Born in Melton, Suffolk, England, UK — Jul 16 1953
Douglas Reith is a British actor and teacher. He is best known for his role as Lord Merton in the television series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), as well as its two follow-up films. Reith was born in Melton, Suffolk. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in the late 1970s, beginning with an appearance in International Velvet (1978) alongside Tatum O'Neal and Christopher Plummer. He worked as an announcer and presenter at BBC Radio 3 for five years before leaving to study Greats at Christ Church, Oxford for four y…
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Professor Brown

Admiral Leach

Bellars

Lord Merton

Sergeant Downs

Lord Pendlebury

Fitzgeorge

Dean

Awards Presenter

Prescott Fleming


Metellus
Ferris

Sotheby

Lord Merton

Judge

Justice Angus Hill

Lord Merton

Lord Merton

Lord Airlie

Sir Charles Whiteside

Lord Brownlow

Chamberlain

Jimmy Martin

Howard

BBC Interviewer

Field Marshal Haig

Le chef de la sécurité

Fitzgeorge


Toby

Horace Featherstonehaugh