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| spouse = Anne Howe <br>(m. [[1954]]; div. [[1963]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Britt Ekland |Britt Ekland]] <br>(m. [[1964]]; div. [[1968]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Miranda, Countess of Stockton|Miranda Quarry]] <br>(m. [[1969]]; div. [[1976]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Lynne Frederick|Lynne Frederick]] <br>(m. [[1977]]; his death [[1980]]) |
| spouse = Anne Howe <br>(m. [[1954]]; div. [[1963]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Britt Ekland |Britt Ekland]] <br>(m. [[1964]]; div. [[1968]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Miranda, Countess of Stockton|Miranda Quarry]] <br>(m. [[1969]]; div. [[1976]])<br>[[Wikipedia:Lynne Frederick|Lynne Frederick]] <br>(m. [[1977]]; his death [[1980]]) |
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| − | | children = [[Wikipedia:Michael Sellers (actor)|Michael Sellers]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Victoria Sellers|Victoria Sellers]]}}'''Peter Sellers''', [[Wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] was an English film actor, comedian, and singer. He was best known for his role as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau in ''The Pink Panther'' film series, three different characters in ''Dr. Strangelove'', as Clare Quilty in ''Lolita'', and as the TV-addicted man-child Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, ''Being There''. Although he never had any [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/09/07/elon-musk-tesla-buyout-tweet-lawsuit-citron-research Disney] roles, he appeared on ''The Muppet Show'' in episode 219. He was considered for the role as [[Bert]] in [[Mary Poppins (film)| |
+ | | children = [[Wikipedia:Michael Sellers (actor)|Michael Sellers]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Victoria Sellers|Victoria Sellers]]}}'''Peter Sellers''', [[Wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] was an English film actor, comedian, and singer. He was best known for his role as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau in ''The Pink Panther'' film series, three different characters in ''Dr. Strangelove'', as Clare Quilty in ''Lolita'', and as the TV-addicted man-child Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, ''Being There''. Although he never had any [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/09/07/elon-musk-tesla-buyout-tweet-lawsuit-citron-research Disney] roles, he appeared on ''The Muppet Show'' in episode 219. He was considered for the role as [[Bert]] in ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' and [[Professor Emelius Browne]] in ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. |
He also appeared in [[Mickey's 50]]. |
He also appeared in [[Mickey's 50]]. |
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Peter Sellers, CBE was an English film actor, comedian, and singer. He was best known for his role as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, three different characters in Dr. Strangelove, as Clare Quilty in Lolita, and as the TV-addicted man-child Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, Being There. Although he never had any Disney roles, he appeared on The Muppet Show in episode 219. He was considered for the role as Bert in Mary Poppins and Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
He also appeared in Mickey's 50.
Gore Verbinski jokes that Sellers was his second choice to play Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (after Alec Guinness), before settling with Geoffrey Rush.
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