Graham Stark

As Peter Sellers’ close friend and confidant over many years actor Graham Stark is in the unique position to record the real story of the man as well as the actor. Graham Stark appeared in thirteen films with Peter Sellers, including all the legendary Pink Panther movies, and their close personal and professional relationship led to the many extraordinary adventures chronicled in this lively and entertaining recording.

From the public house in London, where the Goon Shows were born, to the exclusive Sardi’s restaurant in New York where Sellers was the toast of the town; from the golden days of radio and variety to the truth behind his involvements with some of the world’s most glamorous women, this warm and intimate memoir is packed with personal anecdotes which reveal the many and often surprising sides of the chameleon Sellers, whose own character was as complex and diverse as the legendary screen characters he created.

Including a limited edition booklet containing rare photographs taken by he author, this candid account of a friendship which lasted from their first meeting in the RAF in 1945 to Sellers’ death in 1980, documents the life and times of a true comic genius.

As Peter Sellers’ close friend and confidant over many years actor Graham Stark is in the unique position to record the real story of the man as well as the actor. Graham Stark appeared in thirteen films with Peter Sellers, including all the legendary Pink Panther movies, and their close personal and professional relationship led to the many extraordinary adventures chronicled in this lively and entertaining recording.

From the public house in London, where the Goon Shows were born, to the exclusive Sardi’s restaurant in New York where Sellers was the toast of the town; from the golden days of radio and variety to the truth behind his involvements with some of the world’s most glamorous women, this warm and intimate memoir is packed with personal anecdotes which reveal the many and often surprising sides of the chameleon Sellers, whose own character was as complex and diverse as the legendary screen characters he created.

Including a limited edition booklet containing rare photographs taken by he author, this candid account of a friendship which lasted from their first meeting in the RAF in 1945 to Sellers’ death in 1980, documents the life and times of a true comic genius.

Graham Stark the youngest of three brothers was born in Wallasey, Merseyside in 1922. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 10 at Wallasey Grammar School. Graham’s first professional engagement was in pantomime at the Lyceum Theatre London, 1935, aged 13 years. In 1939 Graham enrolled into RADA and made his first movie appearance in ‘The Spy in Black’ which starred Conrad Veidt.

During the war years after volunteering for the RAF, Graham joined Ralph Reader’s RAF ‘Gang Show’ and thereafter entertained the troops in all theatres of war around the world, along with his fellow airmen Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock and Dick Emery, et al. Graham’s close friendship with Peter Sellers lasted until Peter’s untimely death in 1980. After the war Graham went on to make his name and appear in Theatre, Radio, Television and film.

Graham has appeared in 99 films and has also directed 2 films; ‘Simon Simon’ (British entry San Sebastian Film Festival 1970) and ‘The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins’. Graham was also awarded the ‘Outspan Oscar’ for the best comic in summer season 1954.