Pink Panther (character) Pink Panther (character) The Pink Panther is a fictional animated character who appeared in the opening and/or closing credit sequences of every film in the "Pink Panther" series except for "A Shot in the Dark" and "Inspector Clouseau". In the storyline of the original film, "the Pink Panther" was the name of a valuable pink diamond named for a flaw that showed a "figure of a springing panther" when held up to the light in a certain way; in the credits this was translated to an animated pink panther. The character's popularity spawned a spin-off franchise of theatrical shorts, television
Curse of the Pink Panther not as successful as the first. More than two decades later, Ted Wass would direct co-star Robert Wagner in episodes of "Two and a Half Men". Curse of the Pink Panther Curse of the Pink Panther is a 1983 British comedy film and a continuation of "The Pink Panther" series of films started by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Peter Sellers. Whereas the previous film "Trail of the Pink Panther" made use of unused footage of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, "Curse" attempted to relaunch