Nigel Patrick
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nigel Patrick (born Nigel Dennis Wemyss; 2 May 1913 - 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nigel Patrick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: May 2, 1913
Place of Birth: Clapham, London, England, UK
Known For
The Jack of Diamonds
Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidden during the war. Complications ensue when it turns out he's not the only one looking for it.
Grand National Night
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
The Browning Version
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Goal!
This entertaining documentary of the World Cup Soccer tournament of 1966 follows the 15 countries competing for the sport's most coveted prize. Nigel Patrick narrates, with commentary provided by Brian Glanville. The executive producer spent $336,000 on the production and used 117 cameras to record nearly 48 hours worth of action. Four editors were employed to create the final 108-minute feature.
Silent Dust
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.
Sapphire
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
The League of Gentlemen
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Battle of Britain
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
Tales from the Crypt
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Filmography
as Soames-Trevelyan
as Johann Strauss Sr.
as Maj. William Rogers
as Colonel Scott
as RSM Raskin
as Group Capt. Hope
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Chief Insp. John Edward Johnnoe
as Alan Garnett
as Father Edward John Carey
as Sir Edward Clarke
as Race
as Superintendent Robert Hazard
as Sam Carter
as Major Julien Howard
as Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
as Henry Clitterbern
as Capt. Clive Norton
as Brian Hammell
as Flt Sgt Slingsby
as Insp. Michael Kenyon
as Gerald Coates
as Mr. Jingle
as Toby Cartwright
as Tony Garthwaite
as Miles Cornwall
as Rodney Pennant
as Tom Ramsay
as Stephen Cameron
as Frank Hunter
as Max Kelada (in segment Mr. Know-All)
as Lt. Manson
as Roger Cavendish
as Alan Butler
as Simon Rawley
as Bar Gorman
as Lucien Donnelly
as Mr. Bacon
as Richard Lodden