ocr: Steeped in the comedic traditions of Lharlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, the Marx brothers and Buster Keaton, Sellers early on mastered the skills of pantomime, character impersonation and physical comedy- His first great success came in the early 950S on the radio pruyram, me soan shoH, where he played several characters - a - formula he used successtully throughout his career, particularly in pictures like The Hause mat Foared and Stanley Kubrick's classic Dr Strangelove.