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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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- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Mr Sneer
- Playhouse (1974) as Tenby
- Play for Today (1970) as Graham
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Trevor
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Charles Drummond
- Natural World (1983) as Narrator
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Performance (1991) as Brian Leary
- Tarzan (1999) as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
- Dad's Army (1968) as Angry Man
- 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
- The Black Cauldron (1985) as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
- Yes, Prime Minister (1986) as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- The Play on One (1988) as John
- Bill Brand (1976) as Browning
- Firefox (1982) as Pyotr Baranovich
- The Barchester Chronicles (1982) as Dr Grantly
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Magistrate
- Theatre Night (1985) as Harpagon
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) as Walter Monkton
- The Madness of King George (1994) as George III
- Watership Down (1978) as Captain Campion (voice)
- Madeline (1998) as Lord Covington
- Going Straight (1978) as Worm Wellings
- Russell Harty (1980) Cast
- The Object of My Affection (1998) as Rodney Fraser
- Mapp & Lucia (1985) as Georgie Pillson
- Richard III (1995) as The Duke of Clarence
- Twelfth Night (1996) as Malvolio
- The Plague Dogs (1982) as Dr. Boycott (voice)
- Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow (1996) as Narrator
- History of the World: Part I (1981) as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
- Young Winston (1972) as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
- Animal Stories (1998) as Narrator (voice)
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Viscount Melbourne
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
- Dead on Time (1983) as Doctor
- Call Me Claus (2001) as Nick
- The Clandestine Marriage (1999) as Lord Ogleby
- Turtle Diary (1985) as Publisher
- Inside (1996) as Colonel
- A Woman Called Golda (1982) as King Abdullah
- The Desperate People (1963) as Cliff Fletcher
- Jenny's War (1985) as Colonel
- The Fragile Heart (1996) as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
- Sweeney 2 (1978) as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
- S*P*Y*S (1974) as Croft
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) as Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) as Passerby (uncredited)
- King of the Wind (1990) as Achmet
- Murder in Mind (1997) as Dr. Ellis
- Victoria & Albert (2001) as Lord William Lamb
- Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) as Park Soldier (uncredited)
- The Chain (1984) as Mr Thorn
- The Knowledge (1979) as Mr Burgess
- Amistad (1997) as Martin Van Buren
- Once Upon a Halloween (2005) as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1980) as Mr. CJ Stryver
- Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992) as Brigadier G (voice)
- Marie Curie (1977) as Pierre Curie
- The Big Brass Ring (1999) as Kim Mennaker
- The Winslow Boy (1999) as Arthur Winslow
- Pope John Paul II (1984) as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- The Hiding Place (1975) as Pastor De Ruiter
- The Tempest (1980) as Stephano
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) as John Westwood
- Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) as Victorian Father
- The Sailor's Return (1978) as Mr Fosse
- The Other Side (1979) as Skellow
- The House (1984) as General Fagg
- Child of Hope (1975) as Police Captain
- Warrior Queen (1978) as Catus Decianus
- The Emergency Channel (1973) as Graham
- Occupations (1974) as Libertini
- Higher Love (2001) as Uncle Cullen
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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: Tony Awards (1956), BBC Play of the Month (1965), Playhouse (1974), Play for Today (1970), ITV Playhouse (1967).
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