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Douglas Reith

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71 Years Old

Douglas Reith is a British actor and teacher. He is best known for his role as Lord Merton in the television series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), as well as its two follow-up films. Reith was born in Melton, Suffolk. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in the late 1970s, beginning with an appearance in International Velvet (1978) alongside Tatum O'Neal and Christopher Plummer. He worked as an announcer and presenter at BBC Radio 3 for five years before leaving to study Greats at Christ Church, Oxford for four years beginning in 1989. He worked as a teacher, including at Westminster School, before resuming his acting career. Reith joined the cast of Downton Abbey as Lord Merton in 2012, and alongside the cast was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards. He reprised the role in the films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). In 2017, Reith was cast in Tim Burton's live-action remake Dumbo (2019). In 2019, he was cast in SAS: Red Notice (2021).

Born

Melton, Suffolk, England on 16th July 1953

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Outlander
Professor Brown
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Playhouse
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The Crown
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Downton Abbey
Lord Merton
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Minder
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Pandora
Prescott Fleming
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Agatha Raisin
Lord Pendlebury
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Rush
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Professor T
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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Rose and Maloney
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Dumbo
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The Prince and the Pauper
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Fearless
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Downton Abbey
Lord Merton
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
Lord Merton
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Lord Merton
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SAS: Red Notice
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Serial Teachers 2
Le chef de la sécurité
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Elizabeth I
Jude
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Elizabeth I
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The Queen
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W.E.
Lord Brownlow
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The War Below
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Enid
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An Englishman Abroad
Toby
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International Velvet
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The Queen's Sister
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Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
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The Happy Autumn Fields
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