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Martin Clunes stars as an earnest Latin master working at the Brookfield School of the 1880s, where he meets and marries his true love Kathie and finds himself touched by politics, grief and the utter devastation of World War One. Charting more than 50 years of one man's extraordinary life, the story ends in the 1930s, as a wise, elderly and much-loved Mr Chipping lives out his last days in retirement. Frank Delaney's adaptation of James Hilton's timeless classic, which has never been out of print since first appearing as a magazine serialisation in 1934, and for which Robert Donat whipped an Oscar from under the nose of Gone with the Wind's Clark Gable in the 1939 film production. Also starring Victoria Hamilton, Conleth Hill and Patrick Malahide
2002
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General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Martin Clunes
(Actor)
.. Mr Chipping
Victoria Hamilton
(Actor)
.. Kathie
Conleth Hill
(Actor)
.. Max Staefel
John Wood
(Actor)
.. Wetherby
Patrick Malahide
(Actor)
.. Ralston
David Horovitch
(Actor)
.. Burnley
Christopher Fulford
(Actor)
.. Metcalf
James Casey
(Actor)
.. Young Colley
Harry Lloyd
(Actor)
.. Young Rivers
Tom Roberts
(Actor)
.. Henshaw
Rory Copus
(Actor)
.. Alderdyce
Stuart Orme
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Martin Clunes
(Actor)
.. Mr Chipping
Born:
November 28, 1961
in
London
Best Known For:
A string of TV hits, including Men Behaving Badly and Doc Martin.
Early-life:
Born Alexander Martin Clunes on November 28, 1961, in Wimbledon, south London, into a theatrical family. His father was the acclaimed classical actor Alec Clunes, who died of lung cancer in 1970. His mother used to work as Orson Welles's secretary, and his cousin was Sherlock Holmes star Jeremy Brett. Clunes left school at 16 with one O-level and wanted to be a carpenter before enrolling at the Arts Educational Drama College in London. He started out in theatre and won acclaim for directing The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
Career:
Clunes made his TV debut in a 1983 Doctor Who adventure, followed by a regular role in sitcom No Place Like Home. In 1990 he appeared alongside Sean Connery in The Russia House and two years later in the much-maligned comedy Carry On Columbus. He turned to directing again with comedy film Staggered, in which he also starred. Men Behaving Badly made him a household name - but not until original co-star Harry Enfield was replaced by Neil Morrissey and the series moved from ITV to the BBC. He has chalked up a major success for ITV as über-grumpy GP Doc Martin. Clunes has also presented several documentaries, and appeared in such series as William and Mary, A is for Acid, The Town and Reggie Perrin.
Quote:
"I get contemptuous of my own acting and wish I had fewer chins."
Trivia:
He won a British Comedy Award and BAFTA award for his performance on Men Behaving Badly.
Victoria Hamilton
(Actor)
.. Kathie
Conleth Hill
(Actor)
.. Max Staefel
Born:
November 24, 1964
in
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
John Wood
(Actor)
.. Wetherby
Patrick Malahide
(Actor)
.. Ralston
Born:
March 24, 1945
in
Reading
Best Known For:
Playing Detective Sergeant Chisholm in Minder and a string of other roles.
Early-life:
Born Patrick Gerald Duggan in Reading on March 24, 1945. In 1976, he made his TV acting debut in The Flight of the Heron. Since then, the prolific character actor has appeared in a number of TV shows.
Career:
Perhaps best known for playing Detective Sergeant Chisholm in the hugely popular ITV comedy drama Minder, Malahide's credits also include The Singing Detective, Middlemarch, Alleyn Mysteries, Five Days, Law & Order: UK, The Paradise and Hunted. More recently, he has starred in Game of Thrones, Indian Summers and Luther. His film credits include The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The World is Not Enough (1999) and Billy Elliot (2000). Writing as PG Duggan, he created the BBC TV movie Reasonable Force and the miniseries The Writing on the Wall. Malahide's numerous stage credits include roles in The Crucible, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Beauty and the Beast, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya and Mutabilitie.
Quote:
"If I'm walking past a building site, I get `Oi, Chisholm" from Minder fans. But if I go to a library, a female librarian will flutter her eyelashes at me because she remembers Middlemarch."
Trivia:
Malahide was nominated for a Bafta TV Award for his role in The Singing Detective.
David Horovitch
(Actor)
.. Burnley
Christopher Fulford
(Actor)
.. Metcalf
James Casey
(Actor)
.. Young Colley
Harry Lloyd
(Actor)
.. Young Rivers
Tom Roberts
(Actor)
.. Henshaw
Rory Copus
(Actor)
.. Alderdyce
Stuart Orme
(Director)
