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Derek Nimmo

Acting
Known For

68 Years Old

Nimmo was born in Liverpool, Lancashire,[1] and was educated at Booker Avenue Infants and Junior School as well as Quarry Bank High School and began his stage career at the Hippodrome Theatre in Bolton, Lancashire.[1][2] It was during this time that he made a cameo appearance in the Beatles' film, A Hard Day's Night (in which he appeared as "Leslie Jackson", a magician with doves). He appeared in a number of British films and television series, as aristocrats, including starring roles in the television comedy series The World of Wooster (as "Bingo Little"),[2] and in the comedy film One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing[1] (as "Lord Southmere"), as well as appearing in the James Bond spoof film Casino Royale.[2] Derek Nimmo made his name as the Reverend Mervyn Noote in the British sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966). At the time it was considered rather controversial because the main characters were senior churchmen (the Bishop, his chaplain Noote and the Archdeacon) who got into various scrapes as a result of their general incompetence. By the time the series finished, Nimmo was identified with the stereotype of a traditional British clergyman and he went on to play a bungling monk in another BBC clerical sitcom, Oh, Brother! and its sequel series Oh, Father! (now a Roman Catholic priest).[3] Another sitcom in which he appeared in a starring role as a clergyman, many years later, was Hell's Bells (by now promoted to a dean).[2] He also appeared as the Reverend Jonathan Green in a television production of Cluedo. He became so well known for his clerical parody that, in the 1975 The Goodies' episode "Wacky Wales", a "team of Derek Nimmos" played in a spoof "Ecclesiastical Rugby Sevens" competition.

Born

Liverpool, England, UK on 19th September 1930

Died

24th February 1999

All Credits

The Dick Cavett Show Image
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Neighbours Image
Neighbours
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Blankety Blank
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An Audience with...
Self
The Scales of Justice Image
The Scales of Justice
Diner
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The Buccaneers
Lord Winrod
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Plunder
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Wogan
Self
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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Mr. Smiley (voice)
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Life Begins at Forty
Chris Bunting
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All Gas and Gaiters
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Armchair Theatre
Andrew
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Blandings Castle
Oh, Father! Image
Oh, Father!
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Countdown
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The Bed-Sit Girl
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Third Time Lucky
George Hutchenson
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Sorry I'm Single
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Casino Royale
Hadley
A Hard Day's Night Image
A Hard Day's Night
Leslie Jackson (uncredited)
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Murder Ahoy
Sub-Lt. Eric Humbert
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Coast of Skeletons
Tom Hamilton
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Hell's Bells
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The Millionairess
3rd Secretary (uncredited)
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The World of Wooster
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Image
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Lord Southmere
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My Honourable Mrs
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Heavens Above!
DG Assistant
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The Liquidator
Fly
Oh, Brother! Image
Oh, Brother!
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The System
James
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The Amorous Prawn
Pvt. Willie Maltravers
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
‘Rembrandt’
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Hot Enough for June
Fred
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Sunstruck
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Tamahine
Tim Clove
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Mister Ten Per Cent
Tony
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Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
Swot McMouse (voice)
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Joey Boy
Lt Hope
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The Bargee
Dr. Scott
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Go to Blazes
Fish Fancier
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It's Trad, Dad!
Head Waiter
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The Yellow Hat
Douglas
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The Making of Jean Luc Godard's 'One Plus One'
Self