Nigel Hawthorne: movies and TV shows
Nigel Hawthorne has 126 credits in the archive: 82 films and 44 TV series, from 1951 to 2013. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2013 · busiest year: 1978 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected | Self (Archive Material) | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2005 | Animal Stories | Narrator (Orig. U.K.) | Film | 10.0 | 76 |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Halloween | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) (archive sound) | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Sir Humphrey Appleby (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus | Nick | Film | 5.7 | 72 |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Lord William Lamb | Film | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Viscount Melbourne | TV | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2001 | Higher Love | Uncle Cullen | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2001 | Higher Love | Film | 6.4 | 72 | |
| 1999 | Tarzan | Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Clandestine Marriage | Lord Ogleby | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Big Brass Ring | Kim Mennaker | Film | 4.6 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Winslow Boy | Arthur Winslow | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1999 | A Reasonable Man | Judge Wendon | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 1999 | Atatürk: Founder of Modern Turkey | Sir Percy Lorraine, British Ambassador | Film | 3.0 | 70 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 69 |
| 1998 | Animal Stories | Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 69 |
| 1998 | The Object of My Affection | Rodney Fraser | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1998 | Madeline | Lord Covington | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Dr. Ellis | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1997 | Murder in Mind | Film | 5.5 | 68 | |
| 1997 | Amistad | Martin Van Buren | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1997 | Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | David Livingstone | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1996 | Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow | Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 67 |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1996 | The Fragile Heart | Dr. Edgar Pascoe | TV | — | 67 |
| 1996 | The Happy Prince | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 67 |
| 1996 | Inside | Colonel | Film | 4.8 | 67 |
| 1995 | Richard III | The Duke of Clarence | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | George III | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1994 | Late-Flowering Lust | Cousin John | Film | — | 65 |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) | Film | — | 65 |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | Dr. Raymond Cocteau | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1992 | Freddie As F.R.O.7. | Brigadier G (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1992 | Flea Bites | Kryst | Film | — | 63 |
| 1991 | Performance | Brian Leary | TV | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1991 | The Trials of Oz | Brian Leary | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Achmet | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1989 | A Handful of Time | Ted Walker | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 1989 | The Spirit of Man | Rev. Jonathan Guerdon | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1989 | The Shawl | John | Film | — | 60 |
| 1989 | Relatively Speaking | Philip Carter | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | John | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1988 | RARG | Storyteller | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Rev. Jonathan Guerdon | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby | TV | 8.4 | 57 |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | Fflewddur Fflam (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Harpagon | TV | — | 56 |
| 1985 | Mapp & Lucia | Georgie Pillson | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary | Publisher | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Colonel | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1985 | Jenny's War | Colonel | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1984 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | The Chain | Mr Thorn | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1984 | The House | General Fagg | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 1983 | Tartuffe, or The Imposter | Orgon | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1983 | Dead on Time | Doctor | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Passerby (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Kinnoch | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1982 | Firefox | Pyotr Baranovich | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Dr. Boycott (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Magistrate at Esmeralda's trial | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Dr Grantly | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1982 | A Woman Called Golda | King Abdullah | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1982 | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | John Westwood | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1982 | The Critic | Mr. Sneer | Film | — | 53 |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of Christmas | Sir Humphrey Appleby | Film | — | 53 |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Citizen Official - The French Revolution | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1981 | Protest | Stanek / Vanek | Film | — | 52 |
| 1981 | Memoirs of a Survivor | Victorian Father | Film | 4.2 | 52 |
| 1981 | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Fulton | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | Yes Minister | Sir Humphrey Appleby | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1980 | Russell Harty | TV | — | 51 | |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Mr. CJ Stryver | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1980 | The Tempest | Stephano | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1980 | The Misanthrope | Philinte | Film | — | 51 |
| 1980 | A Rod of Iron | Trevor | Film | — | 51 |
| 1980 | The Enigma | Fenton | Film | — | 51 |
| 1980 | Jessie | Mr Edmonds | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Charles Drummond | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1979 | The Other Side | Skellow | TV | — | 50 |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Mr Burgess | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Ohldendorf | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Stephano | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Captain Campion (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Walter Monkton | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1978 | Going Straight | Worm Wellings | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Walter Monkton | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Det. Chief Insp. Dilke | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1978 | Warrior Queen | Catus Decianus | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Mr Fosse | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1978 | Destiny | Major Lewis Rolfe | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | Marie Curie | Pierre Curie | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Browning | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1976 | Spiderweb | Erik Lönnrot | Film | — | 47 |
| 1976 | Play Things | Tenby | Film | — | 47 |
| 1976 | Buffet | Jack | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Floater | Morris Shelman | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1975 | The Hiding Place | Pastor De Ruiter | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1975 | Child of Hope | Police Captain | Film | — | 46 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Tenby | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Fenton | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1974 | Occupations | Libertini | Film | — | 45 |
| 1974 | S*P*Y*S | Croft | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1973 | The Emergency Channel | Graham | Film | — | 44 |
| 1972 | Young Winston | Boer Sentry (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1971 | Alma Mater | Major | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Graham | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Major Lewis Rolfe | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Police Captain | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Morris Shelman | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Fulton | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jack | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Stanek / Vanek | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Hugh | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1968 | Dad's Army | Angry Man | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 38 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Trevor | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr Sneer | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Philinte | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1963 | The Desperate People | Cliff Fletcher | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1962 | Man of the World | Assistant Director | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Park Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 27 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Magistrate | TV | 8.8 | 22 |