# Anthony Nicholls (actor)

Anthony Nicholls (16 October 1902 – 22 February 1977) was an English actor.

## Life and career

Nicholls was born 16 October 1902 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, the son of Florence (née Holderness) and photojournalist Horace Nicholls. Distinguishing himself on the Shakespearean stage alongside the Redgrave family, Laurence Olivier and Peter O'Toole. In addition he played R Austin Freeman's Doctor Thorndyke on BBC Radio in Mr. Pottermack's Oversight, in 1963. The episode was preserved.
American audiences first saw Nicholls in the company of Ronald Reagan, Richard Todd and Patricia Neal in The Hasty Heart (1949). He made his television debut in 1949 and continued with steady work as an actor for the rest of his life, including the film A Man For All Seasons (1966). In the television series The Champions, he played the role of W.Lawrence Tremayne, the overseer of three top secret agents.

## Personal life

Nicholls married actress Faith Kent on 29 September, 1947. They had two daughters, Kate Nicholls (born 1954) and actress Phoebe Nicholls (born 1957) two of whose children, with director Charles Sturridge, are actors: son Tom Sturridge and daughter Matilda Sturridge. Anthony Nicholls died at age 74 on 22 February 1977. He was cremated at Hereford crematorium.

## Filmography

* 1946: The Laughing Lady .... Mr Pitt
* 1948: The Guinea Pig .... Mr Stringer
* 1949: Man on the Run .... Wapping Station Inspector
* 1949: The Hasty Heart .... Lt. Col. Dunn
* 1950: No Place for Jennifer .... Baxter
* 1950: The Dancing Years .... Prince Reinaldt
* 1950: The Woman with No Name .... Doctor
* 1950: Portrait of Clare .... Dr Boyd
* 1951: The Franchise Affair .... Kevin McDermott
* 1951: High Treason .... Grant Mansfield
* 1952: The Woman's Angle .... Nigel Jarvis
* 1953: Street Corner
* 1953: The House of the Arrow .... Lawyer Jarrett
* 1954: The Weak and the Wicked .... Prison Chaplain
* 1954: Happy Ever After .... Solicitor
* 1954: The Green Scarf .... Goirin
* 1954: Make Me an Offer .... Auctioneer
* 1958: The Safecracker .... General Prior
* 1958: Dunkirk .... Military spokesman
* 1961: Seven Keys .... Governor
* 1961: Victim .... Lord Fullbrook
* 1962: Night of the Eagle .... Harvey Sawtelle
* 1964: The Pumpkin Eater .... Surgeon
* 1965: Othello .... Brabantio
* 1966: A Man for All Seasons .... King's Representative
* 1967: Mister Ten Per Cent .... Casey
* 1967: Our Mother's House .... Mr Halbert
* 1968: If.... .... General Denson: Staff
* 1969: Battle of Britain .... Minister
* 1969: A Walk with Love and Death .... Father Superior
* 1970: The Man Who Haunted Himself .... Sir Arthur Richardson
* 1970: One More Time .... Candler
* 1970: The Walking Stick .... Lewis Maud
* 1973: O Lucky Man! .... General / Judge
* 1976: The Omen .... Doctor Becker

### Television

* 1949: The Time Machine .... Psychologist
* 1955: Portrait of Alison .... Major Colby
* 1957: Sword of Freedom .... Zanobi
* 1961: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color .... Hardy Cole
* 1963–1966: The Saint .... Lord Cranmore / George Marsh
* 1963–1968: The Avengers .... Dr Ardmore / Dr Shanklin
* 1967: Man in a Suitcase .... Sir Walter Fenchurch
* 1968–1969: The Champions .... Cmdr. W.L. Tremayne
* 1970: Department S .... Dr. Grant
* 1970: Callan (Series 3 Episode 6) .... Heathcote Land
* 1973: Z-Cars .... Hugo Vallance
* 1973: Merchant of Venice .... Antonio
* 1973: Softly Softly .... Judge
* 1974: Special Branch .... Colonel Lang
* 1975: Play of the Month – King Lear .... Earl of Gloucester
* 1976: Space: 1999 .... James Warren
* 1976: The Crezz .... Cyril Antrobus
* 1976: Crown Court (TV series) .... Mr Justice Logie

### Stage

* 1964: Hay Fever .... David Bliss (National Theatre)