Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayMai 13, 1946
Death2017-04-07
BiographyTimothy Peter Pigott-Smith (13 May 1946 – 7 April 2017) was a British film and television actor and author. He was best known for his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series The Jewel in the Crown, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1985. Other noted TV roles included roles in The Chief, Midsomer Murders, The Vice, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, King Charles III and two Doctor Who stories (The Claws of Axos (1971) and The Masque of Mandragora (1976)). Pigott-Smith appeared in many notable films, including Clash of the Titans (1981), Gangs of New York (2002), Johnny English (2003), Alexander (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Quantum of Solace (2008), Red 2 (2013) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).

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as Hamer Shawcross
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Houdini
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as William Melville
I Remember Nelson
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as Captain Thomas Hardy
North & South
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as Richard Hale
Strike Back
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as Patrick Burton
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as Narrator
The Age of Terror: A Survey of Modern Terrorism
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as Narrator
The Chief
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as Chief Constable John Stafford
The Great Train Robbery
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as DS Maurice Ray
The Hour
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as Lord Elms
The Jewel in the Crown
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The Jewel in the Crown

as Capt. Ronald Merrick
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

as Commissioner Mayne

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