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Playing Cratchit, a sympathetic character and a family man, is a wonderful change from some of the roles such as Heidrich (a Nazi in the television film 'The Holocaust') and Falco (his Emmy-winning role as an evil Roman in the TV drama 'Masada') that I've been getting lately. "I also liked the opportunity because it gave me a chance to work with George C. Scott (who plays Scrooge in the production) and (director) Clive Donner." Donner's production of "A Christmas Carol," airing 8-10 p.m. Dec. 17 on CBS under the full sponsorship of IBM, will be released as a feature film in Great Britain.

It was shown Wednesday in London at a Royal Charity Premiere in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. The two-hour film is the first full-length, non-musical telling of the Dickens classic in some 30 years, and the first in color. Also in the cast are Nigel Davenport as Silas Scrooge, Roger Rees as Scrooge's nephew and Susannah York as Mrs. Cratchit. Although the story has been filmed at least nine times before, the idea of having to live up to other people's interpretations of Cratchit did not seem to bother Warner.

"I had no problem with preconceived notions of the part because I haven't seen it played a lot," he said. "I kind of sensed though, from what I had heard, that Cratchit has been played as meek and servile. I discussed this with Clive (Donner) and others, and we agreed that Cratchit should be made as strong as possible. "Cratchit may be poor in wealth, but he's rich in spirit and a happier man than Scrooge. He's got an inner spirituality.

As Cratchit, I don't hunch over or cringe. I could answer Scrooge back if I wanted to. "I think that being a family man helped me play Cratchit," Warner added. "I tried to treat Tiny Tim normally, just as any parent with a handicapped child should." Some of Warner's scenes with Tiny Tim started solemnly but ended up on the cutting room floor. "I was supposed to swing Tiny Tim onto my shoulders in one scene, but it's not easy to lift a child over your head when you're wearing a top hat and standing on slippery ground," he said.

"I ended up sliding down a bank. Finally, I just carried him against my side. "Later, when I got him onto my shoulders and walked inside with him, I heard this terrible thump. You see, rooms in the 19th Century (when the film supposedly takes place) were short, and I'm 6 foot 2, so the poor kid hit his head as we came through the doorway." In addition to working on "A Christmas Carol" this year, Warner has also played Heidrich in "Hitler's SS," a story of the formation of the SS during World War II to be shown on NBC in February, and an eccentric Spaniard in a BBC production of Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost," to air next spring on PBS. "I've played some real villains during my career," he said, "and was even asked to play Hitler, but I said, 'A tall, blond Hitler? No While I don't mind playing the heavy when it's to set up the hero as I did in the film 'Time After Time' there's no virtue in playing a gratuitous killer.

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