Herbert Lom, who starred in 'Pink Panther,' 'War and Peace' and 'Night and the City', dead at 95

	Herbert Lom, who starred in 'Pink Panther,' 'War and Peace' and 'Night and the City', dead at 95 "Herbert Lom" "Herbert Lom dies" "Herbert Lom dead" "RIP Herbert Lom" "pink panther" "Clouseau" "Inspector Clouseau" "Pink Panther boss" "Spartacus" "El Cid" "War and Peace" "Night and the City" Herbert Lom, the durable Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss in the comic "Pink Panther" movies, died Thursday, his son said. He was 95. Alec Lom said his father died peacefully in his sleep at home in London. Herbert Lom's handsomely lugubrious look and rich, resonant voice were suited to comedy, horror and everything in between. It served him well over a six-decade career in which roles ranged from Napoleon Bonaparte — whom he played twice — to the Phantom of the Opera. The London-based star appeared in more than 100 films, including "Spartacus" and "El Cid," acted alongside film greats including Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas, and worked for directors from Stanley Kubrick to David Cronenberg. But Lom was most famous for playing Charles Dreyfus, the increasingly unhinged boss to Peter Sellers' befuddled detective Clouseau in the popular "Pink Panther" series. The two actors starred together from "A Shot in the Dark" in 1964 until Sellers' death in 1980, and Lom continued in the series until "Son of the Pink Panther" in 1993. Alec Lom said his father was forever grateful to director Blake Edwards for offering him a comic role after years of being cast as "the suave Eastern Bloc gangster with the dark looks." "It was a new lease of life as an <b>...</b>	From: GirlofGoodtimes Views: 3 0 ratings
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