Nigel Patrick

Actor

About

Also Known As

Nigel Dennis Wemyss

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

May 02, 1913

Died

September 21, 1981

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

Droll, reserved character actor from the English stage; in films since 1939, occasionally as a director. Married to actress Beatrice Campbell....

Filmography

Johnny Nobody (1965)

Director

How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1958)

Director

The Mackintosh Man (1973)

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

[William] Rogers

The Great Waltz (1972)

Johann Strauss Sr

The Executioner (1970)

Colonel Scott

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League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Liquor's Genuine

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You're All Crooks

Family & Companions

Beatrice Campbell

Wife

Actor.

Biography

Droll, reserved character actor from the English stage; in films since 1939, occasionally as a director. Married to actress Beatrice Campbell.

Filmography

Life Events

1932

Stage debut

1939

Film acting debut, "Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard"

1957

Feature directorial debut, "How to Marry A Rich Uncle"

1973

Last film appearance, "The Mackintosh Man"

Photo Collections

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman - Movie Posters

Here are a few original release American movie posters for MGM's Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), starring Ava Gardner and James Mason.

Videos

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Liquor's Genuine Assembling in London's famous Cafe Royal after getting mysterious invitations promising profits, Bryan Forbes (who wrote the screenplay), Terence Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore and Norman Bird begin appraising each other, before Jack Hawkins begins to explain, Nigel Patrick arriving late, in the celebrated heist yarn The League Of Gentlemen, 1960.

League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You're All Crooks Upon assembly of the band, mastermind Hyde (Jack Hawkins) reveals the military and criminal backgrounds of Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes (also the screenwriter), Nigel Patrick, Kieron Moore and Terence Alexander, in The League Of Gentlemen, 1960, directed by Basil Dearden.

Raintree County (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Do I Shock You? Professor Stiles (Nigel Patrick) on a pre-graduation picnic, tells John (Montgomery Clift), Nell (Eva Marie Saint) and the class of their Indiana town's mythic roots, early in Raintree County, 1957, from the celebrated novel by Ross Lockridge Jr.

Raintree County (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Picture-Taking Orgy In the opening scene, Professor Stiles (Nigel Patrick), Nell (Eva Marie Saint), Garwood (Rod Taylor) and John (Montgomery Clift) are introduced, in Edward Dmytryk's Civil War saga Raintree County, 1957.

Raintree County (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Better Put On My Pants The 4th of July footrace, with the professor (Nigel Patrick) backing John (Montgomery Clift) who is drunk for the first time, against "Flash" Perkins (Lee Marvin), Nell (Eva Marie Saint) and Susanna (Elizabeth Taylor) spectating, in Raintree County, 1957.

Raintree County (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits After the Overture, with Nat "King" Cole singing the theme, the opening credits for director Edward Dmytryk's sprawling Civil War epic Raintree County, 1957, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Eva Marie Saint.

Pandora And The Flying Dutchman (1952) -- (Movie Clip) As Much Her Slave... First appearance of Ava Gardner (first title character), Harold Warrender (as "Geoffrey" narrating), introducing Reggie (Marius Goring) and Stephen (Nigel Patrick) in a Spanish seaside town, director Albert Lewin's Pandora And The Flying Dutchman, 1952.

Encore (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Find Something Suitable The first meeting of the two brothers in "The Ant And The Grasshopper," the first of three Somerset Maugham stories comprising the feature Encore, 1951, Nigel Patrick as free spirit Tom and Roland Culver his stiffer brother George, screenplay adapted by T.E.B. Clarke.

Trio (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. Know-All After the author's introduction, the second of three stories by W. Somerset Maugham, called "Mr. Know-All," with Nigel Patrick the title character, British shipmates Wilfrid Hyde-White, Naunton Wayne and Anne Crawford his victims, in producer Sydney Box's Trio, 1950.

Sound Barrier, The -- (Movie Clip) Jet Propulsion Aviation big-shot Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson) shows his new son-in-law, flier Tony (Nigel Patrick) a new thing called a jet engine, Ann Todd and Denholm Elliott standing by, in David Lean's The Sound Barrier 1952.

Sound Barrier, The -- (Movie Clip) Our Little Secret tbdFlier Tony (Nigel Patrick), with wife Susan (Ann Todd), meets his aviation-magnate father-in-law Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson), his own son Chris (Denholm Elliott), attending, in David Lean's The Sound Barrier, 1952.

Sound Barrier, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Dover The famous white cliffs are seen and the flier is John Justin (as "Philip Peel") in the knockout opening from The Sound Barrier, 1952, David Lean's fictionalized tale of aviation history.

Mackintosh Man, The - (Original Trailer) A British agent goes undercover as a jewel thief to nab a Communist spy in John Huston's The Mackintosh Man (1973) starring Paul Newman.

Battle Of Britain - (Original Trailer) Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier head an all-star cast in the story of the Battle Of Britain (1969).

Companions

Beatrice Campbell

Wife

Actor.

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1932

1939

1957

1973

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