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Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith, was an English 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. 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).
Birth Name
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith
Born
Monday, 13 May 1946
Died
Friday, 07 April 2017
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Guadalcanal: Invasion in the Pacific | Narrator | 2021 |
The Little Vampire 3D | Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice) / Frederick Sackville-Bagg | 2017 |
Red Trees | Narrator | 2017 |
Victoria & Abdul | Sir Henry Ponsonby | 2017 |
6 Days | William Whitelaw / Home Secretary William Whitelaw | 2017 |
King Charles III | Charles | 2017 |
Decline and Fall | Sniggs | 2017 |
Whisky Galore | Colonel Woolsey / Col. Woolsey | 2017 |
The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
And Here Is the News... | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Guadalcanal: Invasion in the Pacific | Narrator | 2021 |
The Little Vampire 3D | Frederick Sackville-Bagg (voice) / Frederick Sackville-Bagg | 2017 |
Red Trees | Narrator | 2017 |
Victoria & Abdul | Sir Henry Ponsonby | 2017 |
6 Days | William Whitelaw / Home Secretary William Whitelaw | 2017 |
King Charles III | Charles | 2017 |
Decline and Fall | Sniggs | 2017 |
Whisky Galore | Colonel Woolsey / Col. Woolsey | 2017 |
The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2016 |
And Here Is the News... | Self - Narrator | 2015 |
Jupiter Ascending | Malidictes | 2015 |
Beyond the Pale | Commissioner Mayne | 2014 |
Houdini | William Melville | 2014 |
37 Days | Herbert Henry Asquith | 2014 |
The Great Train Robbery | DS Maurice Ray | 2013 |
Fifty Years on Stage | Ezra Mannon (segment "Mourning Becomes Electra") | 2013 |
RED 2 | Director Philips | 2013 |
The Murder in Angel Lane | Commissioner Mayne | 2013 |
Wodehouse in Exile | P.G. Wodehouse / P. G. Wodehouse | 2013 |
The Bletchley Circle | Colonel | 2012 |
Toast of London | Tim Pigott-Smith | 2012 |
The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2012 |
The Hour | Lord Elms | 2011 |
The Murder at Road Hill House | Commissioner Mayne | 2011 |
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Commissioner Mayne | 2011 |
My Piece of the Pie | Mr. Brown | 2011 |
The Little House | Frederick | 2010 |
Downton Abbey | Sir Philip Tapsell | 2010 |
Money | Barry Self | 2010 |
Alice in Wonderland | Lord Ascot | 2010 |
On Expenses | Alan Keen | 2010 |
Strike Back | Patrick Burton | 2010 |
Miranda | Valerie Jackford | 2009 |
Top of the Cops | Self / Chief Constable John Stafford | 2009 |
The Story of the Costume Drama | Himself | 2008 |
Quantum of Solace | Foreign Secretary | 2008 |
Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work | Narrator | 2007 |
Holby Blue | DCI Harry Hutchinson | 2007 |
Crimes That Shook the World | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2006 |
Flyboys | Mr. Lowry | 2006 |
L'entente cordiale | Superintendant Masterson / Superintendent Masterson | 2006 |
V for Vendetta | Creedy | 2006 |
Inspector Lewis | Jasper Hammond | 2006 |
Alexander | Omen Reader | 2004 |
North & South | Richard Hale | 2004 |
Peter Ackroyd's London | John Evelyn / John Evelyn - Writer | 2004 |
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | Lord Shaftesbury | 2003 |
Pompeii: The Last Day | Pliny the Elder | 2003 |
Critical Times | Self - Narrator | 2003 |
The Day Britain Stopped | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2003 |
Johnny English | Pegasus | 2003 |
Eroica | Count Dietrichstein | 2003 |
Gangs of New York | Calvinist Minister | 2002 |
Foyle's War | Brigadier Timothy Wilson | 2002 |
Timeshift | Himself - Actor / Presenter | 2002 |
The Four Feathers | General Feversham | 2002 |
MI-5 | Hampton Wilder | 2002 |
Bloody Sunday | Maj. Gen. Ford / Major General Ford | 2002 |
Safe Conduct | Fleming | 2002 |
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Dr. Maitland | 2001 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Philip Weaver | 2001 |
The Vice | Chief Inspector Frank Vickers / D.C.I. Frank Vickers / D.S. Frank Vickers | 1999 |
Midsomer Murders | Matt Parkes | 1997 |
The Great War: 1914-1918 | (voice) | 1996 |
Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
Silent Witness | John Briggs | 1996 |
Ghosts | Dr. Evans / Mr. Maradick | 1995 |
Kavanagh QC | Mark Yelland | 1995 |
Battlefield | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 1994 |
Network First | Self / Narrator | 1994 |
The Remains of the Day | Benn / Thomas Benn | 1993 |
Secret History | Narrator | 1991 |
The Chief | Chief Constable John Stafford | 1990 |
Screen One | Hubert | 1989 |
Poirot | Dr. Lionel Woodward | 1989 |
An Audience with Peter Ustinov | Self | 1988 |
Footsteps | Alfred Maudslay | 1987 |
The Dame Edna Experience | Self | 1987 |
Dead Man's Folly | Sir George Stubbs / Sir Stubbs | 1986 |
A State of Emergency | Father Joe Ryan | 1985 |
A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars | 1985 | |
The Jewel in the Crown | Ronald Merrick | 1984 |
Struggle | Steve Marsh | 1983 |
Natural World | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Philippe | 1982 |
I Remember Nelson | Capt. Thomas Hardy | 1982 |
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Brendan Bracken | 1981 |
Victory | The English - Rose / Rose | 1981 |
Clash of the Titans | Thallo | 1981 |
Richard's Things | Peter | 1980 |
Sweet William | Gerald | 1980 |
Henry IV Part I | Henry Percy, Hotspur / Harry Percy, Hotspur | 1979 |
Danger UXB | Harry Winthrop | 1979 |
The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
Joseph Andrews | Cornet | 1977 |
Wings | Major Cashman | 1977 |
Aces High | Major Stoppard / Stoppard | 1976 |
The Glittering Prizes | Tim Dent | 1976 |
North & South | Frederick Hale | 1975 |
Antony and Cleopatra | Proculeius | 1974 |
BBC2 Playhouse | Michael / Timothy Perkins | 1974 |
Play for Today | Consul Vogel | 1970 |
ITV Playhouse | David | 1967 |
Horizon | Self - Narrator / Francis Crick | 1964 |
Doctor Who | Marco / Captain Harker | 1963 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |