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Ian Carmichael OBE (born
18 June 1920) is an
English film,
stage,
television and
radio actor.
Carmichael was born in
Hull,
Yorkshire. His father was an optician and he was educated at
Scarborough College and
Bromsgrove School, before training as an actor at
RADA. He made his stage debut, but with the outbreak of the
Second World War his acting career was interrupted by military service in Europe with the
Royal Armoured Corps, as a commissioned officer in the
22nd Dragoons.
He portrayed serious characters in
Betrayed (1954), starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, and in
The Colditz Story (1955), but he made his name playing the sheltered innocent in a world of crooks and shirkers in a series of classic films for the
Boulting Brothers, including
Private's Progress (1956),
Brothers in Law (1957) and
I'm All Right Jack (1959), as well as similar films for other producers, for example
School for Scoundrels (1960). He also appeared in the Pride segment of
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he enjoyed success in television, including the
sitcom,
Bachelor Father, based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. On television he enjoyed great popularity as
Bertie Wooster, opposite
Dennis Price as
Jeeves, in several series of
The World of Wooster, based on the works of
P.G. Wodehouse. In later years, he was heard on
BBC radio as
Galahad Threepwood, another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s, he memorably played
Lord Peter Wimsey in several drama series based on the mystery
novels by
Dorothy L. Sayers. He appeared on television, notably in the ITV series,
The Royal as the Hospital Secretary T.J. Middleditch (2003–2006). In 1999, he appeared in the
BBC serial
Wives and Daughters. He was appointed an
OBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Personal life
Ian Carmichael has been married twice:
- Pym McLean (1943–1983); two daughters Lee and Sally.
- Kate Fenton (1992–present), novelist.
Partial filmography
Bond Street (1948)
Trottie True (1949)
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Time Gentlemen Please (1952)
Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)
Betrayed (1954)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Simon and Laura (1955)
Private's Progress (1956)
The Big Money (1956)
Lucky Jim (1957)
Brothers in Law (1957)
Happy is the Bride (1958)
Left, Right & Centre (1959)
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Double Bunk (1961)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Smashing Time (1967)
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
The Wind in the Willows (1983) (voice)Further Information
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