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)
Animal Stories as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)

2001

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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

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

1991

Performance as Brian Leary
The Trials of Oz as Brian Leary

1990

King of the Wind as Achmet

1989

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

1988

The Play on One as John

1986

Yes, Prime Minister as Sir Humphrey Appleby

1985

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

1984

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

1983

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

1982

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

1981

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

1980

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

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Charles Drummond
The Knowledge as Mr Burgess

1978

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

1977

Marie Curie as Pierre Curie

1976

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

1975

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

1974

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

1973

The Emergency Channel as Graham

1972

Young Winston as Boer Sentry (uncredited)

1971

Alma Mater as Major

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