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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 Nomi…
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- Play for Today (1970) as Graham
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Mr Sneer
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
- Playhouse (1974) as Tenby
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Trevor
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Charles Drummond
- Performance (1991) as Brian Leary
- Natural World (1983) as Narrator
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Dad's Army (1968) as Angry Man
- Tarzan (1999) as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
- Demolition Man (1993) as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- Holocaust (1978) as Ohldendorf
- Man of the World (1962) as Assistant Director
- Yes Minister (1980) as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Gandhi (1982) as Kinnoch
- Yes, Prime Minister (1986) as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Bill Brand (1976) as Browning
- The Play on One (1988) as John
- The Black Cauldron (1985) as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
- Firefox (1982) as Pyotr Baranovich
- The Barchester Chronicles (1982) as Dr Grantly
- Theatre Night (1985) as Harpagon
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Magistrate
- Mapp & Lucia (1985) as Georgie Pillson
- Watership Down (1978) as Captain Campion (voice)
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) as Walter Monkton
- The Clandestine Marriage (1999) as Lord Ogleby
- The Plague Dogs (1982) as Dr. Boycott (voice)
- Twelfth Night (1996) as Malvolio
- The Madness of King George (1994) as George III
- The Object of My Affection (1998) as Rodney Fraser
- Richard III (1995) as The Duke of Clarence
- Going Straight (1978) as Worm Wellings
- Madeline (1998) as Lord Covington
- Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow (1996) as Narrator
- Russell Harty (1980) Cast
- Call Me Claus (2001) as Nick
- History of the World: Part I (1981) as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
- Turtle Diary (1985) as Publisher
- Young Winston (1972) as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
- Jenny's War (1985) as Colonel
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Viscount Melbourne
- Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) as Park Soldier (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Halloween (2005) as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
- Animal Stories (1998) as Narrator (voice)
- The Desperate People (1963) as Cliff Fletcher
- Dead on Time (1983) as Doctor
- A Woman Called Golda (1982) as King Abdullah
- The Fragile Heart (1996) as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
- King of the Wind (1990) as Achmet
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Sweeney 2 (1978) as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
- S*P*Y*S (1974) as Croft
- Murder in Mind (1997) as Dr. Ellis
- Inside (1996) as Colonel
- A Tale of Two Cities (1980) as Mr. CJ Stryver
- The Chain (1984) as Mr Thorn
- Amistad (1997) as Martin Van Buren
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) as Passerby (uncredited)
- Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992) as Brigadier G (voice)
- The Knowledge (1979) as Mr Burgess
- The Winslow Boy (1999) as Arthur Winslow
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Lord William Lamb
- Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) as Victorian Father
- Pope John Paul II (1984) as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- The Hiding Place (1975) as Pastor De Ruiter
- The Big Brass Ring (1999) as Kim Mennaker
- The Sailor's Return (1978) as Mr Fosse
- Higher Love (2001) as Uncle Cullen
- Relatively Speaking (1989) as Philip Carter
- The Tempest (1980) as Stephano
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) as Walter Monkton
- Marie Curie (1977) as Pierre Curie
- A Handful of Time (1989) as Ted Walker
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) as John Westwood
- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997) as David Livingstone
- The Trials of Oz (1991) as Brian Leary
- Warrior Queen (1978) as Catus Decianus
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Most-watched Nigel Hawthorne films currently: Tarzan (1999), Demolition Man (1993), Gandhi (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Firefox (1982).
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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Tony Awards (1956), Playhouse (1974), ITV Playhouse (1967).
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