Ian Carmichael
(1920-2010), ActorSitter in 5 portraits
Stage and film actor often playing the part of a nincompoop. Made his stage debut as a robot in R.U.R. (1939) followed by comedy revues. Began film career in 1947. Successes include Lucky Jim (1957), the Bouting Brothers' I'm All Right, Jack (1959) and Heavens Above (1963). On television played Bertie Wooster in The World of Wooster (1965) and Dorothy L. Sayer's detective Lord Peter Wimsey (1972).
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1946
NPG x75905
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1954
NPG x76094
Ian Carmichael in 'School for Scoundrels'
by Bob Penn
bromide print, 1959
NPG x34517
by Derek Allen
blue-toned bromide print, 1960
NPG x45665
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 9 October 1968
NPG x5666
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