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Graham Stark

Biography

Graham Stark was an English actor and comedian who also wrote and directed, and he became associated with the Pink Panther films and other Blake Edwards projects such as Victor/Victoria. Born in New Brighton, Wallasey, in 1922, he made his professional stage debut at 13 in a London pantomime. In the postwar years he worked in BBC Radio, with credits including Ray's a Laugh, Educating Archie, and The Goon Show, and he appeared on television with Peter Sellers in A Show Called Fred and Son of Fred. He had his own sketch series, The Graham Stark Show, in 1964. In the Pink Panther series he played Hercule Lajoy in A Shot in the Dark (1964), Dr Auguste Balls in Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) and Son of the Pink Panther (1993), and Lajoy again in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982). He also appeared in Alfie (1966). He died in 2013.

91years old at death

  • Born Wallasey
  • Died London
  • Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
  • Graham William Stark (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
27
Career span
33 years1960 to 1993

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  1. First role

    Stark went to Wallasey Grammar School. His professional stage debut came at 13, in a pantomime at London's Lyceum Theatre.

  2. A first

    Stark appeared in seven Pink Panther titles, tying Herbert Lom and Burt Kwouk for more than any other actor in the series.

  3. Beyond film

    Stark played Captain Pontius Kak, Lord Fortnum's physician, in the original stage production of The Bedsitting Room at the Mermaid Theatre in 1963.

  4. Behind the camera

    Stark gained his own BBC sketch series, The Graham Stark Show, in 1964, scripted by Johnny Speight with a different supporting cast each episode; it is now entirely lost.

Graham Stark movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Pink Panther Strikes Again1976 Comedy, Crimeas Hotel Clerk

    IMDb rating 7.135K votes

  2. A Shot in the Dark1964 Comedy, Crime, Mysteryas Hercule LaJoy

    IMDb rating 7.334K votes

  3. Victor Victoria1982as Waiter

    IMDb rating 7.626K votes

  4. The Return of the Pink Panther1975as Pepi

    IMDb rating 7.033K votes

  5. Superman III1983as Blind Man

    IMDb rating 5.081K votes

  6. Blind Date1987as Jordan the Butler

    IMDb rating 6.026K votes

  7. Revenge of the Pink Panther1978as Dr. Auguste Balls

    IMDb rating 6.625K votes

  8. Alfie1966as Humphrey

    IMDb rating 7.017K votes

Most often with

Blake Edwards directed nine of these films, Richard Lester two and Terry Marcel two. Peter Sellers appears in eleven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Graham Stark's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$317 million

11 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 27 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 14 figure not found.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 14Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Superman III1983as Blind Man
    $80M25.3% of the total
  2. 2
    Revenge of the Pink Panther1978as Dr. Auguste Balls
    $50M15.7% of the total
  3. 3
    $42M13.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Blind Date1987as Jordan the Butler
    $39M12.4% of the total
  5. 5
    $34M10.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Victor Victoria1982as Waiter
    $28M8.9% of the total
  7. 7
    $15M4.8% of the total
  8. 8
    A Shot in the Dark1964as Hercule LaJoy
    $12M3.9% of the total
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), $9.1 millionCurse of the Pink Panther (1983), $4.5 millionSon of the Pink Panther (1993), $2.4 million

$16.0 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total