Cast & creator
Nigel Hawthorne
Best known for Tony Awards, Play for Today, Play for Today
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.
82
film credits
46
television credits
126
1951–2013 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (128)
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Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Play for Today
Graham
1970Play for Today
Major Lewis Rolfe
1970Play for Today
Police Captain
1970Play for Today
Morris Shelman
1970Play for Today
Jack
1970Play for Today
Fulton
1970Play for Today
Stanek / Vanek
1970
Tales of the Unexpected
Charles Drummond
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Mr Sneer
1965BBC Play of the Month
Philinte
1965
ITV Playhouse
Trevor
1967
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Playhouse
Tenby
1974Playhouse
Fenton
1974
Omnibus
1967Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self
1998
Performance
Brian Leary
1991
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hugh
1969
ScreenPlay
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
1986
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Stephano
1978
Tarzan
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice)
1999
The Play on One
John
1988
Dad's Army
Angry Man
1968
Demolition Man
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
1993
The Black Cauldron
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
1985
Man of the World
Assistant Director
1962
Yes Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby
1980
Theatre Night
Harpagon
1985
Holocaust
Ohldendorf
1978
Yes, Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey Appleby
1986
Gandhi
Kinnoch
1982
Bill Brand
Browning
1976
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Walter Monkton
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Magistrate
1951
Firefox
Pyotr Baranovich
1982
Thomas & Sarah
Wilson
1979
Mapp & Lucia
Georgie Pillson
1985
Watership Down
Captain Campion (voice)
1978
Going Straight
Worm Wellings
1978
The Object of My Affection
Rodney Fraser
1998
The Barchester Chronicles
Dr Grantly
1982
The Plague Dogs
Dr. Boycott (voice)
1982
The Madness of King George
George III
1994
Richard III
The Duke of Clarence
1995Russell Harty
1980
Animal Stories
Narrator (voice)
1998
Call Me Claus
Nick
2001
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Brigadier G (voice)
1992
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
1996
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
1977
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
1982
History of the World: Part I
Citizen Official - The French Revolution
1981The Other Side
Skellow
1979
Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
Narrator
1996
S*P*Y*S
Croft
1974
Pope John Paul II
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
1984
Madeline
Lord Covington
1998
Young Winston
Boer Sentry (uncredited)
1972
A Woman Called Golda
King Abdullah
1982
Once Upon a Halloween
Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound)
2005
Victoria & Albert
Viscount Melbourne
2001
The Hiding Place
Pastor De Ruiter
1975
The Desperate People
Cliff Fletcher
1963
The Trials of Oz
Brian Leary
1991
Carve Her Name with Pride
Park Soldier (uncredited)
1958
The Fragile Heart
Dr. Edgar Pascoe
1996
Memoirs of a Survivor
Victorian Father
1981The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
King of the Wind
Achmet
1990
Victoria & Albert
Lord William Lamb
2001
Jenny's War
Colonel
1985
The Sailor's Return
Mr Fosse
1978
The Funny Side of Christmas
Sir Humphrey Appleby
1982
The Spirit of Man
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
1989
Murder in Mind
Dr. Ellis
1997Murder in Mind
Associate Producer
1997
Sweeney 2
Det. Chief Insp. Dilke
1978
The Floater
Morris Shelman
1975
The Clandestine Marriage
Lord Ogleby
1999Animal Stories
Narrator (Orig. U.K.)
2005
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
John Westwood
1982
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Passerby (uncredited)
1983
Turtle Diary
Publisher
1985
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Fulton
1981
The Winslow Boy
Arthur Winslow
1999
Occupations
Libertini
1974
The Big Brass Ring
Kim Mennaker
1999
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Orgon
1983
A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. CJ Stryver
1980
Play Things
Tenby
1976
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Walter Monkton
1978
Spiderweb
Erik Lönnrot
1976
Jenny's War
Colonel
1985
The Chain
Mr Thorn
1984
The House
General Fagg
1984
The Knowledge
Mr Burgess
1979
Amistad
Martin Van Buren
1997
Warrior Queen
Catus Decianus
1978
RARG
Storyteller
1988A Rod of Iron
Trevor
1980
Inside
Colonel
1996
Child of Hope
Police Captain
1975
Protest
Stanek / Vanek
1981
Dead on Time
Doctor
1983
Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
Self (Archive Material)
2013
Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador
1999
Higher Love
Uncle Cullen
2001Higher Love
Executive Producer
2001
The Misanthrope
Philinte
1980
The Tempest
Stephano
1980
The Enigma
Fenton
1980
A Handful of Time
Ted Walker
1989The Critic
Mr. Sneer
1982
Buffet
Jack
1976
The Emergency Channel
Graham
1973
A Reasonable Man
Judge Wendon
1999
The Happy Prince
Narrator (voice)
1996Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
1994Flea Bites
Kryst
1992
The Shawl
John
1989
Late-Flowering Lust
Cousin John
1994
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
David Livingstone
1997
Jessie
Mr Edmonds
1980
Relatively Speaking
Philip Carter
1989
Destiny
Major Lewis Rolfe
1978
Alma Mater
Major
1971