Nobody slow-burned better than Herbert Lom.
The Czech-born character died Thursday at the age of 95, the Associated Press reports. His son Alec Lom said he died in his sleep.
In seven "Pink Panther" films, Lom was able to find fresh ways to go berserk over Inspector Clouseau's cluelessness. Nearly every scene he performed opposite star Peter Sellers became a comic ballet of rage, as his character Chief Inspector Dreyfus gradually lost his cool and eventually his grasp on sanity while dealing with Clousau's incompetence.
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It was Lom who developed the character's spastic eye movements — a signal to the audience that he was about to boil over.