The Pink Panther Strikes Again - Cast

Cast

• Peter Sellers as Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau
• Herbert Lom as Dreyfus
• Colin Blakely as Alec Drummond
• Leonard Rossiter as Superintendent Quinlan
• Lesley-Anne Down as Olga Bariosova
• Burt Kwouk as Cato
• André Maranne as François
• Richard Vernon as Dr Hugo Fassbender
• Briony McRoberts as Margo Fassbender
• Dick Crockett as The President (based on Gerald Ford)
• Byron Kane as Secretary of State (based on Henry Kissinger)
• Michael Robbins as Ainsley Jarvis
• Julie Andrews as Ainsley Jarvis (singing voice) (uncredited)
• Omar Sharif as Egyptian Assassin (uncredited)
• Tony Sympson as Mr Shork

Cast notes

• Owing to Peter Sellers's heart condition, whenever possible he would have his stunt double Joe Dunne stand in for him. Because of the often physical nature of the comedy, this would occur quite frequently.
• Julie Andrews provided the singing voice for the female-impersonator "Ainsley Jarvis". The scene in the night club when Jarvis sings are in many ways similar to scenes in Edwards's later film Victor Victoria (1982), in which Andrews plays a woman pretending to be a man who is a female impersonator.
• Graham Stark, longtime friend of Sellers, once again makes an appearance in the series, albeit in a small cameo role as the owner of a small German motel. Since his role as Hercule LaJoy in A Shot in the Dark, he has since appeared in small roles in every Pink Panther sequel except Inspector Clouseau, in which Sellers did not play Clouseau.
• Omar Sharif appears, uncredited, as the Egyptian assassin.
• Tom Jones sang the Oscar-nominated song "Come To Me".
• The role of Olga Bariosova, played by Lesley-Anne Down, was originally offered to Maud Adams.
• Blake Edwards made a cameo appearance in the background of the night club scene.