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| Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89 | Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89 |
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| Veteran British actor Ian Carmichael has died at the age of 89, his wife has said. | Veteran British actor Ian Carmichael has died at the age of 89, his wife has said. |
| The star of film and TV from the 1950s to the 1970s fell ill over Christmas and New Year, she added. | |
| He died peacefully on Friday at his home in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors. | He died peacefully on Friday at his home in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors. |
| He made his name in films for the Boulting Brothers including Private's Progress (1956), Brothers in Law (1957) and I'm All Right Jack (1959). | He made his name in films for the Boulting Brothers including Private's Progress (1956), Brothers in Law (1957) and I'm All Right Jack (1959). |
| During the 1960s and 1970s, he was successful in television, particularly as Bertie Wooster in BBC drama series The World of Wooster. | |
| This was followed by another popular role as Lord Peter Wimsey in several of the BBC drama series based on the mystery novels by Dorothy L Sayers. |