Actor
· Acting
Nigel Hawthorne
Born 1929-04-05
Died 2001-12-26
📍 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.
Filmography 112
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
as Self (Archive Material)
2013
Once Upon a Halloween
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Call Me Claus
as Nick
2001
Victoria & Albert
as Lord William Lamb
2001
Victoria & Albert
as Viscount Melbourne
2001
Higher Love
as Uncle Cullen
2001
The Clandestine Marriage
as Lord Ogleby
1999
A Reasonable Man
as Judge Wendon
1999
Tarzan
as Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
1999
The Big Brass Ring
as Kim Mennaker
1999
The Winslow Boy
as Arthur Winslow
1999
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
as Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
1999
Madeline
as Lord Covington
1998
Animal Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1998
The Object of My Affection
as Rodney Fraser
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Amistad
as Martin Van Buren
1997
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
as David Livingstone
1997
Murder in Mind
as Dr. Ellis
1997
The Fragile Heart
as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
1996
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
1996
Inside
as Colonel
1996
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
as Narrator
1996
The Happy Prince
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Richard III
as The Duke of Clarence
1995
The Madness of King George
as George III
1994
Late-Flowering Lust
as Cousin John
1994
Demolition Man
as Dr. Raymond Cocteau
1993
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Brigadier G (voice)
1992
The Trials of Oz
as Brian Leary
1991
Performance
as Brian Leary
1991
King of the Wind
as Achmet
1990
Relatively Speaking
as Philip Carter
1989
A Handful of Time
as Ted Walker
1989
The Spirit of Man
as Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
1989
The Shawl
as John
1989
RARG
as Storyteller
1988
The Play on One
as John
1988
Yes, Prime Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1986
Turtle Diary
as Publisher
1985
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
Theatre Night
as Harpagon
1985
The Black Cauldron
as Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
1985
Jenny's War
as Colonel
1985
Mapp & Lucia
as Georgie Pillson
1985
The Chain
as Mr Thorn
1984
The House
as General Fagg
1984
Pope John Paul II
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
1984
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Orgon
1983
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Passerby (uncredited)
1983
Dead on Time
as Doctor
1983
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1982
Gandhi
as Kinnoch
1982
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Grantly
1982
The Plague Dogs
as Dr. Boycott (voice)
1982
Firefox
as Pyotr Baranovich
1982
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as John Westwood
1982
A Woman Called Golda
as King Abdullah
1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
1982
Protest
as Stanek / Vanek
1981
Memoirs of a Survivor
as Victorian Father
1981
History of the World: Part I
as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
1981
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Fulton
1981
Jessie
as Mr Edmonds
1980
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. CJ Stryver
1980
The Tempest
as Stephano
1980
Yes Minister
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
1980
The Enigma
as Fenton
1980
The Misanthrope
as Philinte
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
as Charles Drummond
1979
The Knowledge
as Mr Burgess
1979
The Sailor's Return
as Mr Fosse
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Walter Monkton
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Walter Monkton
1978
Watership Down
as Captain Campion (voice)
1978
Holocaust
as Ohldendorf
1978
Sweeney 2
as Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
1978
Going Straight
as Worm Wellings
1978
Warrior Queen
as Catus Decianus
1978
Destiny
as Major Lewis Rolfe
1978
Marie Curie
as Pierre Curie
1977
Buffet
as Jack
1976
Bill Brand
as Browning
1976
Play Things
as Tenby
1976
Spiderweb
as Erik Lönnrot
1976
The Floater
as Morris Shelman
1975
The Hiding Place
as Pastor De Ruiter
1975
Child of Hope
as Police Captain
1975
S*P*Y*S
as Croft
1974
Occupations
as Libertini
1974
Playhouse
as Tenby
1974
Playhouse
as Fenton
1974
The Emergency Channel
as Graham
1973
Young Winston
as Boer Sentry (uncredited)
1972
Alma Mater
as Major
1971
Play for Today
as Graham
1970
Play for Today
as Major Lewis Rolfe
1970
Play for Today
as Police Captain
1970
Play for Today
as Morris Shelman
1970
Play for Today
as Jack
1970
Play for Today
as Fulton
1970
Play for Today
as Stanek / Vanek
1970
Dad's Army
as Angry Man
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Trevor
1967
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr Sneer
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Philinte
1965
The Desperate People
as Cliff Fletcher
1963
Man of the World
as Assistant Director
1962
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Park Soldier (uncredited)
1958
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Magistrate
1951