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Nigel Stock
British actor (1919-1986) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 66
Nigel Stock was a British actor who played character roles in many films and television dramas.
Nigel Stock is read about 168 times a day, in 9 languages.
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the KingFilm, 1986Chorus1985
Screen TwoSeries, The Rev. Davidson1983
Red MonarchFilm, Molotov1980
The Mirror Crack'dFilm, Inspector Gates ("Murder at Midnight")1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpySeries, Roddy Martindale1974
Fall of EaglesSeries, General Alexiev1973
Centre PlaySeries, Wallace
Bequest to the NationFilm, 1973George Matcham1970
DoomwatchSeries, Commander Charles Keeping1968
The ExpertSeries, General Sir Charles Lamborbey
The Lion in WinterFilm, 1968William Marshall1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Col. Vladimir Petrov1964
Sherlock HolmesSeries, Dr. Watson
Nothing But the BestFilm, 1964Ferris1962
The SaintSeries, Jim Chase
H.M.S. DefiantFilm, 1962Senior Midshipman Kilpatrick1960
Never Let GoFilm, Regan1959
No Hiding PlaceSeries1956
EyewitnessFilm, Barney1954
Aunt ClaraFilm, Charles Willis1952
Derby DayFilm, Jim Molloy1948
Brighton RockFilm, Cubitt1939
Goodbye, Mr. ChipsFilm, John Forrester (uncredited)1937
Lancashire LuckFilm, Joe Lovejoy1919Born21 September 1919People around Nigel
- Lewis Gilbert Directed Operation Daybreak and H.M.S. Defiant
Dirk Bogarde Also in The High Bright Sun (1964)- Gordon Jackson Also in The Great Escape and Malta Story
Michael Craig Also in The Lady with a Lamp and Malta Story
Victor Maddern Also in Malta Story (1953)
Alec Guinness Also in Malta Story, H.M.S. Defiant and Cromwell
Denholm Elliott Also in The High Bright Sun and Russian Roulette
Anthony Quayle Also in H.M.S. Defiant and Bequest to the Nation- Charles Gray Also in The Mirror Crack'd (1981)
- Douglas Wilmer Also in The Battle of the River Plate (1957)
Michael Goodliffe Also in The Battle of the River Plate (1957)- Philip Madoc Also in Operation Daybreak (1975)
Cyril Shaps Also in The Silent Enemy and Never Let Go
R. C. Sherriff Wrote The Dam Busters (1955)
Michael Balcon Produced It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Howard Lang Also in Eyewitness and Nothing But the Best
Peter O'Toole Also in The Night of the Generals (1967)
Timothy Dalton Also in The Lion in Winter and Cromwell
Maurice Jarre Wrote The Night of the Generals (1967)
Peter Finch Also in The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Hermione Baddeley Also in It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Anthony Andrews Also in Operation Daybreak (1975)- Michael Jayston Also in Cromwell and Bequest to the Nation
Ferdy Mayne Also in The Password Is Courage and Yellowbeard
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The Great Escape 1963
Victim 1961
The Lion in Winter 1968
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939
Operation: Daybreak 1975
Filmography 40
111 credits on file
Television 24
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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.
