LONDON, Sept. 4 – British actor Peter Sellers announced Wednesday he and some friends are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to conviction of the killer of actress Sharon Tate. Miss Tate, wife of movie director Roman Polanski, was murdered in her California home with four other persons.

Sellers said: “Someone must have knowledge or suspicions they are withholding or may be afraid to reveal.” Two of the friends financing the reward were actors Warren Beatty and Yul Brynner.