Ian Carmichael
| Ian Carmichael OBE |
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| Born |
Ian Gillett Carmichael 18 June 1920 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 5 February 2010 (aged 89) Grosmont |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Pyman (Pym) Maclean (1943–1983) (widower) Kate Fenton (1992–2010) |
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.
Carmichael was born in Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The son of an optician, he was educated at Scarborough College and Bromsgrove School, before training as an actor at RADA. He made his stage debut as a robot at the People's Palace in Mile End, East London in 1939. With the outbreak of the Second World War his acting career was interrupted by service with the Royal Armoured Corps as a commissioned officer in the 22nd Dragoons. He served in the Normandy campaign, losing the tip of one finger to an accident with the turret hatch of a Valentine tank, and reached the rank of major before returning to civilian life in 1947.
Before the war, the young actor left his family business in Hull to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and to sing in talent contests at the Hammersmith Palais de Danse.
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