peter o'toole played mr chips in the original film.
peter o'toole played mr chips in the original film.
who played mr chips in the original film?
peter o'toole
less popular was "great catherine" (1968) with jeanne moreau, an adaptation of the play by george bernard shaw which buck and o'toole co-produced.









































section::::career.:"goodbye mr chips".









































in 1969, he played the title role in the film "goodbye, mr. chips", a musical adaptation of james hilton's novella, starring opposite petula clark. he was nominated for an academy award as best actor and won a golden globe award for best actor – motion picture musical or comedy.









































o'toole fulfilled a lifetime ambition in 1970 when he performed on stage in samuel beckett's "waiting for godot", alongside donal mccann, at dublin's abbey theatre.
peter o'toole
the series' original mascot is a golden robot called "mr chips". the figure often appeared in the animations for the catchphrases. mr chips was originally depicted as being quite tall, but as the series progressed, he became a smaller figure. variations of the mascot sometimes appeared in the animations, such as mr chips with a lemon for a head (for the catchphrase "lemonheads" on the episode broadcast 2 december 1994).
catchphrase (british game show)