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.

Known For

From Beyond the Grave

as Reginald Warren

I'm All Right Jack

as Stanley Windrush

The Lady Vanishes

as Caldicott

School for Scoundrels

as Henry Palfrey

The Colditz Story

as Robin Cartwright

The Wind in the Willows

as Rat

Heartbeat

as T J Middleditch

Private's Progress

as Pte. Stanley Windrush

Heavens Above!

as The Other Smallwood

Lucky Jim

as Jim Dixon