Nigel Hawthorne
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| Nigel Hawthorne | |
 Hawthorne in Yes, Minister |
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| Born | 5 April 1929 Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 26 December 2001, aged 72 Hertfordshire, England |
| Notable roles | Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister George III in The Madness of King George |
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a renowned English actor.
He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, although he grew up in South Africa, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers. He returned to the United Kingdom in the 1950s to pursue acting.
In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson stout and a bit part in Dad's Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes Minister (and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister), for which he won four BAFTA awards, and as King George III in Alan Bennett's stage play The Madness of George III (Olivier Award) and the film adaptation, for which he received an Oscar nomination.
He was appointed a CBE in 1987, and was knighted in 1999.
An intensely private individual, he was deeply saddened when he was involuntarily "outed" as gay in the run-up to the Oscars but nevertheless attended the ceremonies with his long-time partner and spoke openly about being gay in interviews and his autobiography, Straight Face, which was published posthumously.[1]
He had several surgeries for pancreatic cancer, although his immediate cause of death was from a heart attack, aged 72. His partner, Trevor Bentham, survived him.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Film
- Young Winston (1972) (uncredited): Boer Sentry
- S*P*Y*S (1974): Croft
- The Hiding Place (1975): Pastor De Ruiter
- Watership Down (1978) (voice): Campion
- Sweeney 2 (1978): Dilke
- The Sailor's Return (1978): Mr. Fosse
- History of the World: Part I (1981): Citizen Official
- Memoirs of a Survivor (1981): Victorian Father
- Firefox (1982): Pyotr Baranovich
- The Plague Dogs (1982) (voice): Dr. Robert Boycott
- Gandhi (1982): Kinnoch
- Dead On Time (1982)
- The Meaning of Life (1983): Man walking by Crimson Insurance building as anchor is raised
- The Chain (1984): Mr. Thorn
- The Black Cauldron (1985) (voice): Fflewddur Fflam
- Turtle Diary (1985): The Publisher
- Rarg (1988) (voice)
- King of the Wind (1989): Achmet
- En Håndfull tid (1990): Ted Walker
- Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice): Brigadier G
- Demolition Man (1993): Dr. Raymond Cocteau
- The Madness of King George (1994): George III
- Richard III (1995): George, Duke of Clarence
- Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996): Malvolio
- Murder in Mind (1997): Dr. Ellis
- Amistad (1997): Martin Van Buren
- The Object of My Affection (1998): Rodney Fraser
- Madeline (1998): Lord Covington (segment "Lord Cucuface")
- At Sachem Farm (1998): Uncle Cullen
- The Winslow Boy (1999): Arthur Winslow
- The Big Brass Ring (1999): Kim Mennaker
- Tarzan (1999) (voice): Porter
- A Reasonable Man (1999): Judge Wendon
- The Clandestine Marriage (1999): Lord Ogleby
[edit] Television
- Mrs Wilson's Diary (1969): Roy Jenkins
- Alma Mater (1971): Major
- The Floater (1975)
- Eleanor Marx: Tussy (1977)
- Eleanor Marx: Eleanor (1977)
- Marie Curie (1977): Pierre Curie
- Destiny (1978)
- Holocaust (1978): Herr Oldendorf
- Warrior Queen (1978): Catus Decianus
- Edward and Mrs. Simpson (1978): Walter Monkton
- Thomas & Sarah (1979): Wilson
- The Knowledge (1979): Mr. Burgess
- Yes Minister (1980–1984): Sir Humphrey Appleby
- The Tempest' (1980): Stephano
- A Tale of Two Cities (1980): Mr. C. J. Stryver
- Jessie (1980): Mr. Edmonds
- Jukes of Piccadilly (1980): Brinsley Jukes
- A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to Eldorado (1981)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982): Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial
- A Woman Called Golda (1982): King Abdullah
- The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
- The Critic (1982)
- The Barchester Chronicles (1982): Archdeacon Grantly
- The Tartuffe or Imposter (1983): Orgon
- Pope John Paul II (1984): Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- The House (1984)
- Mapp & Lucia (1985): Georgie Pillson
- Jenny's War (1985): Colonel
- Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988): Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Spirit of Man (1989): Rev. Jonathan Guerdon (segment "From Sleep and Shadow")
- Relatively Speaking (1990): Philip Carter
- The Trials of Oz (1991): Brian Leary
- Flea Bites (1991): Kryst
- Inside (1996): Colonel Kruger
- Fragile Heart (1996): Edgar Pascoe
- Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997): David Livingstone
- Victoria & Albert (2001): William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
- Call Me Claus (2001): St. Nick
[edit] External links
- Nigel Hawthorne at the Internet Movie Database
- Straight Face by Nigel Hawthorne, a book review by Michael Hubbard
