TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Peter Sellers.
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Birthdate: September 8, 1925
Death date: July 24, 1980
Peter Sellers
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
2.5126
16
1960s
2.9127
23
1970s
2.3466
17
1980s
0.7728
2
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.9974
2.9974
Peter Sellers Movie Rankings
1
3.8508Insane Gen. Jack Ripper is convinced that the U.S.S.R is conspiring to contaminate the American people and sends a fighter pilot to bomb the country. However, the Russians promise to fight back if the U.S. were to attack. ...more about Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
DVD from $3.95
(15 sellers)
2
3.1782When rich M. Ballon's spanish driver is found shot dead, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is the first official on the scene. All evidence suggests Maria Gambrelli, the maid, to be the murderer. ...more about Shot in the Dark
DVD from $6.59
(16 sellers)
3
3.1081A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. ...more about Being There
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
DVD from $13.41
(9 sellers)
4
3.0854
A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill Mrs Wilberforce, they run into one problem after another, and they get what they deserve. ...more about Ladykillers
DVD from $9.10
(9 sellers)
5
3.0519
In New York City, adolescent friends Gil and Val follow pianist Henry Orient all over town, while he tries to seduce Stella, a married woman. When Val's parents arrive for Christmas holidays, the two girls are forced to grow up and test their friendship. ...more about World of Henry Orient
DVD from $6.57
(11 sellers)
6
2.9891
An Indian actor screws up royally during the filming of a costume epic. When the 'Fire this guy' list gets confused with the studio head's guest list for a party, he appears there and everyone assumes he must belong. ...more about Party
DVD from $5.69
(12 sellers)
7
2.9737
Charles Dreyfus escapes from the mental asylum and tries to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. ...more about Pink Panther Strikes Again
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $4.99
(16 sellers)
8
2.9334
Middle-aged novelist Humbert Humbert rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house after he falls passionately in love with her daughter Lolita. ...more about Lolita
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $12.49
(4 sellers)
9
2.9246
Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death
DVD from $15.69
(12 sellers)
10
2.8791
Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. ...more about Smallest Show on Earth
DVD from $1.99
(9 sellers)
11
2.8064
As a child, Princess Dala is given, by her father, the largest diamond in the world, in which if you stare into it can be seen a "Pink Panther" hence the name. ...more about Pink Panther
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $4.49
(16 sellers)
12
2.6644
Sir Guy Grand adopts homeless bum Youngman to be heir to his obscene wealth, and immediately begins bringing him into the intricacies of the family business, which is to prey upon people's greed by use of the vast holdings of the Grand empire. ...more about Magic Christian
DVD from $9.59
(9 sellers)
13
2.6232
A bitter Howard Kemp heads westward to the Rockies from Abilene, Kansas on the trail of murderer Ben Vandergroat and the $5000 reward on Vandergroat's head, money after which Kemp lusts in order to re-purchase the ranch that his absconding fiancée had ...more about Naked Spur
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
14
2.5582
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. ...more about Naked Truth
DVD from $13.49
(3 sellers)
15
2.5099
Peter Sellers stars as Harold Fine, a self-described square--a 35-year-old Los Angeles Lawyer who is not looking forward to middle age and his upcoming wedding. ...more about I Love You
DVD from $12.71
(8 sellers)
16
2.4893
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. ...more about I'm All Right Jack
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
DVD from $8.11
(9 sellers)
17
2.4573
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. ...more about Prisoner of Zenda
- Not Available on DVD
18
2.4474
Sir James Bond, a spy from the old school (a good spy is a pure spy) is called back to service by the death of "M" and the imminent collapse of civilization. ...more about Casino Royale
DVD from $7.99
(4 sellers)
19
2.4329
Sixth in the Pink Panther series. The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. ...more about Trail of the Pink Panther
DVD from $9.99
(16 sellers)
20
2.3847
Actor Awards
- San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
- Not Available on DVD
22
2.3642
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. ...more about Wrong Arm of the Law
DVD from $12.79
(8 sellers)
23
2.3254
John Lewis is bored by his librarian's job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is. ...more about Only Two Can Play
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.2534
That famous jewel, The Pink Panther, has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. ...more about Return of the Pink Panther
Actor Awards
- Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $8.89
(11 sellers)
25
2.1656
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients. ...more about Millionairess
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.0651
Michael James, a notorious womanizer, desperately wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole, but runs into serious problems since every woman he meets seems to fall in love with him. His psychoanalist Dr. ...more about What's New
DVD from $6.00
(14 sellers)
27
2.0515
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. ...more about Mouse That Roared
DVD from $15.69
(9 sellers)
28
2.0077
Professor Pure Heart (Michael Bentine) absent mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry (Harry Secombe) calls himself, finds it and proudly attempts to return it to the Professor. ...more about Down Among the Z Men
- Not Available on DVD
30
1.9129
A lawyer and his client rehearse their case before it goes to trial, each taking on the different roles of the court personnel. ...more about Dock Brief
- Not Available on DVD
32
1.7607
A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance, money is put in for each to grow with interest and the last survivor is to get the lot. We watch the group dwindle until only two brothers are left. ...more about Wrong Box
- Not Available on DVD
35
1.6207
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. ...more about Bobo
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.6126
TV personality Robert Danvers, exceedingly vane and a rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions. ...more about There's a Girl in My Soup
DVD from $16.95
(1 sellers)
37
1.5792
To prove that he still is strong and powerful, Philippe Douvier decides to kill Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. ...more about Revenge of the Pink Panther
DVD from $5.25
(16 sellers)
40
1.5035
Peter Sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. ...more about Two Way Stretch
DVD from $4.89
(9 sellers)
42
1.4117
A businessman blackmails his attractive young secretary into spending a weekend with him. Though he's a creep throughout, he gradually emerges as a sympathetic character. ...more about Hoffman
DVD from $2.98
(8 sellers)
43
1.2656
The tale of an unemployed Scotsman, William McGonagall whose ambition was to become England's Poet Laureate. One minor drawback is that his poetry is terrible. ...more about Great McGonagall
- Not Available on DVD
44
0.9222
Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. ...more about Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
- Not Available on DVD
48
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot. ...more about Ghost in the Noonday Sun
- Not Available on DVD
52
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy Baroness (Martita Hunt). ...more about Mr. Topaze
- Not Available on DVD
54
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
- Not Available on DVD
58
Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night," angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One," seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone," wife vainly ...more about Woman Times Seven
- Not Available on DVD
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