Nigel Hawthorne
Birthday: 1929-04-05
Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography: 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.
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History of the World: Part I
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the Fren...
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Firefox
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet w...
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The Black Cauldron
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to p...
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The Plague Dogs
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal res...
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The Madness of King George
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...
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Richard III
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is...
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Higher Love
Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful busine...
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Amistad
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...
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Demolition Man
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to dec...
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Madeline
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses ...
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The Winslow Boy
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learn...
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Tarzan
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that...
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Once Upon a Halloween
On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer ...
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Twelfth Night
Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the ...
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The Big Brass Ring
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a sto...
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The Sailor's Return
Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to op...
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Call Me Claus
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named ...
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The Object of My Affection
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and d...
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The Hiding Place
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father's watchmaker shop in pre-...
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The Shawl
Miss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the spi...
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Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey
The rise of modern Turkey under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal, later known as Atatürk. He establis...
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Murder in Mind
The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hy...
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Sweeney 2
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting a...
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Turtle Diary
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their ...
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Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorc...
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Memoirs of a Survivor
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman ...
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The Clandestine Marriage
A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of conven...
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Relatively Speaking
It's the sixties. Gregory loves Ginny, and Ginny loves Gregory. But unfortunately Ginny also loves P...
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A Reasonable Man
With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of ki...
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King of the Wind
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil a...
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Animal Stories
A classic series of 52 x 5-minute poems, affectionately narrated by the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne in ...
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The Chain
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving da...
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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durha...
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The Critic
Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a pro...
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The Trials of Oz
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz"...
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Victoria & Albert
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in...
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Jenny's War
This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who wa...
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis...
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Pope John Paul II
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young acti...
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Inside
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten ...
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A Woman Called Golda
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in ...
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Destiny
A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election, an...
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Occupations
In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of t...
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A Handful of Time
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cab...
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The Knowledge
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers....
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Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone
British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone....
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Gandhi
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
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The Spirit of Man
In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black ...
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Late-Flowering Lust
This movie is a combination of mime and dance that accompanies the "voiced-over" lyrics of a selecti...
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Flea Bites
The friendship of a young boy and an old Polish emigre as they struggle to re-create 'the smallest s...
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Spiderweb
A rabbi is murdered. Detective Llonrot is called in on the case and looks for a 'rabbinical explanat...
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S*P*Y*S
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination....
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A Tale of Two Cities
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French docto...
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Watership Down
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwi...
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The Misanthrope
One man's defiant stand against the hypocrisy of polite society is the theme of Molière's comic mast...
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Tartuffe, or The Imposter
Royal Shakespeare Company's televised adaptation of Moliere's play with Antony Sher in the title rol...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmer...
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Portrait or Bust
Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery....
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Alma Mater
Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went...
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The Tempest
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the...
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The House
Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and...
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Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected
This special one-off documentary celebrates the past and present of hit sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes...
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Dead on Time
Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumb...
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The Emergency Channel
Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom...
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Jessie
A woman starts work as a nanny to a mute boy in a Victorian household. The boy's growing attachment ...
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Child of Hope
Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pr...
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The Floater
A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not qu...
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Buffet
A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately; the e...
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A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
A black comedy about excessive consumption. A young couple are determined to make a break with a pre...
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Protest
A dissident Czechoslovakian playwright awaits trial for his activities against the current political...
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Carve Her Name with Pride
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo jo...
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Play Things
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Pe...
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The Enigma
When John Fielding, MP, disappeared on the way home to his country estates he was, perhaps, cracking...
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The Crimson Permanent Assurance
A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto ...
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Young Winston
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, inclu...
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The Happy Prince
A statue of 'The Happy Prince' (happy because he had devoted his life to pleasure behind his palace ...
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The Funny Side of Christmas
Skits from: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"; "The Les Dawson Show"; "Yes Minister"; "Only Foo...
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