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Nigel Hawthorne

Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1929
Died: December 26, 2001 · age 72
From: Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

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§ Known for

Gandhi

1982 · Kinnoch

Tarzan

1999 · Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

Yes Minister

1980 · Sir Humphrey Appleby

The Plague Dogs

1982 · Dr. Boycott (voice)

Yes, Prime Minister

1986 · Sir Humphrey Appleby

Watership Down

1978 · Captain Campion (voice)

Amistad

1997 · Martin Van Buren

Dad's Army

1968 · Angry Man

Demolition Man

1993 · Dr. Raymond Cocteau

Holocaust

1978 · Ohldendorf

Animal Stories

2005 · Narrator (Orig. U.K.)

Once Upon a Halloween

2005 · Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)

Call Me Claus

2001 · Nick

Higher Love

2001 · Uncle Cullen

Victoria & Albert

2001 · TV · Viscount Melbourne

Victoria & Albert

2001 · Lord William Lamb

A Reasonable Man

1999 · Judge Wendon

Tarzan

1999 · Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)

The Big Brass Ring

1999 · Kim Mennaker

The Clandestine Marriage

1999 · Lord Ogleby

The Winslow Boy

1999 · Arthur Winslow

Animal Stories

1998 · TV · Narrator (voice)