David Copperfield: My influences weren’t magicians in the classic sense, but the great MGM stars like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. Frank Sinatra was a huge influence. If only I could sing!

Wilkins Micawber - from David Copperfield - is one of Charles Dickens's most brilliant comic characters and is the seventeenth in the Telegraph pick of the best Charles Dickens characters.

David Copperfield Has No Illusions About His New Film Prod’n Co. Red Safe ... Frank Capra, Walt Disney,” Copperfield says. “So in a way, where I am today is where I have always been.