The Pink Panther portrayed by David Niven, Peter Sellers's performance was so popular that the resulting series was built on the Clouseau character, rather than the Phantom character. Niven's and Sellers's co-stars included Capucine, Robert Wagner, and Claudia Cardinale. Released less than a year after "The Pink Panther". Clouseau returns to muddle his way through a murder investigation. This marks the first appearance of Herbert Lom's Commissioner Dreyfus, his assistant François (portrayed by André Maranne), and Clouseau's manservant, Cato (portrayed by Burt Kwouk). Co-starring Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Graham Stark and Tracy Reed. This film stars Alan Arkin as Clouseau, and does not
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