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The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 British historical comedy drama film written and directed by Noel Langley and starring James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick and Joyce Grenfell. It is based on the Charles Dickens’s 1837 novel of the same name.
Henry James Hayter (23 April 1907 – 27 March 1983) was a British actor of television and film. He is best remembered for his roles as Friar Tuck in the film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) and as Samuel Pickwick in the film The Pickwick Papers (1952), the latter earning him a BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nomination.
Orson Welles played Mr. Jingle in the Mercury Theatre on the Air production of The Pickwick Papers in 1938. In the 1952 film The Pickwick Papers he was played by Nigel Patrick, while in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969 Jingle was played by Aubrey Woods. Patrick Malahide played Mr. Jingle in 1985 for the BBC's The Pickwick Papers.
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(1952) performance on film then played a test pilot in the popular The Sound Barrier (1952). He was then in Meet Me Tonight (1952) and The Pickwick Papers (1952). Due mostly to The Sound Barrier, exhibitors voted Patrick the seventh most popular British film star with the public, in 1952. [5]
Donald had the lead in a comedy Brandy for the Parson (1952) and supported Trevor Howard and Richard Attenborough in Gift Horse (1952). He played Mr Winkle in the 1952 film version of The Pickwick Papers. He had the lead in The Net (1953) and was cast in his first Hollywood film in MGM's Beau Brummell (1954).
Allen, Arabella is the sister of Benjamin Allen, and eventually Mr Winkle's wife, in The Pickwick Papers. Allen, Benjamin is a medical student and later a doctor in The Pickwick Papers. Brother of Arabella Allen. Artful Dodger (alias Jack Dawkins) is a street-smart pickpocket. He is the most successful and interesting of Fagin's thieves.
Although her silent film appearance in Pickwick (1921) is missing, she played the elderly fiancée in The Pickwick Papers (1952). She was cast as a Chinese woman in Passport to China (1960). Seyler virtually retired from acting after 1970 but continued making public appearances until well into the 1980s, and as a guest of Terry Wogan on his ...