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''Nicholas Nickleby'' is a British
television series
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which first aired on the
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in 1957. It is based on the novel ''
Nicholas Nickleby
''Nicholas Nickleby'' or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (or also ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the ...
'' by
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
.
Broadcast live, all ten episodes were
recorded, but are now considered
lost.
Cast
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William Russell as Nicholas Nickleby (10 episodes)
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Jennifer Wilson as Kate Nickleby (10 episodes)
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Malcolm Keen
Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English actor of stage, film and television. He was sometimes credited as Malcolm Keane.[Richard Wordsworth
Richard Curwen Wordsworth (19 January 1915 – 21 November 1993) was an English character actor. He was the great-great-grandson of the poet William Wordsworth.
As a young man he followed in the footsteps of his clergyman father, reading ...]
as Newman Noggs (9 episodes)
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Gillian Lind as Mrs. Catherine Nickleby (8 episodes)
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Brian Peck as Smike (8 episodes)
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Esmond Knight
Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-blind. He had been badly wounded in 1941 while on active ...
as Wackford Squeers. Sr (6 episodes)
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Rosamund Greenwood
Rosamund Mary Greenwood (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990.
Biography
After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included st ...
as Miss La Creevy (5 episodes)
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George Howe as Mr. Charles Cheeryble (5 episodes)
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Keith Davis as Wackford Squeers. Jr (4 episodes)
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Barry Foster as Frank Cheeryble (4 episodes)
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Anthony Jacobs as Arthur Gride (4 episodes)
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Lyn James
Lyn James (13 November 1929 – 31 May 2017), credited also as Marilyn James, was a Welsh-born actress of stage and screen and director, who became known for her career in England and later Australia, particularly as receptionist Helen Gordon in ...
as Madeline Bray (4 episodes)
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Bartlett Mullins
Bartlett Mullins (13 August 1904 – 15 May 1992) was a British actor.
Career
He is best remembered by British TV viewers as Mr Clough ''"Cloughie"'', Bob and Terry's workmate in the sitcom ''The Likely Lads''. He also appeared on episodes of ' ...
as Tim Linkinwater (4 episodes)
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Douglas Wilmer
Douglas Wilmer (8 January 1920 – 31 March 2016) was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series ''Sherlock Holmes''.
Early life
Wilmer was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and received his education at Kin ...
as Sir Mulberry Hawk (4 episodes)
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Graham Crowden
Clement Graham Crowden (30 November 1922 – 19 October 2010) was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric "offbeat" scientist, teacher and doctor characters.
Ea ...
as Mr. Pyke (3 episodes)
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Fabia Drake
Fabia Drake OBE (born Ethel McGlinchy; 20 January 1904 – 28 February 1990) was a British actress whose professional career spanned almost 73 years during the 20th century.
Drake was born in Herne Bay, Kent. Her first professional role in ...
as Madame Mantalini (3 episodes)
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Roddy Hughes
Rhodri Henry Hughes (19 June 1891 – 22 February 1970) was a Welsh theatre, film and television actor, who appeared in over 80 films between 1932 and 1961.
Selected filmography
* ''Mr. Bill the Conqueror'' (1932)
* '' Reunion'' (1932)
* '' Say ...
as Mr. Ned Cheeryble (3 episodes)
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Fay Compton
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, (; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress. She appeared in several films, and made many broadcasts, but was best known for her stage per ...
as Mrs. Squeers (2 episodes)
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Rosalind Knight as Miss Fanny Squeers (2 episodes)
References
Bibliography
* Michael Pointer. ''Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations''. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
External links
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{{Nicholas Nickleby
BBC television dramas
1957 British television series debuts
1957 British television series endings
1950s British drama television series
English-language television shows
Television series set in the 19th century
Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens