Nigel Hawthorne
Born in Hertfordshire, England, UK — Apr 05 1929• Died Dec 26 2001
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Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. For this role he would win four Bafta Awards during the 1980s in the 'Best Light Entertainment Performance' Category. In the 1990s He would win two more Bafta Awards, one as Best TV Actor for 'The Fragile Heart' and one as Best Film Actor for 'The Madness of King George'. His role in the latt…
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Nigel Hawthorne's Credits
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Play for Today
Graham
BBC Play of the Month
Mr Sneer
Playhouse
Tenby
Tales of the Unexpected
Charles Drummond
Natural World
Narrator
Performance
Brian Leary
Dad's Army
Angry Man
Tarzan
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
Yes Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Man of the World
Assistant Director
Holocaust
Ohldendorf
The Play on One
John
Yes, Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Demolition Man
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Magistrate
Gandhi
Kinnoch
Bill Brand
Browning
Theatre Night
Harpagon
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Walter Monkton
The Black Cauldron
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Going Straight
Worm Wellings
Mapp & Lucia
Georgie Pillson
Animal Stories
Narrator (voice)
Firefox
Pyotr Baranovich
Russell Harty
The Barchester Chronicles
Dr Grantly
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
Richard III
The Duke of Clarence
Young Winston
Boer Sentry (uncredited)
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
Narrator
Jenny's War
Colonel
Madeline
Lord Covington
Watership Down
Captain Campion (voice)
The Madness of King George
George III
Victoria & Albert
Viscount Melbourne
Turtle Diary
Publisher
Call Me Claus
Nick
The Object of My Affection
Rodney Fraser
The Fragile Heart
Dr. Edgar Pascoe
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
The Plague Dogs
Dr. Boycott (voice)
A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. CJ Stryver
The Chain
Mr Thorn
The Desperate People
Cliff Fletcher
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Brigadier G (voice)
The Winslow Boy
Arthur Winslow
King of the Wind
Achmet
The Hiding Place
Pastor De Ruiter
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murder in Mind
Dr. Ellis
The Trials of Oz
Brian Leary
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Walter Monkton
Jenny's War
Colonel
Inside
Colonel
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Passerby (uncredited)
History of the World: Part I
Citizen Official - The French Revolution
The Critic
Mr. Sneer
The Tempest
Stephano
Amistad
Martin Van Buren
A Woman Called Golda
King Abdullah
Carve Her Name with Pride
Park Soldier (uncredited)
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
Victoria & Albert
Lord William Lamb
Once Upon a Halloween
Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
S*P*Y*S
Croft
The Big Brass Ring
Kim Mennaker
Dead on Time
Doctor
The Funny Side of Christmas
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Higher Love
Uncle Cullen
The House
General Fagg
Sweeney 2
Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
The Enigma
Fenton
Memoirs of a Survivor
Victorian Father
The Emergency Channel
Graham
Play Things
Tenby
The Clandestine Marriage
Lord Ogleby
The Sailor's Return
Mr Fosse
Destiny
Major Lewis Rolfe
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Warrior Queen
Catus Decianus
The Knowledge
Mr Burgess
The Shawl
John
Buffet
Jack
The Floater
Morris Shelman
The Spirit of Man
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Fulton
Spiderweb
Erik Lönnrot
A Handful of Time
Ted Walker
Jessie
Mr Edmonds
A Rod of Iron
Trevor
Occupations
Libertini
The Misanthrope
Philinte
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Orgon
Alma Mater
Major
A Reasonable Man
Judge Wendon
Flea Bites
Kryst
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
John Westwood
Animal Stories
Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
Child of Hope
Police Captain
Relatively Speaking
Philip Carter
Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
The Happy Prince
Narrator (voice)
RARG
Storyteller
Late-Flowering Lust
Cousin John
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
David Livingstone
Protest
Stanek / Vanek
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
Self (Archive Material)
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
Tony Awards
Self - Winner