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:
- 73
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- 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 |
| Series | Victoria & Albert | Unknown | 2001-08-20 |
| Movie | Call Me Claus | Nick | 2001-12-03 |
| Movie | Victoria & Albert | Lord William Lamb | 2001-08-26 |
| Movie | Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Loraine | 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 |
| Movie | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1996-10-31 |
| Series | The Fragile Heart | Dr. Edgar Pascoe | 1996-11-06 |
| Movie | Richard III | The Duke of Clarence | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | The Madness of King George | George III | 1994-12-28 |
| Movie | Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau | 1993-10-08 |
| Movie | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) | 1992-08-14 |
| Movie | The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary | 1991-11-09 |
| Movie | Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | King of the Wind | Achmet | 1990-05-25 |
| Movie | A Handful of Time | Ted Walker | 1989-10-12 |
| Series | Yes, Prime Minister | Humphrey Appleby | 1986-01-09 |
| Series | Jenny's War | Unknown | 1985-06-03 |
| Series | Mapp & Lucia | 1985-04-14 | |
| Movie | The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
| Movie | Jenny's War | Colonel | 1985-10-25 |
| Movie | Turtle Diary | The Publisher | 1985-12-06 |
| Movie | The Chain | Mr Thorn | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Dead on Time | Doctor | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Orgon | 1983-07-28 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| 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 | 1982-06-13 |
| Movie | Gandhi | Kinnoch | 1982-11-30 |
| Series | The Barchester Chronicles | 1982-11-10 | |
| Movie | The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) | 1982-10-21 |
| Movie | History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Fulton | 1981-01-20 |
| Movie | Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father | 1981-09-01 |
| Series | Yes Minister | Humphrey Appleby | 1980-02-25 |
| Movie | The Tempest | Stephano | 1980-02-27 |
| Series | Russell Harty | Unknown | 1980-10-28 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver | 1980-12-02 |
| Movie | The Knowledge | Mr Burgess | 1979-01-01 |
| Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown | 1979-03-24 |
| Series | Going Straight | Unknown | 1978-02-24 |
| Series | Warrior Queen | Catus Decianus | 1978-02-20 |
| Movie | Destiny | Major Lewis Rolfe | 1978-01-31 |
| Movie | Sweeney 2 | Detective Chief Inspector Dilke | 1978-03-30 |
| Series | BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-01 |
| Series | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Unknown | 1978-11-08 |
| Series | Holocaust | Ohldendorf | 1978-04-16 |
| Movie | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton | 1978-11-06 |
| Movie | Watership Down | Captain Campion (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Series | Marie Curie | Pierre Curie | 1977-08-16 |
| Movie | Spiderweb | Erik Lönnrot | 1976-01-01 |
| Series | Bill Brand | Browning | 1976-06-07 |
| Movie | Buffet | Jack | 1976-11-02 |
| Movie | Child of Hope | Police Captain | 1975-04-24 |
| Movie | The Floater | Morris Shelman | 1975-05-29 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Series | Man of the World | Unknown | 1962-09-29 |
| Movie | Carve Her Name with Pride | Park Soldier (uncredited) | 1958-02-18 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |