Cast & creator
Nigel Betts
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
Nigel Betts is an English actor, who from 2003 to 2007 appeared on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Eddie Hope. He also portrayed Tony in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the eighth series of Doctor Who as well as in Class, a Doctor Who spin-off. Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Downton Abbey, Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill, Ridley Road, and the much acclaimed ITV series, Sharpe. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom As Time Goes By and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom Coupling. In 2016 he appeared as Brian Teddern in The Coroner, S2:E5 “The Captain’s Pipe”. In 2009 he played Tommy in the eighth episode of the fourth series of Doc Martin. Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's Gunpowder season. Other theatre credits include The 39 Steps, a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, and Arthur in War Horse, the National Theatre's award-winning show in the West End. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Elton Summertree. He appeared again in 2024, this time in the role of Mellie Tyler.
22
film credits
30
television credits
52
1990–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
Midsomer Murders
Liam Tarleton
1997Midsomer Murders
Sergeant
1997
Doctor Who
Mr Armitage
2005
Death in Paradise
Martin West
2011
Outlander
Aloysius Murphy
2014
Vera
Brian Bennick
2011
Father Brown
Samuel Hinds
2013
Waterloo Road
Ray Stewart
2006
All Creatures Great & Small
Dennis Handshaw
2020
A Touch of Frost
Reginald Muldane
1992
Killing Eve
Quartermaster
2018
Pie in the Sky
Plainclothes
1994
As Time Goes By
Barman
1992
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Betting Shop Manager
1996
Coupling
Neighbour
2000
The Afternoon Play
Claude
2003
The Coroner
Brian Teddern
2015
The Good Ship Murder
Tony Donnelly
2023
The Long Shadow
Dr. Alan Caplin
2023
Grease Monkeys
George
2003
The Escape Artist
Jonathan Crowe
2013
I Fought the Law
DCC Nigel Johnstone
2025
Desert Flower
Home Office Detective
2009
Class
Mr. Armitage
2016
Toast of Tinseltown
Dr. Harold Shitman
2022
Boat Story
Superintendent Hodgson
2023
The Cursed
Alfred Moliere
2021
Little Boy Blue
Tom, POLSA Officer
2017
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Creditor
2019
Ralph & Katie
Steve Thorne
2022
The Phantom of the Open
Tony Marsh
2022
Boy Meets Girl
Tony
2015
Thunderpants
Launch Controller 2
2002
Paralysis
The Pharmacist
2026
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Uncle Philip
2007
The Whipping Boy
Walter
1994
Lost Beasts Unearthed
Narrator
2023
Cheeky
Ramsey
2003The Eustace Bros.
Eddie Aspen
2003
All Those Small Things
Spencer
2021
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Mr. Armitage
2014
Jekyll & Hyde
Local Cop
1990
The Christmas Candle
Dr. Clem
2013
Sharpe's Mission
Major Septimus Pyecroft
1996
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Bobo
2014
Wasteland
Cemetery Worker 2
2018
Lipstikka
2011
Small Zones
Policeman at Refuge
1990
A Young Pirate's Tale
(voice)
2022
Pib and Pog
Pib (voice)
1995
Albion
Edward
2020
The Lantern Man
David's father
2024