Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, CBE ( born April 5, 1929 in Coventry, Warwickshire, † 26 December 2001 Radwell, Hertfordshire ) was a British actor.
Life and work
Hawthorne grew up in South Africa and returned in the 1950s, returned to England.
His television career began with a role in the sitcom Dad's Army. His most famous roles he played as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the television series Yes, Minister and the sequel series, Yes, Prime Minister, for which he was awarded a BAFTA Award four times, as well as George III. in Alan Bennett play The Madness of George III and its film adaptation of King George - A Madness of, which earned him an Olivier Award, respectively, an Oscar nomination and another BAFTA Award. A sixth BAFTA Award he received in 1996 for The Fragile Heart.
In 1987 he was knighted member of the Order of the British Empire in the rank of Commander and 1999.
Hawthorne had to undergo several operations for pancreatic cancer. He died of a heart attack. The battle against his cancer, he described in his posthumously published autobiography Straight Face.
Hawthorne had a relationship with the English screenwriter Trevor Bentham.