Yes, Michael York owned it, I think - and certainly it would be hard to find anyone today who could replace Peter Ustinov as the Old Man, or Richard Jordan as Francis. Any ideas, anyone? Liam Neeson isn't old enough lol.
What really peeves me is that in the promos for the 2012 version, the age for Carousel has been dropped to 21. That's so Gen Y! I remember that it was Mick Jagger who said that anyone over 30 should kill themselves. I notice that he didn't!