The Fool
1990A 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.
Acted in
Derek Jacobi
as Mr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul Brooke
as Lord Paramount
Julian Firth
John Tams
Ian Targett
Paddy Ward
Jo Warne
Chris Whittingham
Rory Murray
as Henry Ottaway
Corin Redgrave
as Sir Thomas Neathouse
Sally Ashby
Brenda Bruce
Cindy Oswin
Bernard Padden
Emma Piper
John Warner
Roger Hammond
as Augustus Roddick
Alec Wallis
as Marquess
Marty Cruikshank
Cordelia Ditton
Susan Field
Graham Seed
Stanley Lloyd
Hilary Sesta
Murray Melvin
as Jeremy Ruttle
Jonathan Cecil
as Sir Martin Locket
John Atkinson
Una Brandon-Jones
James Greene
Zoe Hicks
Brian Poyser
Norman Lumsden
Richard Clifford
as George Locket
Bill Wallis
as Henry Beauchamp-Harper
Rosalind Adler
Rex Doyle
Reginald Jessup
Christine Pilgrim
Joanna Maude
Amanda Wenban
Hugh Lloyd
as Viscount
Frederick Treves
as Samuel Simpson
Ben Aris
Gregory Floy
Howard Goorney
Christopher Good
Petra Markham
Ian Lindsay
Irina Brook
as Georgiana Shillibeer
Sarah Flind
Penny Bunton
Julian Bleach
Jean Murphy
Fiona McAlpine
Anne Romyn
Ann-Marie Gwatkin
as Emily
James Cosmo
as Mr. Bowring
Terence Conoley
James Coyle
Stephen Daltry
Kit Jackson
Giles Oldershaw
David Trevena
Miriam Margolyes
as Mrs. Bowring
Philip McGough
as Mr. Croker
Iain Andrew
Mara Purcell
Eric Francis
Jack Gittings
Bill Stewart
Peter Wyatt
Ian Gelder
as Henry Gibbs
Joan Sims
as Lady Daphne
Beth Ellis
Janet Henfrey
Merelina Kendall
Charmian May
Madeleine Moffat
Phillada Sewell
Dilys Hamlett
as Lady Emma
Maria Aitken
as Lady Amelia
Laura Cox
Sally Faulkner
Tamsin Heatley
Darlene Johnson
Kristin Milward
Jane Wymark
Auriol Smith
as Lady Augusta
Stratford Johns
as Arthur Shillibeer
Leon Davis
James Grant
Richard Graydon
Bruce Green
Patricia Napier
Peter Stockbridge
Richard Caldicot
as Duke
Patricia Hayes
as The Dowager Duchess
Ruth Mitchell
as The Girl
Jim Carter
as Mr. Blackthorn
Arthur Kelly
as Grease remover seller
Tony Frey
Irene Frederick
Siobhan Nicholas
as Chickweed seller
Robin Meredith
as Crossing sweep
Miranda Richardson
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Joanna Brookes
as Stage actress
Nora Connolly
as Stage actress
John Dalby
as Stage actor
Ron Emslie
as Stage actor
Knight Mantell
as Stage actor
Mark Arnold
as Stage actor
Michael Feast
as Mr. Edwin
Michael Hordern
as Mr. Tatham
Peter Bailie
Jan Lower
Pamela Moiseiwitsch
John Moore
Malcolm Mudie
Simon Slater
John McEnery
as Mr. Maclean
Don Henderson
as Bob
Michael Andrew
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Whistling Billy
David Grahame
Kenneth McClellan
John Tordoff
Robert Terson
Nick Edmett
as Grease buyer
Michael Medwin
as Mr. Wells
Raymond Brody
Ronnie Brody
Alan Ford
Mark Lambert
Stewart Permutt
Peter Waddington
Maria Charles
as The Pure Gatherer
Rosalie Crutchley
as Mrs. Harris
Ewen Bremner
Ron Cook
Christopher Hancock
as Joe
Jessica James
Linda Kerr Scott
David Sterne
Preston Lockwood
as Mr. Benjamin
James Cairncross
as Mr. Trott
Maurice Elliot
Richard Henry
John Fahey
David Glover
Robert Putt
David Pugh
John Harding
as Mr. Priddle
Chris Darwin
as Theatre doorman
Christine Ellerbeck
Harry Jones
Colleen McClure
John Tramper
Nicolas Tennant
as Curley
Charlie Bartle
Fred Beauman
Stephen Boyes
Johnnie Clayton
David Keyes
as Tom
Dominic Geary
Philip Gunderson
Ray Martin
Terry John
Arthur Nightingale
Harry Klein
George Savvides
as Mr. Nick
John Quarmby
Harry Webster
Dawn Charatan
Joan Dainty
Deddie Davies
Mark Knox
Dominic Martinez
Stephen Rashbrook
Vince Starr
Paul Wilce
Michael Mears
Cyril Cusack
as The Ballad Seller