
Nigel Hawthorne
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 …
Known For
Tarzan
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
Gandhi
Kinnoch
Demolition Man
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Amistad
Martin Van Buren
Watership Down
Captain Campion (voice)
The Black Cauldron
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
History of the World: Part I
Citizen Official - The French Revolution
The Plague Dogs
Dr. Boycott (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (109)
Movies (79)
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
2013as Self (Archive Material)
Animal Stories
2005as Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Call Me Claus
2001as Nick
Victoria & Albert
2001as Lord William Lamb
Higher Love
2001as Uncle Cullen
Tarzan
1999as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
A Reasonable Man
1999as Judge Wendon
The Clandestine Marriage
1999as Lord Ogleby
The Big Brass Ring
1999as Kim Mennaker
The Winslow Boy
1999as Arthur Winslow
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
1999as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
The Object of My Affection
1998as Rodney Fraser
Madeline
1998as Lord Covington
Amistad
1997as Martin Van Buren
Murder in Mind
1997as Dr. Ellis
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
1997as David Livingstone
Inside
1996as Colonel
Twelfth Night
1996as Malvolio
The Happy Prince
1996as Narrator (voice)
Richard III
1995as The Duke of Clarence
The Madness of King George
1994as George III
Portrait or Bust
1994as Himself (uncredited)
Late-Flowering Lust
1994as Cousin John
Demolition Man
1993as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992as Brigadier G (voice)
Flea Bites
1992as Kryst
The Trials of Oz
1991as Brian Leary
King of the Wind
1990as Achmet
The Spirit of Man
1989as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
A Handful of Time
1989as Ted Walker
The Shawl
1989as John
Relatively Speaking
1989as Philip Carter
The Black Cauldron
1985as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Jenny's War
1985as Colonel
Turtle Diary
1985as Publisher
The House
1984as General Fagg
The Chain
1984as Mr Thorn
Pope John Paul II
1984as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983as Passerby (uncredited)
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983as Orgon
Dead on Time
1983as Doctor
Gandhi
1982as Kinnoch
Firefox
1982as Pyotr Baranovich
The Plague Dogs
1982as Dr. Boycott (voice)
The Critic
1982as Mr. Sneer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
A Woman Called Golda
1982as King Abdullah
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982as John Westwood
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Memoirs of a Survivor
1981as Victorian Father
History of the World: Part I
1981as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
Protest
1981as Stanek / Vanek
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981as Fulton
A Rod of Iron
1980as Trevor
The Misanthrope
1980as Philinte
Jessie
1980as Mr Edmonds
A Tale of Two Cities
1980as Mr. CJ Stryver
The Tempest
1980as Stephano
The Enigma
1980as Fenton
The Knowledge
1979as Mr Burgess
Watership Down
1978as Captain Campion (voice)
Sweeney 2
1978as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
Destiny
1978as Major Lewis Rolfe
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978as Walter Monkton
The Sailor's Return
1978as Mr Fosse
Buffet
1976as Jack
Play Things
1976as Tenby
Spiderweb
1976as Erik Lönnrot
The Hiding Place
1975as Pastor De Ruiter
Child of Hope
1975as Police Captain
The Floater
1975as Morris Shelman
Occupations
1974as Libertini
S*P*Y*S
1974as Croft
The Emergency Channel
1973as Graham
Young Winston
1972as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
Alma Mater
1971as Major
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958as Park Soldier (uncredited)
Television (30)
Victoria & Albert
2001as Viscount Melbourne
Parkinson
1998as Self
Animal Stories
1998as Narrator (voice)
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
1996as Narrator
The Fragile Heart
1996as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
Performance
1991as Brian Leary
The Play on One
1988as John
Yes, Prime Minister
1986as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Theatre Night
1985as Harpagon
Jenny's War
1985as Colonel
Mapp & Lucia
1985
Natural World
1983as Narrator
The Barchester Chronicles
1982as Dr Grantly
Yes Minister
1980as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Russell Harty
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
1979as Charles Drummond
Holocaust
1978as Ohldendorf
Going Straight
1978as Worm Wellings
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978as Walter Monkton
Warrior Queen
1978as Catus Decianus
Marie Curie
1977as Pierre Curie
Bill Brand
1976as Browning
Playhouse
1974as Tenby
Play for Today
1970as Graham
Dad's Army
1968as Angry Man
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Mr Sneer
The Desperate People
1963as Cliff Fletcher
Man of the World
1962as Assistant Director
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Winner
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Magistrate
Crew (2)
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