panther funny.

[@clips001ify]

What about Being There. He was brilliant in the film adapted from Jerzy Kosinski’s novel.The simple-minded gardener who stumbles upon acclaim for his so-called profound insights.

[@dennisesplin3285]

Peter loved cars. Graham Stark his best friend was rung up regularly about his new car. Some say he had no personality of his own. His observation skills must have been outstanding to do all those characterisations. He also played a mean yukalylee. Make up your own mind.

[@stevewynnearts]

Strangelove

[@tgwcl6194]

Does your dog bite? 🤗

[@superblue-yg1dk]

No

[@superblue-yg1dk]

No

[@davidwilliamson404]

*FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH:* I always thought it be fascinating to have teamed up Inspector Clouseau with Inspector Columbo, Just to see how things would have panned out; Playing on each other's idiosyncrasies! ( = ( = ( =

[@johnmcdermott2551]

who is this?

[@skeptical_sorcerer]

What's your favourite Sellers film? My vote goes to Dr Strangelove.......and then probably "The Party"