'The Pink Panther 2' (2009)

<B>Detective name:</B> Inspector Jacques Clouseau (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003133" title="Steve Martin" href="/topic/entertainment/steve-martin-PECLB003133.topic">Steve Martin</a>) in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV0000304" title="The Pink Panther 2 (movie)" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/the-pink-panther-2-%28movie%29-ENMV0000304.topic">"The Pink Panther 2"</a> (2009)<br>
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<B>Sleuthing style:</B> French, bumbling and hilarious. Clouseau's antics keep audiences coming back for more. Watching him trying to crack a case is a real crackup.<br>
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<B>Claim to fame:</B> The jazzy "Pink Panther" theme song, composed by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB00000010701" title="Henry Mancini" href="/topic/entertainment/music/henry-mancini-PECLB00000010701.topic">Henry Mancini</a>, along with the Pink Panther animated character, help Clouseau bring the film to life. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for original music score in 1964, and its notes are still very much alive today.

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Detective name: Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) in "The Pink Panther 2" (2009)

Sleuthing style: French, bumbling and hilarious. Clouseau's antics keep audiences coming back for more. Watching him trying to crack a case is a real crackup.

Claim to fame: The jazzy "Pink Panther" theme song, composed by Henry Mancini, along with the Pink Panther animated character, help Clouseau bring the film to life. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for original music score in 1964, and its notes are still very much alive today.

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POdJimbo at 3:19 PM September 24, 2011

Tell me, do any of you children who write for the LA Times even know that the late, great comic actor Peter Sellers originated Inspector Clouseau in 1964? In fact, he played the character in 5 movies, the last time in 1978.

With all due respect to the multi-talented Steve Martin, Sellers WAS the character of Inspector Clouseau and much better. I'd like to think even Martin would agree.

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