Who Am I?

As usual today's Who Am I puzzle asks you to study ten clues which should help reveal the identity of a famous celebrity. Can you spot who it is?

01 I was born on 1 March 1910.
02 I am an English actor and novelist.
03 I was born in London, England.
04 I attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire.
05 I then went to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
06 I absconded from the army and fled to America.
07 In my first film I was an extra and played the part of a Mexican, in a Western.
08 Perter Ustinov was my batman during the war and later appeared with me in Death on the Nile (1978).
09 I co-starred with Peter Sellers in (Casino Royale and The Trail of the Pink Panther).
10 I died on 29 July 1983.

Good luck with this puzzle. Answer in tomorrows Journal.