Tragic Details About Peter Sellers

The life of Peter Sellers is a 20th-century archetype, that of an astronomical rise from humble beginnings to international stardom. But away from the characters of Inspector Clouseau and Chance the Gardener, Sellers was a troubled man. Here are some tragic details about Peter Sellers.

Famous for slipping in and out of characters and creating new ones at the drop of a hat, the character of the real-life Peter Sellers has been difficult to pin down. Stanley Kubrick described the naturalness with which he inhabited roles in his classic movies as, quote, "a state of comic ecstasy," and his dynamism is shown especially in the film Dr. Strangelove, in which Sellers played three distinct parts.

But it has been reported by many biographers that Sellers found his own identity impossible to inhabit. Furthermore, in a 1980 interview on The Today Show, the actor discussed an idea that had recently taken hold that, in essence, there was no "Peter Sellers." Sellers claimed that it wasn't entirely true that, behind the mask, he was an empty vessel. But the topic had recurred throughout his career, and in a famous clip from The Muppet Show, Sellers, who had hosted the show as a range of characters, told Kermit:

The Daily Telegraph notes, however, that the roots of this "selflessness" may have arisen from tragic circumstances in early childhood. Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers, with the name Peter bestowed on him as a tribute to his older brother, who was stillborn. This sense of displaced identity haunted Sellers, but perhaps it gave him his ability to project himself so uncannily into the minds of other characters.

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Had little to no personality | 0:00
Unhappily married four times | 1:24
Dependent on alcohol and cocaine | 2:34
A near death experience | 3:28
Delusionally loved Sophia Loren | 4:40
Strained relationship with his kids | 5:46
His temper shelved a movie | 6:45
Missed the death of his mom | 8:01
Died of a heart attack | 8:44
Fourth wife inherited his wealth | 9:48

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