Ian Carmichael
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Ian Carmichael (b.
June 18 1920) is a British film and television actor. Although born in
Hull,
Yorkshire, he made his name playing mild-mannered upper-class twits, in comedy films such as
Brothers in Law (
1957) and
School for Scoundrels (1960). During the 1960s and 1970s, he enjoyed considerable success in television, including the
sitcom,
Bachelor Father. He is perhaps best remembered for two roles: Bertie Wooster (opposite
Dennis Price as Jeeves) in several series of
The World of Wooster, based on the works of
P. G. Wodehouse, and, later,
Lord Peter Wimsey in several drama series based on the mystery
novels by
Dorothy L. Sayers.
Ian Carmichael's second wife is the novelist, Kate Fenton.
