Derek Nimmo

Born: 1930-09-19

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.


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Casino Royale

as Hadley
Released: 1967-04-13

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James...

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The Liquidator

as Fly
Released: 1965-11-01

Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual...

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A Hard Day's Night

as Leslie Jackson (uncredited)
Released: 1964-07-07

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying...

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Murder Ahoy

as Sub-Lt. Eric Humbert
Released: 1964-09-22

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s...

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The Millionairess

as 3rd Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1960-10-18

When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman....

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Heavens Above!

as DG Assistant
Released: 1963-05-20

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...

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The Bargee

as Dr. Scott
Released: 1964-01-01

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Lord Southmere
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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The System

as James
Released: 1964-04-12

In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of...

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Hot Enough for June

as Fred
Released: 1964-01-01

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an...

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Tamahine

as Tim Clove
Released: 1963-07-30

The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown,...

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Sunstruck

as uncredited
Released: 1972-12-22

Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but...

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Coast of Skeletons

as Tom Hamilton
Released: 1965-03-19

A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy...

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The Bruce McMouse Show

as Swot McMouse (voice)
Released: 1972-01-02

Concert footage from Wings' 1972/73 European tour combine with the animated antics of a family...

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Go to Blazes

as Fish Fancier
Released: 1962-04-18

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own...

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Joey Boy

as Lt Hope
Released: 1965-01-01

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had...

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The Small World of Sammy Lee

as ‘Rembrandt’
Released: 1963-04-20

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he...

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Mister Ten Per Cent

as Tony
Released: 1967-01-01

Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he...

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The Amorous Prawn

as Pvt. Willie Maltravers
Released: 1962-11-26

While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence...

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It's Trad, Dad!

as Head Waiter
Released: 1962-03-30

The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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The Buccaneers

as Lord Winrod
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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The Scales of Justice

as Diner
First aired: 1962-01-11

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for...

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Blankety Blank

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-01-18

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show...

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Neighbours

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-03-18

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. The show's storylines concern the domestic...

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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Mr. Smiley (voice)
First aired: 1996-04-02

Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It...

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Cluedo

as Reverend Green
First aired: 1990-07-25

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a...

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Oh, Brother!

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-13

Oh, Brother! is a British situation comedy show on BBC television starring Derek Nimmo, which...

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All Gas and Gaiters

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-05-17

All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966...

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Countdown

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-11-02

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

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Oh, Father!

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-08-12

Dominic has left the monastery and become a Roman Catholic priest. Sequel to the sitcom Oh, Brother.

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Third Time Lucky

as George Hutchenson
First aired: 1982-08-06

George Hutchenson (Derek Nimmo) and Beth (Nerys Hughes) were married for several years and, as...

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