Peter Sellers

Michael Seth Starr has covered television as a reporter and columnist at The New York Post since 1995. He has written biographies of Art Carney, Joey Bishop, Bobby Darin, Raymond Burr, Redd Foxx and his biography of Ringo Starr will be published in 2015. He has made frequent appearances on television including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Entertainment Tonight and Tavis Smiley.

“the first book length study of Sellers film career...readable and informative”—Classic Images; “very well illustrated, and of importance to all those interested in the controversial star’s unique personality”—Virgin Publishers; “are for moviegoers as well as stargazers, with film-by-film analyses of their subject’s work”—Romeike & Curtice; “a professional record combined with an extensive reference work”—Back Stage Shoot; “thoroughly agreeable read”—Film Review.

• Table of ContentsPrologue      Part I: The Road to Stardom (1951–1959)1. Down Among the Z Men      2. The Ladykillers      3. The Smallest Show on Earth      4. The Naked Truth      5. tom thumb      6. Up the Creek      7. Carlton-Browne of the F.0.      8. The Mouse That Roared      9. I’m All Right, Jack      10. The Battle of the Sexes      Part 11: The Best Sellers List (1960–1964)11. Two-Way Stretch      12. Never Let Go      13. The Millionairess      14. Only Two Can Play      15. Waltz of the Toreadors      16. Lolita      17. The Wrong Am of the Law      18. Heavens Above!      19. The Pink Panther      20. Dr. Strangelove      21. The World of Henry Orient      22. A Shot in the Dark      Part 111: The Lost Decade (1965–1974)23. What's New, Pussycat?      24. The Wrong Box      25. After the Fox      26. Casino Royale      27. The Bobo      28. The Party      29. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas      30. The Magic Christian      31. Hojhan      32. There’s a Girl in My Soup      33. Where Does It Hurt?      34. The Blockhouse      35. The Optimists of Nine Elms      36. Ghost in the Noonday Sun      Part IV: A Sellers Market (1975–1980)37. The Return of the Pink Panther      38. Murder by Death      39. The Pink Panther Strikes Again      40. The Revenge of the Pink Panther      41. The Prisoner of Zenda      42. Being There      43. The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu      44. Epilogue      Part V: Interview with Blake Edwards      Notes      Index