Nigel Hawthorne

Born: 1929-04-05 in Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died: 2001-12-26

Known For: Acting

Biography

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 latter also garnered him his sole Oscar Nomination.

Filmography

2013

Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected as Self (Archive Material)

2005

Once Upon a Halloween as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Animal Stories as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)

2001

Call Me Claus as Nick
Victoria & Albert as Viscount Melbourne
Victoria & Albert as Lord William Lamb
Higher Love as Uncle Cullen

1999

Tarzan as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
The Big Brass Ring as Kim Mennaker
The Clandestine Marriage as Lord Ogleby
The Winslow Boy as Arthur Winslow
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
A Reasonable Man as Judge Wendon

1998

Parkinson as Self
The Object of My Affection as Rodney Fraser
Animal Stories as Narrator (voice)
Madeline as Lord Covington

1997

Murder in Mind as Dr. Ellis
Amistad as Martin Van Buren
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone as David Livingstone

1996

Twelfth Night as Malvolio
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow as Narrator
The Fragile Heart as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
Inside as Colonel
The Happy Prince as Narrator (voice)

1995

Richard III as The Duke of Clarence

1994

The Madness of King George as George III
Late-Flowering Lust as Cousin John
Portrait or Bust as Himself (uncredited)

1993

Demolition Man as Dr. Raymond Cocteau

1992

Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Brigadier G (voice)
Flea Bites as Kryst

1991

Performance as Brian Leary
The Trials of Oz as Brian Leary

1990

King of the Wind as Achmet

1989

The Spirit of Man as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
A Handful of Time as Ted Walker
Relatively Speaking as Philip Carter
The Shawl as John

1988

The Play on One as John
RARG as Storyteller

1986

ScreenPlay as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
Yes, Prime Minister as Sir Humphrey Appleby

1985

The Black Cauldron as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Theatre Night as Harpagon
Mapp & Lucia as Georgie Pillson
Jenny's War as Colonel
Turtle Diary as Publisher
Jenny's War as Colonel

1984

Pope John Paul II as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Chain as Mr Thorn
The House as General Fagg

1983

Natural World as Narrator
The Crimson Permanent Assurance as Passerby (uncredited)
Tartuffe, or The Imposter as Orgon
Dead on Time as Doctor

1982

Firefox as Pyotr Baranovich
Gandhi as Kinnoch
The Plague Dogs as Dr. Boycott (voice)
The Barchester Chronicles as Dr Grantly
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
A Woman Called Golda as King Abdullah
The Funny Side of Christmas as Sir Humphrey Appleby
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as John Westwood
The Critic as Mr. Sneer

1981

History of the World: Part I as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
Memoirs of a Survivor as Victorian Father
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado as Fulton
Protest as Stanek / Vanek

1980

Yes Minister as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Russell Harty
A Tale of Two Cities as Mr. CJ Stryver
A Rod of Iron as Trevor
The Tempest as Stephano
The Enigma as Fenton
Jessie as Mr Edmonds
The Misanthrope as Philinte

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Charles Drummond
Thomas & Sarah as Wilson
The Other Side as Skellow
The Knowledge as Mr Burgess

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare as Stephano
Holocaust as Ohldendorf
Edward and Mrs Simpson as Walter Monkton
Watership Down as Captain Campion (voice)
Going Straight as Worm Wellings
Sweeney 2 as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
Warrior Queen as Catus Decianus
The Sailor's Return as Mr Fosse
Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Walter Monkton
Destiny as Major Lewis Rolfe

1977

Marie Curie as Pierre Curie

1976

Bill Brand as Browning
Play Things as Tenby
Spiderweb as Erik Lönnrot
Buffet as Jack

1975

The Hiding Place as Pastor De Ruiter
The Floater as Morris Shelman
Child of Hope as Police Captain

1974

Playhouse as Tenby
S*P*Y*S as Croft
Occupations as Libertini

1973

The Emergency Channel as Graham

1972

Young Winston as Boer Sentry (uncredited)

1971

Film '72 as Self
Alma Mater as Major

1970

Play for Today as Graham

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Hugh

1968

Dad's Army as Angry Man

1962

Man of the World as Assistant Director

1958

Carve Her Name with Pride as Park Soldier (uncredited)

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Winner

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Magistrate