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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Nigel Havers Biography (1949-)
Born November 6, 1949, in London, England; son of Lord Michael Havers (an attorney general and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain); married Caroline, 1975 (divorced January 26, 1989); married Polly Bloomfield, 1992; children: (firstmarriage) Kate.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- November 6, 1949
- London, England
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Conduct Unbecoming, Queen's Theatre, London, 1969
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Richard II, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1970
- Octavius Robinson, Man and Superman, Royal Shakespeare Company, Savoy Theatre, London, 1977
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Family Voices, National Theatre, London, 1982
- Also appeared in Season's Greetings, Greenwich Theatre, London; The Importance of Being Earnest, National Theatre.
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Major Tours
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Richard II, Prospect Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1970
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Film Appearances
- Young Monk, Pope Joan (also known as The Devil's Imposter), Columbia, 1972
- Estate agent, Full Circle, CIC, 1976
- Counterman, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (alsoknown as Too Many Chefs,
Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe,
Die Schlemmerorgie, and Qualcuno sta uccidendo i piu grandicuochi d'europa), Warner Bros., 1978
- Lord Andrew Lindsay, Chariots of Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Ronny Heaslop, A Passage to India, Columbia, 1984
- William John Wills, Burke & Wills, Hemdale, 1987
- Robert Jones, The Whistler Blower, Hemdale, 1987
- Dr. Rawlins, Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros., 1987
- Captain Fairbourne, botanist, Farewell to the King, 1989
- Alfred, Jours tranquilles a Clichy (also known as Giorni felicia Clichy,
Quiet Days in Clichy, and Stille Tage in Clichy), 1990
- Oliver Halkin, Prophecy, 1994
- Richard, Element of Doubt, 1996
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Paradise Lost, 1999
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Television Appearances
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Series
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The Nearly Man, 1974
- Paul Craddock, A Horseman Riding By, BBC, 1978 , then syndicated,1982
- Dr. Tom Latimer, Don't Wait Up, BBC, 1983
- Guy McFadyean, The Good Guys, 1992
- Dr. Jonathan Paige, Dangerfield, 1998-
- Interviewer, OK! TV, 1999
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Miniseries
- Denis Porson, The Glittering Prizes, BBC, 1976
- Title role, Nicholas Nickleby, BBC, 1977
- Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, Southern Pictures, 1981
- Bobbie Shaw, Nancy Astor, BBC, 1982 , then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1984
- Jim Fairley, Hold the Dream, London Weekend Television (LWT) and syndicated, 1986
- Carrisford, The Little Princess, London Weekend Television (LWT),then Wonderworks, PBS, 1987
- Thomas Quayne, The Death of the Heart, Granada, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
- Ralph Ernest Gorse, The Charmer, LWT, 1987 , then PBS, 1989
- Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rubley, Sleepers, PBS, 1991
- Hugh Fleming, A Perfect Hero, PBS, 1992
- Edmund Lagrange, The Glass Virgin (also known as Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin), 1995
- Michael Wilding, Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story, NBC, 1995
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Movies
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Heydays Hotel, 1977
- George Martin, Birth of the Beatles, ABC, 1979
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Driving Force '86, 1986
- Edward, The Private War of Lucinda Smith, 1990
- Peter Husak, Lie Down with Lions (also known as Red Eagle),Lifetime, 1994
- Steven Kaye, The Burning Season, HBO, 1994
- Halek, Bridge of Time, ABC, 1997
- Dr. Alex Marsden, The Heart Surgeon, 1997
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Specials
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Coming Out (also known as Play for Today: Coming Out), BBC,1979
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The White Guard, BBC, 1982
- Harman, Soft Targets (also known as Play for Today: Soft Targets), 1982
- Roy Calvert, Strangers and Brothers, BBC, 1983
- Lord Elgin, Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value, Channel Four,then PBS, 1987
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The Prince's Trust Gala, TBS, 1989
- Also appeared in Shabby Tiger, Granada; A Raging Calm, Granada; French without Tears, BBC; An Englishman's Castle, BBC; Goodbye Darling, BBC; Unity, BBC; Soft Target, BBC; After the Party.
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Episodic
- Ludovic Bates, "Look Back in Darkness," Thriller, Independent Television (ITV), then ABC, 1975
- Conrad Baker, Pennies from Heaven, BBC, then PBS, 1979
- "Rumpole and the Course of True Love," Rumpole of the Bailey, Series II, 1981
- Roddy Buchanan, "Bon Voyage," Star Quality: Noel Coward Stories, BBC, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
- Philip, "Touched," Strangers, HBO, 1996
- Harvey Stafford, "Girl Friday," Murder Most Horrid, 1996
- Dr. Jonathan Paige, "Lasting Relief," Dangerfield, 1997
- Dr. Jonathan Paige, "And Lips That We Might Tell," Dangerfield, 1997
- Himself, It's Only TV, but I Like It, 1999
- Also appeared in "Adelaide Bartlett," A Question of Guilt, BBC; "She Fell among Thieves," Tales of the Unexpected, BBC, then syndicated;"Combat," Aspects of Love, Granada; Upstairs Downstairs, LWT,then PBS; Edward VII, BBC.
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RECORDINGS
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Taped Readings
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Proof by Dick Francis, 1993
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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Premiere, February, 1998, p. 34.
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