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
Revenge of the Pink Panther Pink Panther film ("Return" and "Strikes Again" having been done by Richard Williams' Studio). The film was partly filmed in The Excelsior hotel in Hong Kong. This is Graham Stark's first stint as Professor Auguste Balls. He portrays him once more in "Son of the Pink Panther" (1993). "Variety" wrote, ""Revenge of the Pink Panther" isn't the best of the continuing film series, but Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on a slow day are still well ahead of most other comedic filmmakers." Vincent Canby wrote in "The New York Times" "If you have the Clouzot habit, as I have, there's