The Fool
2 hours 20 minutes1990-12-07
7.0
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A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Cast

Derek Jacobi
Mr. Frederick / Sir John

Paul Brooke
Lord Paramount

Julian Firth

John Tams

Ian Targett

Paddy Ward

Jo Warne

Chris Whittingham

Rory Murray
Henry Ottaway

Corin Redgrave
Sir Thomas Neathouse

Sally Ashby

Brenda Bruce

Cindy Oswin

Bernard Padden

Emma Piper

John Warner

Roger Hammond
Augustus Roddick

Alec Wallis
Marquess

Marty Cruikshank

Cordelia Ditton

Susan Field

Graham Seed

Stanley Lloyd

Hilary Sesta

Murray Melvin
Jeremy Ruttle

Jonathan Cecil
Sir Martin Locket

John Atkinson

Una Brandon-Jones

James Greene

Zoe Hicks

Brian Poyser

Norman Lumsden

Richard Clifford
George Locket

Bill Wallis
Henry Beauchamp-Harper

Rosalind Adler

Rex Doyle

Reginald Jessup

Christine Pilgrim

Joanna Maude

Amanda Wenban

Hugh Lloyd
Viscount

Frederick Treves
Samuel Simpson

Ben Aris

Gregory Floy

Howard Goorney

Christopher Good

Petra Markham

Ian Lindsay

Irina Brook
Georgiana Shillibeer

Sarah Flind

Penny Bunton

Julian Bleach

Jean Murphy

Fiona McAlpine

Anne Romyn

Ann-Marie Gwatkin
Emily

James Cosmo
Mr. Bowring

Terence Conoley

James Coyle

Stephen Daltry

Kit Jackson

Giles Oldershaw

David Trevena

Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Bowring

Philip McGough
Mr. Croker

Iain Andrew

Mara Purcell

Eric Francis

Jack Gittings

Bill Stewart

Peter Wyatt

Ian Gelder
Henry Gibbs

Joan Sims
Lady Daphne

Beth Ellis

Janet Henfrey

Merelina Kendall

Charmian May

Madeleine Moffat

Phillada Sewell

Dilys Hamlett
Lady Emma

Maria Aitken
Lady Amelia

Laura Cox

Sally Faulkner

Tamsin Heatley

Darlene Johnson

Kristin Milward

Jane Wymark

Auriol Smith
Lady Augusta

Stratford Johns
Arthur Shillibeer

Leon Davis

James Grant

Richard Graydon

Bruce Green

Patricia Napier

Peter Stockbridge

Richard Caldicot
Duke

Patricia Hayes
The Dowager Duchess

Ruth Mitchell
The Girl

Jim Carter
Mr. Blackthorn

Arthur Kelly
Grease remover seller

Tony Frey

Irene Frederick

Siobhan Nicholas
Chickweed seller

Robin Meredith
Crossing sweep

Miranda Richardson
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Joanna Brookes
Stage actress

Nora Connolly
Stage actress

John Dalby
Stage actor

Ron Emslie
Stage actor

Knight Mantell
Stage actor

Mark Arnold
Stage actor

Michael Feast
Mr. Edwin

Michael Hordern
Mr. Tatham

Peter Bailie

Jan Lower

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

John Moore

Malcolm Mudie

Simon Slater

John McEnery
Mr. Maclean

Don Henderson
Bob

Michael Andrew

Graham Fletcher-Cook
Whistling Billy

David Grahame

Kenneth McClellan

John Tordoff

Robert Terson

Nick Edmett
Grease buyer

Michael Medwin
Mr. Wells

Raymond Brody

Ronnie Brody

Alan Ford

Mark Lambert

Stewart Permutt

Peter Waddington

Maria Charles
The Pure Gatherer

Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Harris

Ewen Bremner

Ron Cook

Christopher Hancock
Joe

Jessica James

Linda Kerr Scott

David Sterne

Preston Lockwood
Mr. Benjamin

James Cairncross
Mr. Trott

Maurice Elliot

Richard Henry

John Fahey

David Glover

Robert Putt

David Pugh

John Harding
Mr. Priddle

Chris Darwin
Theatre doorman

Christine Ellerbeck

Harry Jones

Colleen McClure

John Tramper

Nicolas Tennant
Curley

Charlie Bartle

Fred Beauman

Stephen Boyes

Johnnie Clayton

David Keyes
Tom

Dominic Geary

Philip Gunderson

Ray Martin

Terry John

Arthur Nightingale

Harry Klein

George Savvides
Mr. Nick

John Quarmby

Harry Webster

Dawn Charatan

Joan Dainty

Deddie Davies

Mark Knox

Dominic Martinez

Stephen Rashbrook

Vince Starr

Paul Wilce

Michael Mears
