George Smiley

George Smiley is a fictional character created by John Le Carré.

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Fictional character - John Le Carré

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Smiley is an agent working for MI6, the British overseas intelligence agency. He is the central character in the novels Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People, and a minor character in a number of others. He was played in two successful television adaptations by Sir Alec Guinness, and by Denholm Elliott in a less successful version of A Murder Of Quality. James Mason played the Smiley character (renamed Charles Dobbs!) in The Deadly Affair, a film version of Call For The Dead. Rupert Davies played Smiley as a minor although important character in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

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Agent - MI6 - Intelligence agency - Novel - Call for the Dead - A Murder of Quality - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Honourable Schoolboy - Smiley's People - Alec Guinness - Denholm Elliott - James Mason - The Deadly Affair - Rupert Davies - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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