he has been hailed as the best British
comedian since Charlie Chaplin Valley
mm-hmm welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our top ten
favorite Peter Sellers performances
number 10
inspector Sydney Wang murdered by death
kicking off our countdown as Peter
Sellers audacious role in a classic
comedy murder mystery that is eerily
reminiscent of a certain popular board
game as an Asian detective Sellars
provokes countless laughs with his
complete disregard for racial
sensitivity conversation like a
television set on honeymoon unnecessary
you couldn’t get away with this
performance today but his broken English
bizarre analogies elaborate outfits and
foo Manchu mustache are still hilarious
number nine various characters the mouse
that roared watch as the puniest country
on earth schemes to declare war on
America in the hopes of receiving
financial aid in the aftermath Sellars
crafts this foolhardy plan as Prime
Minister count Rupert of Mount joy then
pitches it to well himself as Grand
Duchess Gloriana the twelfth he finally
execute the plan himself as the bumbling
soldier Tully Bascombe only sellers
could cheekily entertain us while poking
this much fun at real world politics and
I’m perfectly positive I am rocked you
must remember the Americans are a very
strange people whereas other countries
rarely forgive anything
the Americans forgive everything number
eight fred kite I’m all right jack this
is the role that launched Sellars career
and made him an international superstar
Sellars plays a determined factory owner
who is fighting for the rights of his
workers in this class struggle comedy
while he isn’t the film’s lead he
manages to shine the brightest with a
powerful performance that resonates
against a backdrop of outlandish
corruption and greed the situation is
quite straightforward as trade unionists
we have always been concerned we for
efficiency and for the individual
welcome number 7 Sir Guy grand the magic
Christian Cemetery ilysm here as a
senseless billionaire who haphazardly
adopts an orphan played by Ringo Starr
together they set off for a series of
screwball adventures aboard his ship the
magic Christian but not before sellers
takes wealth to the extreme by enlisting
soldiers anti-aircraft weaponry machine
guns and flamethrowers to hunt pheasants
your bird Sagi it is the bestest
shooting I’ve seen in 30 years of savvis
number 6
Henry orient the world of Henry orient
Henry orient is one of sellers
lesser-known roles but is still one of
his best orient is an egocentric concert
pianist with flowing hair who was
shadowed by a pair of teenaged girls who
are scheming to be part of his life
seller’s portrayal of this no-talent
playboy is buoyed by his unique charm as
we watch him spend his days sleeping
womanizing and chatting on a hi-tech
phone hail and Merry Christmas whoever
you may be the Orient I am and God bless
you for making the point so charmingly
and who may I ask are you number 5 Clare
quilty Lolita this is a classic tale of
forbidden love that tells the story of a
college professor and his infatuation
with a young girl sellers gives a
brilliant yet manic performance as an
amoral American playwright who is vying
for that same girl’s attention I haven’t
really got a suspicious mind at all I
look suspicious myself a lot of people
think I’m suspicious especially when I
stand around on street corners one of
our own boys pick me up the other way
Katara look a bit too suspicious then on
a street corner and everything he
enthralls viewers with his quirky yet
riveting tangents unscrupulous behavior
and use of countless disguises and he
earned a Golden Globe nomination for his
trouble number four chance the gardener
being there sellers took home a Golden
Globe and received an Oscar nomination
for his portrayal of an isolated
gardener and avid TV watcher who shares
his simple brand of wisdom with the
inner circle of governmental power mr.
Gardner
the New York Times spoke with you
peculiar
of optimism what was your reaction to
that I do not know what it means by
using subtle looks and gestures to
illuminate serious situations and to
satirize narrow-minded worldviews he
delivers an a typically straight
performance that highlights his
characters innocence number three brendi
V Bakshi the party as an inept Indian
actor who mistakenly gets invited to a
swanky Hollywood dinner sellers makes
extensive use of his legendary improv
comedy skills he exploits the
fish-out-of-water premise by playing up
his ignorance of Western culture and by
doing so he gets more than a few awkward
laughs anyway I have to get back to feed
Oh poo oh yes my monkey oh yeah number
two various characters dr. Strangelove
or how I learned to stop worrying and
love the bomb in this madcap comedy
Sellars once again portrays a gaggle of
memorable characters and for them earned
an Oscar nomination his list of roles
includes the would-be hero a British
exchange officer called Captain man
Drake the fearful US president Merkin
muff Lee and the president’s ill-chosen
personal advisor dr. Strangelove who
attempts to manipulate the brass while
hiding his Nazi sympathies actually they
would breed prodigiously a just watch
and you’ll see how Sellars makes this
one of the greatest comedies of all time
number one inspector Jacques Clouseau
the Pink Panther taking the top spot on
our list is the role that earned sellers
an Academy Award for Best Actor as the
bumbling French inspector with the
moustache and the nasal voice Sellars
clumsily injures everyone he meets while
trying to prevent a diabolical theft the
film was a hit and sellers finally
became a household name as he sluiced
his way through several sequels well you
know
wasn’t easy do you agree with our list
which Peter Sellers performance is your
favorite for more great top ten lists be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
questions I like after his foot
after a while they irritating
comedian since Charlie Chaplin Valley
mm-hmm welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our top ten
favorite Peter Sellers performances
number 10
inspector Sydney Wang murdered by death
kicking off our countdown as Peter
Sellers audacious role in a classic
comedy murder mystery that is eerily
reminiscent of a certain popular board
game as an Asian detective Sellars
provokes countless laughs with his
complete disregard for racial
sensitivity conversation like a
television set on honeymoon unnecessary
you couldn’t get away with this
performance today but his broken English
bizarre analogies elaborate outfits and
foo Manchu mustache are still hilarious
number nine various characters the mouse
that roared watch as the puniest country
on earth schemes to declare war on
America in the hopes of receiving
financial aid in the aftermath Sellars
crafts this foolhardy plan as Prime
Minister count Rupert of Mount joy then
pitches it to well himself as Grand
Duchess Gloriana the twelfth he finally
execute the plan himself as the bumbling
soldier Tully Bascombe only sellers
could cheekily entertain us while poking
this much fun at real world politics and
I’m perfectly positive I am rocked you
must remember the Americans are a very
strange people whereas other countries
rarely forgive anything
the Americans forgive everything number
eight fred kite I’m all right jack this
is the role that launched Sellars career
and made him an international superstar
Sellars plays a determined factory owner
who is fighting for the rights of his
workers in this class struggle comedy
while he isn’t the film’s lead he
manages to shine the brightest with a
powerful performance that resonates
against a backdrop of outlandish
corruption and greed the situation is
quite straightforward as trade unionists
we have always been concerned we for
efficiency and for the individual
welcome number 7 Sir Guy grand the magic
Christian Cemetery ilysm here as a
senseless billionaire who haphazardly
adopts an orphan played by Ringo Starr
together they set off for a series of
screwball adventures aboard his ship the
magic Christian but not before sellers
takes wealth to the extreme by enlisting
soldiers anti-aircraft weaponry machine
guns and flamethrowers to hunt pheasants
your bird Sagi it is the bestest
shooting I’ve seen in 30 years of savvis
number 6
Henry orient the world of Henry orient
Henry orient is one of sellers
lesser-known roles but is still one of
his best orient is an egocentric concert
pianist with flowing hair who was
shadowed by a pair of teenaged girls who
are scheming to be part of his life
seller’s portrayal of this no-talent
playboy is buoyed by his unique charm as
we watch him spend his days sleeping
womanizing and chatting on a hi-tech
phone hail and Merry Christmas whoever
you may be the Orient I am and God bless
you for making the point so charmingly
and who may I ask are you number 5 Clare
quilty Lolita this is a classic tale of
forbidden love that tells the story of a
college professor and his infatuation
with a young girl sellers gives a
brilliant yet manic performance as an
amoral American playwright who is vying
for that same girl’s attention I haven’t
really got a suspicious mind at all I
look suspicious myself a lot of people
think I’m suspicious especially when I
stand around on street corners one of
our own boys pick me up the other way
Katara look a bit too suspicious then on
a street corner and everything he
enthralls viewers with his quirky yet
riveting tangents unscrupulous behavior
and use of countless disguises and he
earned a Golden Globe nomination for his
trouble number four chance the gardener
being there sellers took home a Golden
Globe and received an Oscar nomination
for his portrayal of an isolated
gardener and avid TV watcher who shares
his simple brand of wisdom with the
inner circle of governmental power mr.
Gardner
the New York Times spoke with you
peculiar
of optimism what was your reaction to
that I do not know what it means by
using subtle looks and gestures to
illuminate serious situations and to
satirize narrow-minded worldviews he
delivers an a typically straight
performance that highlights his
characters innocence number three brendi
V Bakshi the party as an inept Indian
actor who mistakenly gets invited to a
swanky Hollywood dinner sellers makes
extensive use of his legendary improv
comedy skills he exploits the
fish-out-of-water premise by playing up
his ignorance of Western culture and by
doing so he gets more than a few awkward
laughs anyway I have to get back to feed
Oh poo oh yes my monkey oh yeah number
two various characters dr. Strangelove
or how I learned to stop worrying and
love the bomb in this madcap comedy
Sellars once again portrays a gaggle of
memorable characters and for them earned
an Oscar nomination his list of roles
includes the would-be hero a British
exchange officer called Captain man
Drake the fearful US president Merkin
muff Lee and the president’s ill-chosen
personal advisor dr. Strangelove who
attempts to manipulate the brass while
hiding his Nazi sympathies actually they
would breed prodigiously a just watch
and you’ll see how Sellars makes this
one of the greatest comedies of all time
number one inspector Jacques Clouseau
the Pink Panther taking the top spot on
our list is the role that earned sellers
an Academy Award for Best Actor as the
bumbling French inspector with the
moustache and the nasal voice Sellars
clumsily injures everyone he meets while
trying to prevent a diabolical theft the
film was a hit and sellers finally
became a household name as he sluiced
his way through several sequels well you
know
wasn’t easy do you agree with our list
which Peter Sellers performance is your
favorite for more great top ten lists be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
questions I like after his foot
after a while they irritating
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