Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE was an English actor. He had roles in the films of the Boulting brothers, including Private's Progress and I'm All Right Jack , and later played Dorothy L. Sayers's gentleman detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, on television and radio. Carmichael also had a career on stage. Wikipedia
“So I went over there and, I’m delighted to say, the play flopped. I hated New York. I loathed it.”
After the failure of the broadway run of Boeing-Boeing.
New York Times obituary 9 February 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html
Neil Durden-Smith, BBC News 6 February 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm
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“He had great zest for life, and a lot of style - he belonged to an age of elegance.”
Anne Reid, BBC News 6 February 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm
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“Cary Grant roles are ones I would love to have played, but I was never given any.”
Associated Press obituary 8 February 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlzdX4EHkShqZYk3U2TEp_YHkjLgD9DO2PH01
