Filmography
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Known For
The Madness of King George George III (1994) -
Demolition Man Dr. Raymond Cocteau (1993) -
The Object of My Affection Rodney Fraser (1998) -
Known For
Yes Minister Sir Humphrey Appleby (1980-1984) -
Actor
Tarzan Untamed Professor Porter (2001) -
Call Me Claus Nick (2001) -
Victoria & Albert Lord William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (2001) -
The Last Polar Bears Narrator (2000) -
The Clandestine Marriage Lord Ogleby (1999) -
Tarzan Professor Porter (1999) -
A Reasonable Man Judge Wendon (1999) -
The Winslow Boy Arthur Winslow (1999) -
The Big Brass Ring Kim (1999) -
Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds The General (1998) -
![At Sachem Farm]( "At Sachem Farm")
At Sachem Farm Uncle Cullen (1998) -
![Madeline]( "Madeline")
Madeline Lord Covington (segment "Lord Cucuface") (1998) -
![Animal Stories]( "Animal Stories")
Animal Stories Narrator (1998) -
![The Object of My Affection]( "The Object of My Affection")
The Object of My Affection Rodney Fraser (1998) -
![Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone]( "Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone")
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone David Livingstone (1997) -
![Amistad]( "Amistad")
Amistad Martin Van Buren (1997) -
![Murder in Mind]( "Murder in Mind")
Murder in Mind Dr. Ellis (1997) -
![The Happy Prince]( "The Happy Prince")
The Happy Prince Narrator (1996) -
![The Fragile Heart]( "The Fragile Heart")
The Fragile Heart Edgar Pascoe (1996) -
![Twelfth Night]( "Twelfth Night")
Twelfth Night Malvolio (1996) -
![Inside]( "Inside")
Inside Colonel (1996) -
![Richard III]( "Richard III")
Richard III Duke of Clarence (1995) -
Late Flowering Lust Cousin John (1994)
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![The Madness of King George]( "The Madness of King George")
The Madness of King George George III (1994) -
![Demolition Man]( "Demolition Man")
Demolition Man Dr. Raymond Cocteau (1993) -
![Freddie as F.R.O.7.]( "Freddie as F.R.O.7.")
Freddie as F.R.O.7. Brigadier G (1992) -
![Screen Two]( "Screen Two")
Screen Two Kryst (1991) -
![Performance]( "Performance")
Performance Brian Leary (1991) -
Relatively Speaking Philip Carter (1990)
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![King of the Wind]( "King of the Wind")
King of the Wind Achmet (1990) -
![A Handful of Time]( "A Handful of Time")
A Handful of Time Ted Walker (1989) -
![Screenplay]( "Screenplay")
Screenplay Rev. Jonathan Guerdon (segment "From Sleep and Shadow") (1989) -
![The Play on One]( "The Play on One")
The Play on One John (1989) -
![Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders]( "Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders")
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Rarg Storyteller (1988)
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![Theatre Night]( "Theatre Night")
Theatre Night Harpagon (1988) -
![Yes, Prime Minister]( "Yes, Prime Minister")
Yes, Prime Minister Sir Humphrey Appleby (1986-1988) -
![Mapp & Lucia]( "Mapp & Lucia")
Mapp & Lucia Georgie Pillson (1985-1986) -
![Turtle Diary]( "Turtle Diary")
Turtle Diary The Publisher (1985) -
![The Black Cauldron]( "The Black Cauldron")
The Black Cauldron Fflewddur Fflam (1985) -
![Jenny's War]( "Jenny's War")
Jenny's War Colonel (1985) -
![Yes Minister]( "Yes Minister")
Yes Minister Sir Humphrey Appleby (1980-1984) -
The House General Fagg (1984)
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![The Chain]( "The Chain")
The Chain Mr. Thorn (1984) -
![Pope John Paul II]( "Pope John Paul II")
Pope John Paul II Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (1984) -
![The Morecambe & Wise Show]( "The Morecambe & Wise Show")
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1983) -
![Tartuffe, or The Impostor]( "Tartuffe, or The Impostor")
Tartuffe, or The Impostor Orgon (1983) -
![Dead on Time]( "Dead on Time")
Dead on Time Doctor (1983) -
The Funny Side of Christmas Sir Humphrey Appleby (1982)
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![The Barchester Chronicles]( "The Barchester Chronicles")
The Barchester Chronicles Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly (1982) -
![Gandhi]( "Gandhi")
Gandhi Kinnoch (1982) -
![The Plague Dogs]( "The Plague Dogs")
The Plague Dogs Dr. Boycott (1982) -
![BBC Play of the Month]( "BBC Play of the Month")
BBC Play of the Month Mr. Sneer (1982) -
![The World Cup: A Captain's Tale]( "The World Cup: A Captain's Tale")
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale John Westwood (1982) -
![Firefox]( "Firefox")
Firefox Pyotr Baranovich (1982) -
![A Woman Called Golda]( "A Woman Called Golda")
A Woman Called Golda King Abdullah (1982) -
![The Hunchback of Notre Dame]( "The Hunchback of Notre Dame")
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Magistrate at Esmeralda's Trial (1982) -
![Play for Today]( "Play for Today")
Play for Today Václav Havel (1971-1981) -
![History of the World: Part I]( "History of the World: Part I")
History of the World: Part I Citizen Official - The French Revolution (1981) -
![Tales of the Unexpected]( "Tales of the Unexpected")
Tales of the Unexpected Charles Drummond (1981) -
![Memoirs of a Survivor]( "Memoirs of a Survivor")
Memoirs of a Survivor Victorian Father (1981) -
![ITV Playhouse]( "ITV Playhouse")
ITV Playhouse Vera Quekett (1980) -
![A Tale of Two Cities]( "A Tale of Two Cities")
A Tale of Two Cities Mr. CJ Stryver (1980) -
![The Good Companions]( "The Good Companions")
The Good Companions Rev. Chillingford (1980) -
Jukes of Piccadilly Brinsley Jukes (1980)
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![The Tempest]( "The Tempest")
The Tempest Stephano (1980) -
![BBC2 Playhouse]( "BBC2 Playhouse")
BBC2 Playhouse Fenton (1976-1980) -
Festival: The Misanthrope Philinte (1980)
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![The Knowledge]( "The Knowledge")
The Knowledge Mr. Burgess (1979) -
The Other Side Skellow (1979)
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![Thomas and Sarah]( "Thomas and Sarah")
Thomas and Sarah Wilson (1979) -
![Edward & Mrs. Simpson]( "Edward & Mrs. Simpson")
Edward & Mrs. Simpson Walter Monkton (1978) -
![The Sailor's Return]( "The Sailor's Return")
The Sailor's Return Mr. Fosse (1978) -
![Watership Down]( "Watership Down")
Watership Down Capt. Campion (1978) -
![Sweeney 2]( "Sweeney 2")
Sweeney 2 Dilke (1978) -
![Holocaust]( "Holocaust")
Holocaust Ohldendorf (1978) -
![Going Straight]( "Going Straight")
Going Straight Worm Wellings (1978) -
Breakaway Girls Derek Carter (1978)
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![Warrior Queen]( "Warrior Queen")
Warrior Queen Catus Decianus (1978) -
Spiderweb Lönnrot (1977)
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![Just William]( "Just William")
Just William Mr. Croombe (1977) -
![Marie Curie]( "Marie Curie")
Marie Curie Pierre Curie (1977) -
![Eleanor Marx]( "Eleanor Marx")
Eleanor Marx Engels (1977) -
![Crown Court]( "Crown Court")
Crown Court Dr. William Ranford (1977) -
![Bill Brand]( "Bill Brand")
Bill Brand Browning (1976) -
Couples Mr. Laker (1976)
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Decisions, Decisions (1975)
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![The Hiding Place]( "The Hiding Place")
The Hiding Place Pastor De Ruiter (1975) -
![Miss Nightingale]( "Miss Nightingale")
Miss Nightingale Dr. Lewis (1974) -
![Occupations]( "Occupations")
Occupations Libertini (1974) -
![S*P*Y*S]( "S*P*Y*S")
S*P*Y*S Croft (1974) -
![ITV Sunday Night Theatre]( "ITV Sunday Night Theatre")
ITV Sunday Night Theatre Hugh (1973) -
![Hadleigh]( "Hadleigh")
Hadleigh Oliver Mason (1973) -
The Bellcrest Story Edward Needham (1973)
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![Young Winston]( "Young Winston")
Young Winston Boer Sentry (1972) -
![Hine]( "Hine")
Hine Freddy Ambercourt (1971) -
The Last of the Baskets Mr. Snodgrass (1971)
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![Dad's Army]( "Dad's Army")
Dad's Army the Angry Man (1969) -
![The Gnomes of Dulwich]( "The Gnomes of Dulwich")
The Gnomes of Dulwich Gnome (1969) -
![Mrs. Wilson's Diary]( "Mrs. Wilson's Diary")
Mrs. Wilson's Diary Roy Jenkins (1969) -
Jury Room David Hemming - Juror (1965)
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![Emergency-Ward 10]( "Emergency-Ward 10")
Emergency-Ward 10 Colin Davies (1964) -
![Detective]( "Detective")
Detective Temple Doorkeeper (1964) -
Bud Trefor Jones (1963)
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Moonstrike Jardin (1963)
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![Man of the World]( "Man of the World")
Man of the World Assistant director (1963) -
![The Desperate People]( "The Desperate People")
The Desperate People Cliff Fletcher (1963) -
The Last Man Out Gestapo Man (1962)
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![Carve Her Name with Pride]( "Carve Her Name with Pride")
Carve Her Name with Pride Polish Soldier in Park (1958) -
Villette Second Footman (1957)
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Huntingtower Sinster man (1957)
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![BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]( "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre")
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Captain the Contino Sevastien Jacono de Piero (1957) -
Bonehead Bit Part (1957)
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The Royal Astrologers Third Thief (1957)
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The Goose Girl (1956)
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ActorCry Wolf! PC Bray (1956)
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Producer
![The Clandestine Marriage]( "The Clandestine Marriage")
The Clandestine Marriage (1999) -
![At Sachem Farm]( "At Sachem Farm")
At Sachem Farm (1998) -
Producer
![Murder in Mind]( "Murder in Mind")
Murder in Mind (1997) -
Archive footageBritain's Best Loved Sitcoms (2015)
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![Fifty Years on Stage]( "Fifty Years on Stage")
Fifty Years on Stage (2013) -
![Comedy Connections]( "Comedy Connections")
Comedy Connections (2007-2008) -
What Lies Beneath (2008)
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![Tory! Tory! Tory!]( "Tory! Tory! Tory!")
Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006) -
![The 74th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 74th Annual Academy Awards")
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![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus (2002) -
Archive footage
![The Greatest]( "The Greatest")
The Greatest (2001) -
![The Rock 'n' Roll Years]( "The Rock 'n' Roll Years")
The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1994)
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Did You Know
Trivia
He was considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Sir Percy Heseltine, Dr. Bukovsky and Dr. Armstrong in Lifeforce (1985).
Quotes
There's something idiotic and at the same time rather exciting about Cannes.
Star Sign
Aries
Personal Details
Born
Nigel Barnard Hawthorne
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died
(age 72)
Radwell, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Height:
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