Ian Carmichael

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-06-18 (90 years old)

Deathday

2010-02-05

Place of Birth

Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Ian Carmichael

Biography

Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010)[1] was an English actor best known for his roles in the films of the Boulting brothers such as Private's Progress (1956) and I'm All Right Jack (1959). Later he played Dorothy L. Sayers's Gentleman Detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, on television and radio. Carmichael also had a career on stage.

Acting

1979

The Lady Vanishes

as Caldicott

1959

I'm All Right Jack

as Stanley Windrush

1960

School for Scoundrels

as Henry Palfrey

1955

The Colditz Story

as Robin Cartwright

1974

From Beyond the Grave

as Reginald Warren

1990

Obituaries

as Bartholomew 'Chalky' White

1983

Down at the Hydro

as The Colonel

1961

Double Bunk

as Jack Goddard

1954

Betrayed

as Capt. Jackie Lawson

1956

Private's Progress

as Pte. Stanley Windrush

1990

1959

Left Right and Centre

as Robert Wilcot

1955

Simon and Laura

as David Prentice

1964

Hide and Seek

as David Garrett

1958

The Big Money

as Willie Frith

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Man Friday

1952

Miss Robin Hood

as Office Junior

1957

Brothers in Law

as Roger Thursby

1960

Light Up the Sky!

as Lt. Ogleby

1948

Bond Street

as Waiter

1963

Heavens Above!

as The Other Smallwood

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as David Chaytor

1962

The Amorous Prawn

as Cpl. Sidney Green

1957

Lucky Jim

as Jim Dixon

1983

A Moment in Time

as Colonel Hunt

1955

Storm Over the Nile

as Tom Willoughby

1967

Smashing Time

as Bobby Mome-Rath

1971

Alma Mater

as Jimmy Nicholson

1952

Ghost Ship

as Bernard

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Mr. Ferris (segment "Pride")

1995

The Great Kandinsky

as Patrick McCormick

1949

Trottie True

as Bill the Postman (uncredited)

1949

Dear Mr. Prohack

as Hat Salesman (uncredited)

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