# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-stock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:10:24.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-stock"
name: "Nigel Stock"
slug: "nigel-stock"
description: "Nigel Stock was a British actor who played character roles in many films and television dramas. He played Dr. Watson in the BBC's television adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories between 1964 and 1968, and is known for his supporting roles as a solidly reliable English soldier or bureaucrat in several war and historical film dramas. He also played the title role in Owen, M.D. (1971—73), and Hoofd-commissaris Samson in Van der Valk. He appeared in noted films such as Brighton Rock, The Dam Busters, Victim and The Great Escape."
tagline: "British actor (1919-1986)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Actor_Nigel_Stock.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1919-09-21"
deathDate: "1986-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.85
  momentum:             2.266545784224841
  historical:           10.06149866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830740/"
    handle:    "nm0830740"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock_(akteur)"
    title: "Nigel Stock (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نايجل ستوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock"
    title: "Nigel Stock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Nigel Stock (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock_(actor)"
    title: "Nigel Stock (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock"
    title: "Nigel Stock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock"
    title: "Nigel Stock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ナイジェル・ストック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Stock"
    title: "Nigel Stock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8451880c-9d81-4590-86e8-e014ab140080"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517562"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108637"
    title: "Nigel Stock"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump