Rate the Clouseaus

in all fairness, Wass didn't play Clouseau, and Benigni actually played Clouseau's son, so i'm not sure if they ought to be included here or not... from what's left, though, i'd list them like this:

1. Sellers (DUH!)
2. Martin
3. Moore
4. Arkin



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First, I'd like to say that I definitely do NOT agree that "Curse" was the best of the worst Pink Panther movies AKA the post-Sellers era. Steve Martin is not as good as Peter Sellers, but I do not think his Pink Panther reboot was bad. The scene that a dialect coach was trying to teach Clouseau to use a correct American dialect was especially funny.

Anyway, here is my list of how I rate the Clouseaus. I included the detectives/inspectors playing the lead but not named Clouseau and the family members that are named Clouseau:

1. Peter Sellers
*1 1/2. Leslie Nielsen (oh, wait, they didn't ask him to play the part... well, they should have!)
2. Roger Moore
3. Richard Mulligan (he played Clouseau's father in "Trail"
4. Steve Martin
5. Roberto Benigni
6. Ted Wass (horrible... did not laugh ONCE!)

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1. Peter Sellers. Period. No one else can possibly play this part!

1. Ted Wass
2. Roger Moore
3. Alan Arkin
4. Peter Sellers
5. Steve Martin
6. Roberto Benigni