Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980), known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, for playing three different characters in Dr. Strangelove, as Clare Quilty in Lolita, and as the man-child and TV-addicted Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, Being There. Leading actress Bette Davis once remarked of him, "He isn't an actor—he's a chameleon." Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g., French, Indian, American, German, as well as British regional accents), along with his talent to portray a range of characters to comic effect, contributed to his success as a radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards. Many of his characters became ingrained in public perception of his work. Sellers' private life was characterized by turmoil and crises, and included emotional problems and substance abuse. Sellers was married four times, and had three children from the first two marriages. An enigmatic figure, he often claimed to have no identity outside the roles that he played, but he left his own portrait since, "he obsessively filmed his homes, his family, people he knew, anything that took his fancy right to the end of his life—intimate film that remained undiscovered until long after his death in 1980." The director Peter Hall has said: "Peter had the ability to identify completely with another person, and think his way physically, mentally and emotionally into their skin. Where does that come from? I have no idea. Is it a curse? Often. I think it's not enough though in this business to have talent. You have to have talent to handle the talent. And that I think Peter did not have." Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sellers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. StrangeloveAfter the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war...
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Casino Royale
as Evelyn TrembleSir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James...
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The Pink Panther
as Insp. Jacques ClouseauThe trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime....
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Lolita
as Clare QuiltyHumbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the...
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The Return of the Pink Panther
as Inspector ClouseauThe famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to...
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Being There
as ChanceA simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an...
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The Party
as Hrundi V. BakshiHrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for...
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Chief Inspector ClouseauCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental...
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A Shot in the Dark
as Jacques ClouseauInspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a...
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Chief Inspector ClouseauChief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles...
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Murder by Death
as Sidney WangLionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are...
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Beat the Devil
as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
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The Ladykillers
as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian...
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What's New Pussycat?
as Dr. Fritz FassbenderA playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (archive footage)The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief...
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The Man Who Never Was
as Winston Churchill (voice)The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as The March HareAn all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale....
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The Mouse That Roared
as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII / Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy / Tully BascombeThe Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to...
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Woman Times Seven
as JeanSeven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral;...
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Two Way Stretch
as Dodger LaneThree criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a...
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After the Fox
as Aldo Vanucci / Federico FabriziA criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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The Magic Christian
as Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBESir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set...
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The World of Henry Orient
as Henry OrientA mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an...
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The Wrong Box
as Doctor PrattIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...
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The Bobo
as Juan BautistaUnsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He...
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The Millionairess
as Dr. KabirWhen her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman....
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Dr. Strangelove / Fred Kite (archive footage) (uncredited)A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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There's a Girl in My Soup
as Robert DanversTV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never...
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The Battle of the Sexes
as Mr. MartinAngela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their...
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Mr. Topaze
as Auguste TopazeMr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town,...
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Tom Thumb
as AntonyA boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Fu Manchu / Nayland SmithFu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
as HaroldHarold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking...
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Alice in Wonderland
as King of HeartsAlice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...
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I'm All Right Jack
as Fred KiteNaive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
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Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like...
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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about actor Peter Sellers and one of his most memorable film roles.
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Heavens Above!
as The Rev. John SmallwoodA naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...
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The Road to Hong Kong
as Indian Neurologist (uncredited)When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rudolf IV/Rudolf V/Sidney FrewinAnthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter...
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Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince KyotoIn this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male...
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Pearly GatesThe crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then...
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The Optimists of Nine Elms
as SamA retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young...
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The Great McGonagall
as Queen VictoriaIn this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an...
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The Big Screen
as SelfTwo of Britain's leading film directors - John Schlesinger and Gerald Thomas - share the...
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Waltz of the Toreadors
as Gen. Leo FitzjohnGeneral Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long...
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Never Let Go
as Lionel MeadowsJohn Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the...
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Carol for Another Christmas
as Imperial MeDaniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of...
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The Black Rose
as Lu Chung (voice)In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England....
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The Blockhouse
as RouquetA group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944,...
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Orders Are Orders
as Pvt. GoffinAn American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as...
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The Smallest Show on Earth
as Percy QuillJean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a...
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The Naked Truth
as Sonny MacGregorNigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the...
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as Self (archive footage)This is a "Fly on the Wall" look at The Beatles' recording sessions from productive days at...
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To See Such Fun
as uncreditedCompilation of classic British comedy moments
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson....
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Where Does It Hurt?
as Dr. Albert T. HopfnegalIn this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked...
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Our Girl Friday
as Voice of ParrotRich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her...
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Up the Creek
as CPO DohertyBumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS...
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A Day at the Beach
as SalesmanBernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What...
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John and Julie
as Police Constable DiamondThe adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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Trial and Error
as Wilfred MorgenhallAfter nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of...
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Dick ScratcherA pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure....
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Hoffman
as Mr. HoffmanA businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
as uncreditedA short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic...
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Only Two Can Play
as John LewisJohn Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her...
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Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
as Self (archive footage)An intimate portrait of the comic genius and one of Britain's greatest comic actors, with rare...
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Prime Minister AmphibulosGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific...
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Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self (Archival Footage)The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored...
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Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
as Subject Of PortraitA BBC documentary portrait of Peter Sellers, filmed over a period of nine months in 1969 where...
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The World of Peter Sellers
as uncreditedBanned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the...
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly...
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Simon Simon
as Man with two carsA comedy short with very little speaking. Graham Stark and John Junkin have a new elevated...
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Down Among the Z Men
as Major BloodnokThe Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret...
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Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
as G.W. RossAn evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter...
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The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
as The Villain Antony (archive footage)Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).
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El Rey en Londres
as uncreditedThe film shows as a documentary the trip to London of Palito Ortega and Graciela Borges
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The Ghost of Peter Sellers
as Himself (Archive)A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter...
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Sellers' Best
as Self (archive footage)One of the all-time greatest comedians, Peter Sellers’ mimicry, timing, instinct and ability to...
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Penny Points to Paradise
as The Major / Arnold FringeWhen Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys...
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Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers
as Self (archive material)With film clips and photos, Eric Sykes gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and...
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Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Himself (archive footage)A very personal portrait of the truly unique comedy genius of Spike Milligan, as told in his own...
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Julie: My Favourite Things
as VariousA Julie Andrews special with The Muppets and Peter Sellers.
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
as Voice narratorPeter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as uncreditedA 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul...
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The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
as AssortedSupposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's...
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A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
as uncreditedAn All-Star salute to Sir Lew Grade, featuring Julie Andrews, Tom Jones, and the last public...
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Let's Go Crazy
as Multiple RolesLet's Go Crazy is a 1951 comedy film marking an early appearance of Spike Milligan and Peter...
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The Very Best of Peter Sellers
as uncreditedA definitive collection of his very best work on TV: The Very Best of Peter Sellers.
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Dearth of a Salesman
as Hector DimwittieComedy short starring Peter Sellers. Previously thought lost, but discovered in a skip outside...
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The Peter Sellers Story - As He Filmed It
as HimselfThrough voiceovers from Peter Sellers and colleagues, collaborators and wives, this revealing...
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The Last Goon Show of All
as uncreditedSellers, Secombe and Milligan reunite for one last show.
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Italian Movie Director (archive footage)The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as SelfAn American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest StarGo behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...
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The Dean Martin Show
as uncreditedThe Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series...
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It Takes a Thief
as Man in Harbor Records OfficeConvicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...
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ABC Stage 67
as SelfABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...
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This Is Tom Jones
as uncreditedAn ATV variety series starring Tom Jones, featuring many show business legends of the time,...
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The Beatles: Get Back
as Self (archive footage)The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the...
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The Telegoons
as uncreditedThe Telegoons is a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show...
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Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
as Extrait du film « La Malédiction de la Panthère rose », 1978
Funny Business
as (archive footage)Funny Business is a documentary style television series about the craft of comedy consisting of...
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