Ian Carmichael - Revision history

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	{{Short description\|English actor (1920–2010)}}		{{Short description\|English actor (1920–2010)}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ian Carmichael<br/><small>[[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]</small>		\| name = Ian Carmichael<br/><small>[[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]</small>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{IMDb name\|nm0138428}}		*{{IMDb name\|nm0138428}}
			*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.html#Carmichael_IG British Army Officers 1939−1945]
			*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/28/hullywood_feature.shtml BBC Humber feature on Ian Carmichael]

	==Obituaries==		==Obituaries==
	*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.html#Carmichael_IG British Army Officers 1939−1945]
	*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/28/hullywood_feature.shtml BBC Humber feature on Ian Carmichael]
	*[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary ''The Guardian'' obituary]		*[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary ''The Guardian'' obituary]
	*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/7175157/Ian-Carmichael.html ''Daily Telegraph'' obituary]		*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/7175157/Ian-Carmichael.html ''Daily Telegraph'' obituary]

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote}}~~
	*{{IMDb name\|nm0138428}}		*{{IMDb name\|nm0138428}}

			==Obituaries==
	*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.html#Carmichael_IG British Army Officers 1939−1945]		*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.html#Carmichael_IG British Army Officers 1939−1945]
	*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/28/hullywood_feature.shtml BBC Humber feature on Ian Carmichael]		*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/28/hullywood_feature.shtml BBC Humber feature on Ian Carmichael]
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	*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece ''Times'' obituary]		*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece ''Times'' obituary]
	*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs--in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html ''The Independent'' obituary]		*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs--in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html ''The Independent'' obituary]

	~~{{Authority control}}~~

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	\| death_place = [[w:Grosmont, North Yorkshire\|Grosmont]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Grosmont, North Yorkshire\|Grosmont]], England
	\| years_active = 1939–2010		\| years_active = 1939–2010
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|Jean Pyman Maclean\|1943\|1983\|end=~~died~~}}~~<br/>~~{{Marriage\|Kate Fenton\|1992}}		\| spouse = {{plainlist\|
			*{{Marriage\|Jean Pyman Maclean\|1943\|1983\|end=d.}}
			*{{Marriage\|[[w:Kate Fenton\|Kate Fenton]]\|1992}}
			}}
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
	\| occupation = Actor}}		\| occupation = Actor}}
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	Carmichael was married twice.		Carmichael was married twice.

	Early in the war he met Jean Pyman (Pym) McLean at a dance while he was stationed at [[Whitby]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-1987497\|title=Ian Carmichael\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> They married in 1943 and remained so until her death from cancer in 1983 (they had two daughters, Lee and Sally).		Early in the war he met Jean Pyman (Pym) McLean at a dance while he was stationed at [[w:Whitby\|Whitby]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-1987497\|title=Ian Carmichael\|work=The Yorkshire Post\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> They married in 1943 and remained so until her death from cancer in 1983 (they had two daughters, Lee and Sally).

	Nine years later, he married novelist [[Kate Fenton]] in 1992 and they remained married until his death in 2010.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Wife touched by messages following death of Ian Carmichael\|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/wife-touched-by-messages-following-death-of-ian-carmichael-1-1887614\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Whitby Gazette\|date=11 February 2010}}</ref>		Nine years later, he married novelist [[w:Kate Fenton\|Kate Fenton]] in 1992 and they remained married until his death in 2010.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Wife touched by messages following death of Ian Carmichael\|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/wife-touched-by-messages-following-death-of-ian-carmichael-1-1887614\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Whitby Gazette\|date=11 February 2010}}</ref>

	===Death===		===Death===

	Ian Carmichael died of natural causes at the age of 89, at his home in [[Grosmont, North Yorkshire]], on the North York Moors on 5 February 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224\|title=Old Bromsgrovian and veteran actor Ian Carmichael has died\|publisher=Bromsgrove School\|access-date=15 July 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717081449/http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224\|archive-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>		Ian Carmichael died of natural causes at the age of 89, at his home in [[w:Grosmont, North Yorkshire\|Grosmont]], on the North York Moors on 5 February 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224\|title=Old Bromsgrovian and veteran actor Ian Carmichael has died\|publisher=Bromsgrove School\|access-date=15 July 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717081449/http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224\|archive-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
	He had five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html \|title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies \|website=uk.news.yahoo.com \|access-date=14 October 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209110906/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html \|archive-date=9 February 2010 }}</ref> His autobiography, ''Will the Real Ian Carmichael...'' was published in 1979.<ref name=":AS:">{{cite book\|last1=Slide\|first1=Anthony\|title=Some Joe you don't know : an American biographical guide to 100 British television personalities\|date=1996\|publisher=Greenwood Press\|location=Westport, Connecticut\|isbn=9780313295508\|pages=41–42\|edition=1}}</ref>		He had five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html \|title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies \|website=uk.news.yahoo.com \|access-date=14 October 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209110906/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html \|archive-date=9 February 2010 }}</ref> His autobiography, ''Will the Real Ian Carmichael...'' was published in 1979.<ref name=":AS:">{{cite book\|last1=Slide\|first1=Anthony\|title=Some Joe you don't know : an American biographical guide to 100 British television personalities\|date=1996\|publisher=Greenwood Press\|location=Westport, Connecticut\|isbn=9780313295508\|pages=41–42\|edition=1}}</ref>

	~~==Filmography and other works==~~
	~~{{main\|Ian Carmichael on stage, screen and radio}}~~

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:2010 deaths]]		[[Category:2010 deaths]]
	~~[[Category:Military personnel from Kingston upon Hull]]~~
	~~[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]~~
	[[Category:English male film actors]]		[[Category:English male film actors]]
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	[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]		[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
	~~[[Category:People educated at Bromsgrove School]]~~
	[[Category:Male actors from Kingston upon Hull]]		[[Category:Male actors from Kingston upon Hull]]
	[[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]		[[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]
	[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]		[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
	[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]		[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
	~~[[Category:People educated at Scarborough College]]~~
	[[Category:Male actors from Yorkshire]]		[[Category:Male actors from Yorkshire]]

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	===Cricket===		===Cricket===

	Carmichael was a lifelong cricket lover. He was a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and chairman of the [[Lord's Taverners]] in 1970.<ref name="telegraph"/>		Carmichael was a lifelong cricket lover. He was a member of the [[w:Marylebone Cricket Club\|Marylebone Cricket Club]] and chairman of the [[w:Lord's Taverners\|Lord's Taverners]] in 1970.<ref name="telegraph"/>

	===Family===		===Family===

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Career

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	During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>		During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

	Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[w:Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[w:Three Men on the Bummel\|Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[w:Jerome K. Jerome\|Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>		Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[w:Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[w:Three Men in a Boat\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[w:Three Men on the Bummel\|Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[w:Jerome K. Jerome\|Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

	He was appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[w:Queen's Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>		He was appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[w:Queen's Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>

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Career

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	During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>		During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

	Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>		Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[w:Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[w:Three Men on the Bummel\|Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[w:Jerome K. Jerome\|Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

	He was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>		He was appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[w:Queen's Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>

	He is commemorated with a green plaque on [[The Avenues, Kingston upon Hull]].<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.hullcivicsoc.info/newsletters/A5%20Newsletter%20Mar%2019%20revised%202.pdf\|title=Green Plaques; Avenues and Pearson Park Conservation Area as at December 2018\|date=March 2019\|publisher=Hull Civic Society\|page=12\|access-date=6 April 2020\|magazine=Hull Civic Society Newsletter}}</ref>		He is commemorated with a green plaque on [[w:The Avenues, Kingston upon Hull\|The Avenues]].<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.hullcivicsoc.info/newsletters/A5%20Newsletter%20Mar%2019%20revised%202.pdf\|title=Green Plaques; Avenues and Pearson Park Conservation Area as at December 2018\|date=March 2019\|publisher=Hull Civic Society\|page=12\|access-date=6 April 2020\|magazine=Hull Civic Society Newsletter}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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	~~{{Other people}}~~
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Ian Carmichael<br/><small>[[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]</small>		\| name = Ian Carmichael<br/><small>[[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]</small>
	\| image = Ian_Carmichael.jpg		\| image = Ian_Carmichael.jpg
	\| birth_name = Ian Gillett Carmichael		\| birth_name = Ian Gillett Carmichael
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1920\|6\|18\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1920\|6\|18\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Kingston upon Hull\|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Kingston upon Hull\|Hull]], [[w:East Riding of Yorkshire\|East Riding of Yorkshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2010\|2\|5\|1920\|6\|18\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2010\|2\|5\|1920\|6\|18\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Grosmont, North Yorkshire]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Grosmont, North Yorkshire\|Grosmont]], England
	\| years_active = 1939–2010		\| years_active = 1939–2010
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|Jean Pyman Maclean\|1943\|1983\|end=died}}<br/>{{Marriage\|Kate Fenton\|1992}}		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|Jean Pyman Maclean\|1943\|1983\|end=died}}<br/>{{Marriage\|Kate Fenton\|1992}}
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	'''Ian Gillett Carmichael''', [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010)<ref name="bbc death">{{cite news\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm\|work= [[BBC News]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> was an [[England\|English]] actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the [[Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956) and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). In the 1960s, he played [[Bertie Wooster]] opposite [[Dennis Price]]'s [[Jeeves]] in ''[[The World of Wooster]]'' (1965-67). Beginning in the 1970s, he portrayed [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s gentleman detective, [[Lord Peter Wimsey]], on [[Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television]] and [[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]]. In his later career, he starred in the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[medical drama]] ''[[The Royal]]'' as TJ Middleditch, a role he originally played in parent show ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.		'''Ian Gillett Carmichael''', [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010)<ref name="bbc death">{{cite news\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm\|work= [[w:BBC News\|]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> was an [[w:England\|English]] actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the [[w:Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956) and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). In the 1960s, he played [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]] opposite [[Dennis Price]]'s [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]] in ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'' (1965-67). Beginning in the 1970s, he portrayed [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|\|]]'s gentleman detective, [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]], on [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]]. In his later career, he starred in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] [[w:medical drama\|medical drama]] ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'' as TJ Middleditch, a role he originally played in parent show ''[[w:Heartbeat (British TV series)\|Heartbeat]]''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Carmichael was born in [[Kingston upon Hull]], in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael\|title=Ian Carmichael\|publisher=Britmovie.co.uk\|access-date=20 March 2009\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019012920/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael\|archive-date=19 October 2009}}</ref> The son of an optician,<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary\|title=Ian Carmichael obituary\|last=Barker\|first=Dennis \|date=6 February 2010\|work=The Guardian\|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited\|access-date=6 February 2010\|location=London, UK}}</ref> he was educated at [[Scarborough College]] in North Yorkshire and [[Bromsgrove School]] in Worcestershire,<ref name="Guardian obituary"/> before training as an actor at [[RADA]]. He made his stage debut as a robot at the People's Palace in [[Mile End]], [[East End of London\|East London]] in 1939.<ref name=":TI:">{{cite news\|last1=Strachan\|first1=Alan\|title=Ian Carmichael: Actor who played likeable toffs in golden age of\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs-in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Independent\|date=8 February 2010}}</ref>		Carmichael was born in [[w:Kingston upon Hull\|Kingston upon Hull]], in the [[w:East Riding of Yorkshire\|East Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael\|title=Ian Carmichael\|publisher=Britmovie.co.uk\|access-date=20 March 2009\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019012920/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael\|archive-date=19 October 2009}}</ref> The son of an optician,<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary\|title=Ian Carmichael obituary\|last=Barker\|first=Dennis \|date=6 February 2010\|work=The Guardian\|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited\|access-date=6 February 2010\|location=London, UK}}</ref> he was educated at [[w:Scarborough College\|Scarborough College]] in North Yorkshire and [[w:Bromsgrove School\|Bromsgrove School]] in Worcestershire,<ref name="Guardian obituary"/> before training as an actor at [[w:RADA\|RADA]]. He made his stage debut as a robot at the People's Palace in [[w:Mile End\|Mile End]], [[w:East End of London\|East London]] in 1939.<ref name=":TI:">{{cite news\|last1=Strachan\|first1=Alan\|title=Ian Carmichael: Actor who played likeable toffs in golden age of\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs-in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Independent\|date=8 February 2010}}</ref>

	With the outbreak of the [[World War II\|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 [[Operation Overlord\|Normandy campaign]], losing the tip of one finger in an accident with the turret hatch of a [[Valentine tank]], and reached the rank of major before returning to civilian life in 1947.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece\|title=Ian Carmichael: actor\|work=The Times\|location=London, UK\|date=8 February 2010\|access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>		With the outbreak of the [[w:World War II\|Second World War]], his acting career was interrupted by service with the [[w:Royal Armoured Corps\|Royal Armoured Corps]] as a commissioned officer in the [[w:22nd Dragoons\|22nd Dragoons]]. He served in the [[w:Operation Overlord\|Normandy campaign]], losing the tip of one finger in an accident with the turret hatch of a [[w:Valentine tank\|Valentine tank]], and reached the rank of major before returning to civilian life in 1947.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece\|title=Ian Carmichael: actor\|work=The Times\|location=London, UK\|date=8 February 2010\|access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Before the war, Carmichael left his family business in Hull to attend the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and to sing in talent contests at the [[Hammersmith Palais de Danse]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=BBC News - Obituary: Ian Carmichael\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/913366.stm\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=BBC News\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In the years that followed his demobilisation from the British Army in 1947, Carmichael worked mostly on stage. In 1949 he toured for seven months in ''[[Lilac Domino\|The Lilac Domino]]'', in which he was half of a comedy double act with [[Leo Franklyn]]. He played the part of Otto Bergmann in a West End revival of ''Wild Violets'', then appeared in several revues. One which began at the Lyric, Hammersmith, in 1951, moved into the West End as ''The Globe Revue'' of 1952, and later that year Carmichael was the song-and-dance star of ''High Spirits'' at the [[Hippodrome Theatre]]. Further revues followed.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies aged 89\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7174553/Veteran-actor-Ian-Carmichael-dies-aged-89.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>		Before the war, Carmichael left his family business in Hull to attend the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and to sing in talent contests at the [[w:Hammersmith Palais de Danse\|Hammersmith Palais de Danse]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=BBC News - Obituary: Ian Carmichael\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/913366.stm\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=BBC News\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In the years that followed his [[w:demobilisation\|demobilisation]] from the British Army in 1947, Carmichael worked mostly on stage. In 1949 he toured for seven months in ''[[Lilac Domino\|The Lilac Domino]]'', in which he was half of a comedy double act with [[Leo Franklyn]]. He played the part of Otto Bergmann in a West End revival of ''Wild Violets'', then appeared in several revues. One which began at the Lyric, Hammersmith, in 1951, moved into the West End as ''The Globe Revue'' of 1952, and later that year Carmichael was the song-and-dance star of ''High Spirits'' at the [[w:Hippodrome Theatre\|Hippodrome Theatre]]. Further revues followed.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies aged 89\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7174553/Veteran-actor-Ian-Carmichael-dies-aged-89.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

	After minor film roles, Carmichael portrayed serious characters on screen in ''[[Betrayed (1954 film)\|Betrayed]]'' (1954), starring [[Clark Gable]] and [[Lana Turner]], and in ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955). He had greater success, however, performing in a series of comedy films for the [[John and Roy Boulting\|Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[Brothers in Law (film)\|Brothers in Law]]'' (1957), and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). He appeared in similar films for other producers including ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)\|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960) and in the "Pride" segment of ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971).<ref name=":AS:" />		After minor film roles, Carmichael portrayed serious characters on screen in ''[[w:Betrayed (1954 film)\|Betrayed]]'' (1954), starring [[w:Clark Gable\|Clark Gable]] and [[w:Lana Turner\|Lana Turner]], and in ''[[w:The Colditz Story\|The Colditz Story]]'' (1955). He had greater success, however, performing in a series of comedy films for the [[John and Roy Boulting\|Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[Brothers in Law (film)\|Brothers in Law]]'' (1957), and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). He appeared in similar films for other producers including ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)\|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960) and in the "Pride" segment of ''[[w:The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins\|The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971).<ref name=":AS:" />

	During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[sitcom]] ''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[BBC]] radio as [[Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>		During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

	Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>		Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

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| name = Ian Carmichael<br/><small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small>
| image = Ian_Carmichael.jpg
| birth_name = Ian Gillett Carmichael
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|6|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|2|5|1920|6|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Grosmont, North Yorkshire]], England
| years_active = 1939–2010
| spouse = {{Marriage|Jean Pyman Maclean|1943|1983|end=died}}<br/>{{Marriage|Kate Fenton|1992}}
| children = 2
| occupation = Actor}}

'''Ian Gillett Carmichael''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010)<ref name="bbc death">{{cite news|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm|work= [[BBC News]]|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> was an [[England|English]] actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the [[Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956) and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). In the 1960s, he played [[Bertie Wooster]] opposite [[Dennis Price]]'s [[Jeeves]] in ''[[The World of Wooster]]'' (1965-67). Beginning in the 1970s, he portrayed [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]'s gentleman detective, [[Lord Peter Wimsey]], on [[Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)|television]] and [[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)|radio]]. In his later career, he starred in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[medical drama]] ''[[The Royal]]'' as TJ Middleditch, a role he originally played in parent show ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''.

==Early life==
Carmichael was born in [[Kingston upon Hull]], in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael|title=Ian Carmichael|publisher=Britmovie.co.uk|access-date=20 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019012920/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Ian-Carmichael|archive-date=19 October 2009}}</ref> The son of an optician,<ref name="Guardian obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary|title=Ian Carmichael obituary|last=Barker|first=Dennis |date=6 February 2010|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=6 February 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref> he was educated at [[Scarborough College]] in North Yorkshire and [[Bromsgrove School]] in Worcestershire,<ref name="Guardian obituary"/> before training as an actor at [[RADA]]. He made his stage debut as a robot at the People's Palace in [[Mile End]], [[East End of London|East London]] in 1939.<ref name=":TI:">{{cite news|last1=Strachan|first1=Alan|title=Ian Carmichael: Actor who played likeable toffs in golden age of|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs-in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The Independent|date=8 February 2010}}</ref>

With the outbreak of the [[World War II|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 [[Operation Overlord|Normandy campaign]], losing the tip of one finger in an accident with the turret hatch of a [[Valentine tank]], and reached the rank of major before returning to civilian life in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece|title=Ian Carmichael: actor|work=The Times|location=London, UK|date=8 February 2010|access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Before the war, Carmichael left his family business in Hull to attend the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and to sing in talent contests at the [[Hammersmith Palais de Danse]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC News - Obituary: Ian Carmichael|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/913366.stm|access-date=17 October 2017|work=BBC News|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In the years that followed his demobilisation from the British Army in 1947, Carmichael worked mostly on stage. In 1949 he toured for seven months in ''[[Lilac Domino|The Lilac Domino]]'', in which he was half of a comedy double act with [[Leo Franklyn]]. He played the part of Otto Bergmann in a West End revival of ''Wild Violets'', then appeared in several revues. One which began at the Lyric, Hammersmith, in 1951, moved into the West End as ''The Globe Revue'' of 1952, and later that year Carmichael was the song-and-dance star of ''High Spirits'' at the [[Hippodrome Theatre]]. Further revues followed.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=David|title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies aged 89|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7174553/Veteran-actor-Ian-Carmichael-dies-aged-89.html|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

After minor film roles, Carmichael portrayed serious characters on screen in ''[[Betrayed (1954 film)|Betrayed]]'' (1954), starring [[Clark Gable]] and [[Lana Turner]], and in ''[[The Colditz Story]]'' (1955). He had greater success, however, performing in a series of comedy films for the [[John and Roy Boulting|Boulting brothers]], including ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956), ''[[Brothers in Law (film)|Brothers in Law]]'' (1957), and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]'' (1959). He appeared in similar films for other producers including ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'' (1960) and in the "Pride" segment of ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971).<ref name=":AS:" />

During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[sitcom]] ''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Batty|first1=David|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The Guardian|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[BBC]] radio as [[Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)|radio]] and [[Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=David|last2=Donnelly|first2=Laura|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

He was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the 2003 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56963|date=14 June 2003|page=10|supp=y}}</ref>

He is commemorated with a green plaque on [[The Avenues, Kingston upon Hull]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hullcivicsoc.info/newsletters/A5%20Newsletter%20Mar%2019%20revised%202.pdf|title=Green Plaques; Avenues and Pearson Park Conservation Area as at December 2018|date=March 2019|publisher=Hull Civic Society|page=12|access-date=6 April 2020|magazine=Hull Civic Society Newsletter}}</ref>

==Personal life==

===Wartime Remembrance===

He remained loyal to his 22nd Dragoons wartime comrades, and would present himself for the Remembrance Day service at Helmsley.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/7175157/Ian-Carmichael.html|title=Ian Carmichael|date=6 February 2010|access-date=3 June 2020|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

===Cricket===

Carmichael was a lifelong cricket lover. He was a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and chairman of the [[Lord's Taverners]] in 1970.<ref name="telegraph"/>

===Family===

Carmichael was married twice.

Early in the war he met Jean Pyman (Pym) McLean at a dance while he was stationed at [[Whitby]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-1987497|title=Ian Carmichael|work=The Yorkshire Post|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> They married in 1943 and remained so until her death from cancer in 1983 (they had two daughters, Lee and Sally).

Nine years later, he married novelist [[Kate Fenton]] in 1992 and they remained married until his death in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wife touched by messages following death of Ian Carmichael|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/wife-touched-by-messages-following-death-of-ian-carmichael-1-1887614|access-date=17 October 2017|work=The Whitby Gazette|date=11 February 2010}}</ref>

===Death===

Ian Carmichael died of natural causes at the age of 89, at his home in [[Grosmont, North Yorkshire]], on the North York Moors on 5 February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224|title=Old Bromsgrovian and veteran actor Ian Carmichael has died|publisher=Bromsgrove School|access-date=15 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717081449/http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk/archive-news-2010/default.asp?page=&news=224|archive-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
He had five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html |title=Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |access-date=14 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209110906/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100206/tuk-veteran-actor-ian-carmichael-dies-6323e80.html |archive-date=9 February 2010 }}</ref> His autobiography, ''Will the Real Ian Carmichael...'' was published in 1979.<ref name=":AS:">{{cite book|last1=Slide|first1=Anthony|title=Some Joe you don't know : an American biographical guide to 100 British television personalities|date=1996|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=9780313295508|pages=41–42|edition=1}}</ref>

==Filmography and other works==
{{main|Ian Carmichael on stage, screen and radio}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* ''Will the real Ian Carmichael– : an autobiography'', London: Macmillan, 1979, (400 pp.), {{ISBN|0-333-25476-7}}
* ''This Charming Man; the life of Ian Carmichael'', Robert Fairclough, London: Aurum, 2011 (336 pp.), {{ISBN|9781845136642}}

==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|nm0138428}}
*[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.html#Carmichael_IG British Army Officers 1939−1945]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2005/06/28/hullywood_feature.shtml BBC Humber feature on Ian Carmichael]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/ian-carmichael-obituary ''The Guardian'' obituary]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/7175157/Ian-Carmichael.html ''Daily Telegraph'' obituary]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html ''New York Times'' obituary]
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7018391.ece ''Times'' obituary]
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-carmichael-actor-who-played-likeable-toffs--in-golden-age-of-british-comedy-1892294.html ''The Independent'' obituary]

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	During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>		During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked in television, including the [[w:sitcom\|sitcom]] ''[[w:Bachelor Father (UK TV series)\|Bachelor Father]]'', based on the story of a real-life bachelor who took on several foster children. For the BBC he was [[w:Bertie Wooster\|Bertie Wooster]], opposite [[Dennis Price]] as [[w:Jeeves\|Jeeves]], in several series of ''[[w:The World of Wooster\|The World of Wooster]]'', based on the works of [[w:P. G. Wodehouse\|P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Batty\|first1=David\|title=Actor Ian Carmichael dies\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/06/actor-ian-carmichael-dies-wooster\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Guardian\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> In later years, he was heard on [[w:BBC\|BBC]] radio as [[w:Galahad Threepwood\|Galahad Threepwood]], another Wodehouse creation. In the 1970s and 1980s, he played [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey\|Lord Peter Wimsey]] in several [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)\|radio]] and [[w:Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)\|television series]] based on the mystery novels by [[w:Dorothy L. Sayers\|Dorothy L. Sayers]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Weber\|first1=Bruce\|title=Ian Carmichael, Comic British Actor, Dies at 89\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/arts/television/10carmichael.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The New York Times\|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

	Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[w:Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[w:Three Men on the Bummel\|Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[w:Jerome K. Jerome\|Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>		Carmichael continued to act until shortly before he died. In 1999, he appeared in the BBC serial ''[[w:Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)\|Wives and Daughters]]''. In the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] series ''[[w:Heartbeat (UK TV series)\|Heartbeat]]'', and its spin-off ''[[w:The Royal\|The Royal]]'', he played the Hospital Secretary T. J. Middleditch (2003–07 and 2009 ). He also spent much time in recording audio books: ''[[w:Three Men in a Boat\|Three Men in a Boat]]'' and ''[[w:Three Men on the Bummel\|Three Men on the Bummel]]'' by [[w:Jerome K. Jerome\|Jerome K. Jerome]], and most of the Lord Peter Wimsey books by Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Harrison\|first1=David\|last2=Donnelly\|first2=Laura\|title=Ian Carmichael, actor with a zest for life\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7176094/Ian-Carmichael-actor-with-a-zest-for-life.html\|access-date=17 October 2017\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

	He was appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[w:Queen's Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>		He was appointed an [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] in the 2003 [[w:Queen's Birthday Honours\|Queen's Birthday Honours]] List.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=56963\|date=14 June 2003\|page=10\|supp=y}}</ref>