Caractacus Pott Caractacus Pott Caractacus Potts is one of the main characters in Ian Fleming's novel "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" and its film adaptation. The film version of the story makes several changes to Pott's character. In the original 1964 book, "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car", Pott is a Royal Navy Commander and eccentric inventor who lives with his wife Mimsy and their twin eight-year-old children, Jeremy and Jemima, on their hilltop farm. The filmmakers, including screenwriter Roald Dahl, altered a good deal of the book's details when crafting the 1968 film musical version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", in which Caractacus is portrayed by Dick
Ian Fleming (cricketer) Ian Fleming (cricketer) Ian Douglas Keith Fleming (21 August 1908 – 4 July 1988) was an English amateur cricketer. A school cricketer of much renown, Fleming played in five first-class cricket matches in the mid-1930s. Fleming was born at Georgetown in British Guiana in 1908. He was educated at Winchester College where he opened the batting for the cricket XI in 1926 and 1927, forming a partnership with Patrick Kingsley. In 1926 the pair opening the batting for the Public Schools team against the touring Australians with Fleming scoring 11 runs. In 1927 he scored 109 against Charterhouse School, 210