Nigel Patrick

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Nigel Patrick, born Nigel Dennis Wemyss in London, England, (2 May 1913 - 21 September 1981) was an English actor, .

He made his stage debut in 1932, but did not make a major impact in films until after service in World War II, when he became a popular, debonair leading man in British films, including Noose (1948), Silent Dust (1948), Spring in Park Lane (1948), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1950), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Sound Barrier (1952), Sapphire (1959), The League of Gentlemen (1959) and The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960).

He was later successful on stage and television (in the series Zero One) in the 1960s, and still occasionally returned to films for major productions like Battle of Britain (1969), The Great Waltz (1972) and The Mackintosh Man (1973).

He also starred in and directed two films, How to Murder a Rich Uncle in 1957, and Johnny Nobody in 1960.

He was married to the actress Beatrice Campbell until her death in 1979.

[edit] External links

Nigel Patrick at the Internet Movie Database