Soft Beds, Hard Battles - Prince Kyoto
Sellers plays Prince Kyoto in the multi-role comedy Soft Beds, Hard Battles.
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Peter Sellers Biography and Timeline — Page 3
Follow Peter Sellers through 101 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Peter Sellers, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1973–1982Years on this page
1973
The Blockhouse
Sellers portrays Bouquet in the wartime drama The Blockhouse.
The Optimists of Nine Elms
Sellers plays ageing London busker Sam in The Optimists of Nine Elms.
1974
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Sellers plays pirate Dick Scratcher in Ghost in the Noonday Sun.
The Great McGonagall
Sellers portrays Queen Victoria in the comic biographical film The Great McGonagall.
1975
Clouseau Return After Eleven Years
Sellers and Blake Edwards revive Inspector Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther after an eleven-year gap.
The Return of the Pink Panther
Sellers reprises Inspector Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther.
1976
Golden Globe Nomination - The Return of the Pink Panther
His return as Clouseau earns Sellers a 1976 Golden Globe nomination in the musical-or-comedy actor category.
Murder by Death
Sellers plays detective Sidney Wang in Neil Simon's mystery spoof Murder by Death.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Sellers continues as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
1977
Golden Globe Nomination - The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again brings Sellers another Golden Globe musical-or-comedy actor nomination in 1977.
1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Sellers again portrays Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther.
1979
Being There
Sellers plays Chance, the sheltered gardener at the centre of Being There.
The Prisoner of Zenda - Rudolf
Sellers plays the royal lookalikes Rudolf IV and Rudolf V in The Prisoner of Zenda.
The Prisoner of Zenda - Syd Frewin
Sellers also portrays Syd Frewin in The Prisoner of Zenda.
1980
Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers dies in London aged 54.
Academy Award Nomination - Being There
At the 1980 Oscars, Sellers is nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for Being There.
Golden Globe Win - Being There
Sellers wins the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Being There.
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu - Fu Manchu
Sellers plays the title villain Fu Manchu in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu - Nayland Smith
Sellers also portrays Fu Manchu's adversary Nayland Smith in his final completed film.
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther is released posthumously using previously filmed Sellers footage as Inspector Clouseau.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.