The Charmer 37 years old

The Charmer

The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald Stimpson, Plumleigh-Bruce's would-be beau, who vengefully pursues Gorse after he has conned her. It was made by London Weekend Television for ITV, and based on the 1953 novel Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Gorse by Patrick Hamilton, the second work in the Gorse Trilogy. The series was repeated in February and March 1990. ITV3 also repeated the series in full at 01:45am from 5 September 2009. Narrative repeats were on Mondays from 7 September 2009 at 10:05am.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Bernard Hepton He was 61 , 92 years old when he died
George Baker He was 56 , 80 years old when he died
Linal Haft He was 43 , now 80 years old
Nigel Havers He was 35 , now 73 years old
Rosemary Leach She was 51 , 81 years old when she died
Judy Parfitt She was 51 , now 89 years old
Larry Martyn He was 53 , 60 years old when he died
Fiona Fullerton She was 31 , now 68 years old as Clarice Mannors

Crew

Name Job title
The Charmer poster
The Charmer (37 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1987-10-18
  • Runtime: [50,60] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 6