Derek Nimmo

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Derek Robert Nimmo (1975)

Derek Robert Nimmo (born September 19, 1930 in Liverpool , † February 24, 1999 in London ) was a British actor .

Life

Nimmo attended Quarry Bank High School in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton . He got into acting by chance. His future wife Pamela Brown appeared as an actress in a Liverpool amateur theater. Nimmo fell in love with her and joined the theater troupe.

He made his professional theater debut in 1952 at the Hippodrome Theater in Bolton , Lancashire . 1957 made his London debut in the play Walzer der Toreros ( Waltz of the Toreadors ) by Jean Anouilh . Nimmo has appeared in numerous plays in the West End of London over the course of his career , including the comedies The Amorous Prawn by Anthony Kimmings and See How They Run by Philip King , in which he played a churchman for the first time in his career . From 1965 to 1971 he played en suite at the Adelphi Theater in London together with Anna Neagle in the musical Charlie Girl . He later founded his own theater company, Theater of Comedy , which acted as an actor, director and producer, and with which he also toured . He toured with the company in over 30 countries, including Australia , New Zealand , Singapore , Hong Kong , Thailand , Abu Dhabi and Dubai .

Nimmo was best known on television for his numerous roles in churchmen and clergy. He played the Reverend Mervyn Noote , the timid and insecure chaplain to the Bishop , on the British sitcom All Gas and Gaiters . With the end of the series, he was considered the typical embodiment of a British clergyman in Great Britain. On the sitcom Oh Brother! as brother Dominic, he played a clumsy monk , in the sequel Oh Father! as Father Dominic a Catholic priest. He later took on the role of Anglican dean in the television series Hell's Bells .

Nimmo also took part in a number of movies , where he sometimes played aristocratic roles , such as Lord Southmere in the crime comedy Who Stole Our Dinosaur? , or as a simple-minded, naive upper-class guy. He also played Lieutenant Eric Humbert in the Miss Marple film Murder Ahoy! , as well as in Casino Royale and made a cameo as a magician in the Beatles film Yeah Yeah Yeah . In the Australian soap opera Neighbors he returned to the television screen in 1989/1990 as the eccentric Lord Ledgerwood in a role as a nobleman.

Nimmo was also regularly as a panelist in the popular British BBC - radio show Just a Minute guest. He hosted his own talk show If it's Saturday, It Must Be Nimmo on BBC Saturday Night TV .

Personal

Nimmo's grave in Easton Maudit

Nimmo was married to Patricia Brown from 1955 until his death and was the father of three children, a daughter and two sons. In his free time he devoted himself to gardening . He was considered a connoisseur of good wines . He has authored several books on wine, as well as books on theater. His other hobbies included writing and giving dinner speeches . In 1990 he received the Benedictine After Dinner Speaker of the Year Award. He was a Freeman of the City of London . In 1996 he received an honorary Master of Arts from the University of Leicester .

After a bypass operation in the late 1980s, Nimmo largely withdrew from the film business. In December 1998, Nimmo suffered a serious fall in his apartment and fell into a coma . He died in February 1999 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London at a pneumonia . He was buried in the cemetery in Easton Maudit , a small Northamptonshire village where Nimmo had bought a house.

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SURNAME Nimmo, Derek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nimmo, Derek Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , UK
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1999
Place of death London , UK