Nigel Hawthorne
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 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 latter also garnered him his sole Oscar Nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nigel Hawthorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Apr 5, 1929 In Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 72
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Carve Her Name with Pride 1958-02-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Animal Stories 2005-08-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Animal Stories | Narrator (Orig. U.K.) | 2005-08-01 |
| Movie | Higher Love | Uncle Cullen | 2001-05-02 |
| Movie | Victoria & Albert | Lord William Lamb | 2001-08-26 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Nick | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | 1999-03-18 |
| Movie | The Big Brass Ring | Kim Mennaker | 1999-04-20 |
| Movie | A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon | 1999-08-13 |
| Movie | Tarzan | Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) | 1999-06-18 |
| Movie | The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby | 1999-11-12 |
| Movie | The Object of My Affection | Rodney Fraser | 1998-04-17 |
| Movie | Madeline | Lord Covington | 1998-07-10 |
| Movie | Murder in Mind | Dr. Ellis | 1997-08-01 |
| Movie | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | David Livingstone | 1997-12-07 |
| Movie | Amistad | Martin Van Buren | 1997-12-10 |
| Series | Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow | Narrator | 1996-06-20 |
| Movie | Inside | Colonel | 1996-08-25 |
| Series | The Fragile Heart | Dr. Edgar Pascoe | 1996-11-06 |
| Movie | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1996-10-25 |
| Movie | Richard III | The Duke of Clarence | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-04-04 |
| Movie | Late-Flowering Lust | Cousin John | 1994-05-08 |
| Movie | The Madness of King George | George III | 1994-12-28 |
| Movie | Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | Flea Bites | Kryst | 1992-01-26 |
| Movie | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) | 1992-08-14 |
| Movie | The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary | 1991-11-09 |
| Movie | King of the Wind | Achmet | 1990-05-25 |
| Movie | A Handful of Time | Ted Walker | 1989-10-12 |
| Movie | Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter | 1989-12-24 |
| Series | Yes, Prime Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 1986-01-09 |
| Series | Mapp & Lucia | 1985-04-14 | |
| Movie | The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
| Movie | Turtle Diary | Publisher | 1985-12-06 |
| Movie | Jenny's War | Colonel | 1985-10-25 |
| Movie | The Chain | Mr Thorn | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The House | General Fagg | 1984-09-27 |
| Movie | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski | 1984-04-22 |
| Movie | Dead on Time | Doctor | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Orgon | 1983-07-28 |
| Movie | A Woman Called Golda | King Abdullah | 1982-04-26 |
| Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial | 1982-02-02 |
| Movie | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | John Westwood | 1982-06-13 |
| Movie | Firefox | Pyotr Baranovich | 1982-06-18 |
| Movie | Gandhi | Kinnoch | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) | 1982-10-01 |
| Series | The Barchester Chronicles | Dr. Grantly | 1982-11-10 |
| Movie | The Critic | Mr. Sneer | 1982-08-28 |
| Movie | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Fulton | 1981-01-20 |
| Movie | History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father | 1981-09-01 |
| Series | Yes Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby | 1980-02-25 |
| Movie | The Misanthrope | Philinte | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver | 1980-12-02 |
| Movie | The Tempest | Stephano | 1980-02-27 |
| Movie | The Knowledge | Mr Burgess | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | Sweeney 2 | Detective Chief Inspector Dilke | 1978-03-30 |
| Series | Warrior Queen | Catus Decianus | 1978-02-20 |
| Series | Holocaust | Ohldendorf | 1978-04-16 |
| Movie | Destiny | Major Lewis Rolfe | 1978-01-31 |
| Movie | Watership Down | Captain Campion (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | The Sailor's Return | Mr Fosse | 1978-11-15 |
| Movie | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton | 1978-11-06 |
| Series | Marie Curie | Pierre Curie | 1977-08-16 |
| Movie | Buffet | Jack | 1976-11-02 |
| Movie | Child of Hope | Police Captain | 1975-04-24 |
| Movie | The Floater | Morris Shelman | 1975-05-29 |
| Movie | The Hiding Place | Pastor De Ruiter | 1975-05-04 |
| Movie | S*P*Y*S | Croft | 1974-09-05 |
| Movie | The Emergency Channel | Graham | 1973-11-08 |
| Movie | Alma Mater | Major | 1971-01-07 |
| Movie | Carve Her Name with Pride | Park Soldier (uncredited) | 1958-02-18 |