Guy Alcala wrote:
There have long been claims that Kubrick based Strangelove at least partly on
Henry the K. (he got the hair right), the other relatively well-known figure at
the time. Of course, Kissenger's bio is about the opposite of Strangelove's,
who has more in common with Werner Von Braun (which gives me an excuse to post
the lyrics of the Tom Lehrer song):


And the other candidate is Edward Teller. I read an interview
that he gave in the last year of his life and the interviewer
asked about it a couple of times. Finally Teller threatened
to end the interview if he heard the word "Strangelove" one
more time.