Peter Sellers
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers has been acknowledged as one of the screen's greatest actors and one of the best publicised stars. This book looks at the life of Sellers by working from interviews with his family, wives, girlfriends and co-stars.
Roger Lewis tells the story of this only son of a Jewish mother and father who began his career by working backstage at his uncle's theatre in Ilfracombe. Conscripted into the Royal Air Fore, he began performing in Ralph Reader's gang shows. Then after the war he met Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan and together they created The Goon Show.
Sellers made a total of 55 films including The Ladykillers, I'm All Right Jack, Dr. Strangelove, There's A Girl In My Soup, the Pink Panther series and Being There. Roger Lewis looks for the truth about the man and the performer, sees what secrets emerge from his films, and examines the extent of Sellers's insanity and the effect it had on his work.
First published: Thursday 21st April 1994
- Published: Tuesday 24th June 2025
- Publisher: Quercus
- Pages: 1,184
- Catalogue: 9781529444025
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- Publisher: Century
- Pages: 817
- Catalogue: 9780712638012
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- Published: Thursday 16th February 1995
- Publisher: Arrow Books
- Pages: 1,184
- Catalogue: 9780099747000
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