Who Played Clouseau In The Pink Panther?
The character of French policeman Jacques Clouseau was played by British actor Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther series of movies and is considered to be one of the funniest comic characters in the history of cinema. Clouseau’s clumsy and inept nature hidden under a dignified nature often gives rise to hilarious situations as he attempts to track down the criminal. The first movie in the series The Pink Panther was released in 1963 and became an instant hit with Clouseau making people laugh in several other films like A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) which was released after Seller’s death in 1980. Inspector Clouseau has also been played by various other actors as well like Alan Arkin in the film of the same name released in 1968, Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) with Roger Moore in a cameo as the inimitable Clouseau, Roberto Benigni in Son of the
