Nigel Fraser Neilson (12 December 1919 – 3 June 2000) was a British television and film actor of the 1940s and 50s.
Neilson was born in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1919.Nigel Neilson on the British Film Institute website In 1925 aged 5 he moved to New ZealandUK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890 – 1960 for Nigel F Neilson (1925) – Ancestry.com but returned to the UK in 1929 with his mother and brother.UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878–1960 for Nigel Neilson (1929) – Ancestry.com
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps in the Middle East in Egypt and Libya, where he was awarded the Military Cross in 1942.Nigel Fraser Neilson in the Web: UK, Recommendations for Honours and Awards Index, 1935–1990 – Ancestry.com Recommendation for Award for Neilson, Nigel Fraser – The National Archives He is known for his appearances in the television series The Handle Bar (1947), Old Songs for New (1948), How Do You View? (1950) and Drawing-Room Detective (1950).
His film roles include The Interrupted Journey (1949), Stranger at My Door (1950), The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952),Scott Allen Nollen, Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (1999) – Google Books pg. 227 Wings of Danger (1952),Howard Maxford, Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2019) – Google Books pg. 871 The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)John Howard Reid, America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies by John Howard Reid, Lulu Press, Inc., (2006) – Google Books pg. 7 and Time Is My Enemy (1952).
He married Pamela Catherine Georgina Sheppard in 1949Nigel F Neilson in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916–2005 – Ancestry.com and died at Hastings in Sussex in 2000 aged 80.Nigel Fraser Neilson in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007 – Ancestry.com
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1949 The Interrupted Journey Sergeant Sanger 1950 The Angel with the Trumpet Nazi 1950 Stranger at My Door Ballard Singer Uncredited1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Merrie Man #6 1952 Wings of Danger Duty Officer Uncredited1952 Time Is My Enemy Hubert (final film role)
References
External links Neilson on Internet Movie Database