Anthony Nicholls (16 October 1902 – 22 February 1977) was an English actor.
Life and career Nicholls was born 16 October 1902 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, the son of Florence (née Holderness) and photojournalist Horace Nicholls. He appeared on the Shakespearean stage alongside the Redgrave family, Laurence Olivier and Peter O'Toole. In addition he played R Austin Freeman's Doctor Thorndyke on BBC Radio in Mr. Pottermack's Oversight, in 1963. The episode was preserved. Nicholls can also be heard in the Caedmon Records production of All's Well That Ends Well.
American audiences first saw Nicholls in the company of Ronald Reagan, Richard Todd and Patricia Neal in The Hasty Heart (1949). He made his television debut in 1949 and continued with steady work as an actor for the rest of his life, including the film A Man For All Seasons (1966). In the television series The Champions, he played the role of W. Lawrence Tremayne, the overseer of three top secret agents.
Personal life Nicholls married actress Faith Kent on 29 September 1947. They had two daughters, Kate Nicholls (born 1954) and actress Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957) two of whose children, with director Charles Sturridge, are actors: son Tom Sturridge and daughter Matilda Sturridge. Anthony Nicholls died at age 74 on 22 February 1977. He was cremated at Hereford crematorium.
Filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes1946The Laughing LadyMr. Pitt1948The Guinea Pig Mr. Stringer1949Man on the Run Wapping Station InspectorThe Hasty Heart Lt. Col. Dunn1950No Place for JenniferBaxterThe Dancing Years Prince ReinaldtThe Woman with No NameDoctorPortrait of Clare Dr. Boyd1951The Franchise Affair Kevin McDermottHigh Treason Grant Mansfield1952The Woman's AngleNigel Jarvis1953Street CornerThe House of the Arrow Lawyer Jarrett1954The Weak and the Wicked Prison ChaplainHappy Ever After SolicitorThe Green Scarf GoirinMake Me an Offer Auctioneer1958The SafecrackerGeneral PriorDunkirkMilitary Spokesman1961Seven KeysGovernorVictim Lord Fullbrook1962Night of the EagleHarvey Sawtelle1964The Pumpkin Eater Surgeon1965 OthelloBrabantio1966A Man for All Seasons King's Representative1967Mister Ten Per Cent CaseyOur Mother's House Mr. Halbert1968If.... General Denson1969Battle of Britain MinisterA Walk with Love and Death Father Superior1970The Man Who Haunted HimselfSir Arthur RichardsonOne More Time CandlerThe Walking Stick Lewis Maud1973O Lucky Man! General/Judge1976The Omen Doctor Becker
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes1952-1953Sunday Night TheatreVarious4 episodes1955Portrait of AlisonMajor ColbyMiniseries1957-1959ITV Television PlayhouseRobert Barlow/Doctor2 episodes1957-1965ITV Play of the WeekVarious4 episodes1958Sword of FreedomZanobiEpisode: "Marriage of Convenience"1961Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorHardy ColeEpisode: "The Horsemasters"1963–1966The SaintLord Cranmore/George Marsh2 episodes1963–1968The Avengers Dr. Ardmore/Dr. Shanklin1964The Plane MakersSir David CarstairsEpisode: "The Salesmen"1967Man in a SuitcaseSir Walter FenchurchEpisode: "The Bridge"1968Thirty-Minute TheatreThe BishopEpisode: "The Bishop and the Actress"1968-1969The Champions Cmdr. W.L. TremayneITV PlayhouseVarious4 episodes1969Department S Dr. GrantEpisode: "The Ghost of Mary Burnham"ITV Saturday Night TheatreSir Henry CrabtreeEpisode: "Rogues Gallery: The Prude Pursued"1970CallanHeathcote LandEpisode: "Act of Kindness"1973The Adventurer Samuel CooksonEpisode: "To the Lowest Bidder"Z-Cars Hugo ValanceEpisode: "No Proceedings"Hadleigh Sir Nigel ColeshillEpisode: "A Tale of Two Paintings"Softly Softly JudgeEpisode: "Slip of the Tongue"Scotch on the RocksPatrick Harvey4 episodes1974Special Branch Colonel LangEpisode: "Rendezvous"1975Play of the MonthEarl of GloucesterEpisode: King Lear1976Space: 1999James WarrenEpisode: "The Troubled Spirit"The Crezz Cyril Antrobus6 episodesCrown CourtMr Justice LogieSerial: "Auld Lang Syne"
Stage 1964: Hay Fever .... David Bliss (National Theatre)
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