Ian Carmichael

Biography

Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) 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

Wives and Daughters 1999 ★ 7.3

Heartbeat 1992 ★ 7.2

Strathblair 1992 ★ 7.0

The Play on One 1988 ★ 6.0

The Wind in the Willows 1984 ★ 7.8

The Lady Vanishes 1979 ★ 6.0

From Beyond the Grave 1974 ★ 6.5

Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness 1972 ★ 6.4

Lord Peter Wimsey 1972

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins 1971 ★ 5.0

NET Playhouse 1966 ★ 7.3

Theatre 625 1964 ★ 7.2

Heavens Above! 1963 ★ 6.6

School for Scoundrels 1960 ★ 7.0

I'm All Right Jack 1959 ★ 6.6

Happy Is the Bride 1958 ★ 7.0

Bachelor Father 1957 ★ 6.2

Private's Progress 1956 ★ 6.6

Armchair Theatre 1956 ★ 6.0

The Colditz Story 1955 ★ 6.8

Storm Over the Nile 1955 ★ 6.4

Betrayed 1954 ★ 5.8

Miss Robin Hood 1952 ★ 8.1

Trottie True 1949 ★ 7.0