The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe. Hopkins performance as Dickens saw him nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1971.
Director: Ned Sherrin
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Anthony Hopkins as Charles Dickens |
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Sybil Thorndike as Elizabeth Ball Dickens |
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Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Ternan |
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Joan Greenwood as Maria Beadnell |
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Stanley Holloway as Mr. Vuffin |
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Michael Wilding as Dolby |
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Mona Washbourne as Mrs. Jarley |
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Gordon Jackson as The Narrator (voice) |
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Arthur Lowe as John Dickens |
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Vivian Pickles as Mrs. Dickens |
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Nora Nicholson as Rosa Emma Drummond |
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Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Gamp |
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Freddie Jones as William Shaw |
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Patrick Cargill as Macready |
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Jenny Agutter as Young Maria Beadnall/Mary Hogarth/Ellen Ternan |
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Dorothy Reynolds as Mrs. Roylance/Mrs. Hogarth/Mrs. Prigg/Lady Holland |
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Gordon Rollings as Codlin/Mould/Ramsay |
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Jeffry Wickham as Lammert/Whitmore/John Black |
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Rhoda Lewis as Georgina Hogarth |
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Ken Wynne as Mr. Ellis |
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Jocelyn Britton as Kate Dickens (as Jocelyn Birdsall) |
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Gregory Phillips as Smike |
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Roland Pickering as Charles Dickens (as a child) |
| Directing | Ned Sherrin | Director |
