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Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman (2 May 1912 – 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family. During the late 1940s and 1950s, he became known as a debonair leading man in British films, though he could also portray rogues. He featured in ''
The Sound Barrier ''The Sound Barrier'' is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife ...
'' (aka, ''Breaking Through the Sound Barrier'', 1952), under the direction of
David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...
.


Biography

Patrick was born in London, England, the son of Thomas Joseph Charles Aubrey Wemyss Gorman (born 1875 – died 19??) and actress Dorothy Hilda Turner (1890–1969).


Stage actor

He made his professional stage debut in ''The Life Machine'' at the Regent Theatre, in
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, in 1932 following a period in repertory. Thereafter he appeared in many successful plays, including ''Half a Crown'' (1934), ''Ringmaster'' (1935), ''Roulette'' (1935), ''The Lady of La Paz'' (1936) and ''Madmoiselle'' (1936) He starred in the long-running '' George and Margaret'' (1937) at the
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, which ran for 799 performances. He followed it with ''Tony Draws a Horse'' (1939) and ''Children to Bless You'' (1939).


Second World War

His acting career was put on hold until after service in the Second World War, during which, as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the
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, he fought in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy.


Film career

His debut film performance was as a reporter in a supporting romantic role in '' Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard'' (1940). It was filmed in July 1939 and released the following year. After the war, Patrick appeared in ''
Morning Departure ''Morning Departure'' (released as ''Operation Disaster'' in the United StatesSpring in Park Lane'' (1948), ''
Uneasy Terms ''Uneasy Terms'' is a 1948 British crime thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Michael Rennie, Moira Lister and Faith Brook. It is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Peter Cheyney. Premise Slim Callaghan is a private ...
'' (1948) and notably ''
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'' (1948) playing a
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. Patrick had a good part in ''
Silent Dust ''Silent Dust'' is a 1949 British drama/thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick. The title comes from lines in Thomas Gray's ''Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' (1751) ...
'' (1948) and was promoted to star for '' The Jack of Diamonds'' (1949), which he also co-wrote. He supported
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in '' The Perfect Woman'' (1949), and had a key role in the film version of ''
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'' (1950) based on stories by
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and appeared in the Hollywood-financed ''
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'' (1951). He was the young teacher in '' The Browning Version'' (1951) with
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, and appeared in a popular comedy ''
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'' (1951). He returned to the world of Maugham with ''
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'' (1951) and was in ''Who Goes There!'' (1951) on stage. Patrick reprised his ''
Who Goes There! ''Who Goes There!'' I (U.S. title: ''The Passionate Sentry'' )is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson and George Cole. It was written by John Dighton based on his 1950 play ''Who ...
'' (1952) performance on film then played a test pilot in the popular ''
The Sound Barrier ''The Sound Barrier'' is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife ...
'' (1952). He was then in ''
Meet Me Tonight ''Meet Me Tonight'' is a 1952 omnibus British comedy film adapted from three one act plays by Noël Coward: ''Red Peppers'', ''Fumed Oak'' and ''Ways and Means''; which are part of his '' Tonight at 8.30'' play cycle. The film was released as '' ...
'' (1952) and ''
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'' (1952). Due mostly to ''The Sound Barrier'', exhibitors voted Patrick the seventh most popular British film star with the public, in 1952. Patrick was in ''
Grand National Night ''Grand National Night'' (also known as ''Wicked Wife'') is a 1953 British second feature ('B') thriller film directed by Bob McNaught and starring Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister and Beatrice Campbell. It was produced by George Minter and Phil C ...
'' (1953) and was the ninth most popular British star. On stage he was in ''Escapade'' (1953) and ''Birthday Honours'' (1953). The following year he was in '' Forbidden Cargo'' (1954) and was one of several British stars in ''
The Sea Shall Not Have Them ''The Sea Shall Not Have Them'' is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, about a North Sea rescue during the Second Wo ...
'' (1954). He supported
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in '' A Prize of Gold'' (1955) for
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, who announced Patrick might direct ''In All Dishonesty'' for them on stage. It did not happen. Instead Patrick starred in a comedy ''
All for Mary ''All for Mary'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Nigel Patrick, David Tomlinson, Jill Day and Kathleen Harrison. It was written by Peter Blackmore, Paul Soskin and Alan Melville based on the successful ...
'' (1955). On stage he was in ''Green Room Rags'' (1954) and ''The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker'' (1955). He had a major role in '' Raintree County'' (1957).


Director

For Warwick Films, Patrick starred in and directed ''
How to Murder a Rich Uncle ''How to Murder a Rich Uncle'' (also known as ''Uncle George'') is a 1957 British black comedy film directed by Nigel Patrick and starring Patrick, Wendy Hiller, Charles Coburn and Anthony Newley. It was written by John Paxton based on the play ' ...
'' (1957). He supported
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in ''
Count Five and Die ''Count Five and Die'' is a 1957 British war thriller film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Nigel Patrick and Annemarie Düringer. It was made by Zonic Productions and released in Britain and the US by Twentieth Century Fox ...
'' (1957) and appeared in ''The Egg'' (1957) on stage. Patrick made another for Warwick but as an actor only, '' The Man Inside'' (1958), with
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. On stage Patrick directed ''No Way to Kill'' (1958) and ''
Not in the Book ''Not in the Book'' is a comedy thriller play by the British writer Arthur Watkyn. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Brighton before transferring to the Criterion Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 487 performances bet ...
'' (1958) and acted in and directed ''Pleasure of His Company'' (1959). He starred in ''
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'' (1959), winner of Best British Film at the 1960
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Film Awards. It was directed by
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who then used Patrick in ''
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'' (1960). On stage he acted in and directed ''Settled Out of Court'' (1960). Patrick made another for Warwick as an actor, ''
The Trials of Oscar Wilde ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'', also known as ''The Man with the Green Carnation'' and ''The Green Carnation'', is a 1960 British drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. I ...
'' (1960), then made ''
Johnny Nobody ''Johnny Nobody'' is a 1961 British drama film made in Ireland and directed by Nigel Patrick, starring Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix and Aldo Ray. It was written by Patrick Kirwan based on the story ''The Trial of Johnny Nobody'' by Albert ...
'' (1961) for them as director and actor. He was in '' Zero One'' (1962–1965) on TV and starred in the tough crime thriller ''
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'' (1963).


Later career

Patrick appeared on stage in ''The Schoolmistress'' (1964) and ''
Present Laughter ''Present Laughter'' is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's ''Tw ...
'' (1965) and he directed ''Past Imperfect'' (1964) and ''Present Laughter'' (1965) and
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's '' Relatively Speaking'' (1967) at the
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. Film appearances included ''
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'' (1969), ''
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'' (1969) and '' The Executioner'' (1970). He directed ''
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'' (1968) on Broadway. Other stage appearances included ''Best of Friends'' (1970), ''Reunion in Vienna'' (1971), ''Habeas Corpus'' (1974), ''The Pay Off'' (1974), ''Dear Daddy'' (1976) and ''Peter Pan'' (1978). He also worked steadily as a director.


Personal life and death

He married the actress
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at
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, Marylebone, London on 12 January 1951. She predeceased him in 1979; he died, two years later, from
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, on 21 September 1981.


Filmography


As an actor

* '' Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard'' (1940) as Richard Loddon * '' Spring in Park Lane'' (1948) as Mr. Bacon * ''
Uneasy Terms ''Uneasy Terms'' is a 1948 British crime thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Michael Rennie, Moira Lister and Faith Brook. It is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Peter Cheyney. Premise Slim Callaghan is a private ...
'' (1948) as Lucien Donnelly * ''
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'' (1948) as Bar Gorman * ''
Silent Dust ''Silent Dust'' is a 1949 British drama/thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick. The title comes from lines in Thomas Gray's ''Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' (1751) ...
'' (1949) as Simon Rawley * '' The Jack of Diamonds'' (1949) as Alan Butler * '' The Perfect Woman'' (1949) as Roger Cavendish * ''
Morning Departure ''Morning Departure'' (released as ''Operation Disaster'' in the United StatesTrio Trio may refer to: Music Groups * Trio (music), an ensemble of three performers, or a composition for such an ensemble ** Jazz trio, pianist, double bassist, drummer ** Minuet and trio, a form in classical music ** String trio, a group of three ...
'' (1950) as Max Kealada (Segment: "Mr. Know-All") * ''
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' is a 1951 British Technicolor Romance film, romantic Fantasy film, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Albert Lewin. The screenplay is based on legend of the Flying Dutchma ...
'' (1951) as Stephen Cameron * '' The Browning Version'' (1951) as Frank Hunter * ''
Young Wives' Tale ''Young Wives' Tale'', also known as ''Fun for Four'', is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, and Guy Middleton. The film is based on the 1949 play '' Young Wives' Tale'' by ...
'' (1951) as Rodney Pennant * ''
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'' (1951) as Tom Ramsay (Segment: "The Ant and the Grasshopper") * ''
Who Goes There! ''Who Goes There!'' I (U.S. title: ''The Passionate Sentry'' )is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson and George Cole. It was written by John Dighton based on his 1950 play ''Who ...
'' (1952) as Miles Cornwall * ''
The Sound Barrier ''The Sound Barrier'' is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife ...
'' (1952) as Tony Garthwaite * ''
Meet Me Tonight ''Meet Me Tonight'' is a 1952 omnibus British comedy film adapted from three one act plays by Noël Coward: ''Red Peppers'', ''Fumed Oak'' and ''Ways and Means''; which are part of his '' Tonight at 8.30'' play cycle. The film was released as '' ...
'' (1952) as Toby Cartwrigth: Ways and Means * ''
The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was the Debut novel, first novel serialised from March 1836 to November 1837 by English author Charles Dickens. Because of his success with ''Sketches by Bo ...
'' (1952) as Mr. Jingle * ''
Grand National Night ''Grand National Night'' (also known as ''Wicked Wife'') is a 1953 British second feature ('B') thriller film directed by Bob McNaught and starring Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister and Beatrice Campbell. It was produced by George Minter and Phil C ...
'' (1953) as Gerald Coates * '' Forbidden Cargo'' (1954) as Insp. Michael Kenyon * ''
The Sea Shall Not Have Them ''The Sea Shall Not Have Them'' is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, about a North Sea rescue during the Second Wo ...
'' (1954) as Flight Sgt. Singsby * '' A Prize of Gold'' (1955) as Brian Hammell * ''
All for Mary ''All for Mary'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Nigel Patrick, David Tomlinson, Jill Day and Kathleen Harrison. It was written by Peter Blackmore, Paul Soskin and Alan Melville based on the successful ...
'' (1955) as Capt. Clive Norton * ''
How to Murder a Rich Uncle ''How to Murder a Rich Uncle'' (also known as ''Uncle George'') is a 1957 British black comedy film directed by Nigel Patrick and starring Patrick, Wendy Hiller, Charles Coburn and Anthony Newley. It was written by John Paxton based on the play ' ...
'' (1957) as Henry * '' Raintree County'' (1957) as Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles * ''
Count Five and Die ''Count Five and Die'' is a 1957 British war thriller film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Nigel Patrick and Annemarie Düringer. It was made by Zonic Productions and released in Britain and the US by Twentieth Century Fox ...
'' (1957) as Major Julien Howard * '' The Man Inside'' (1958) as Sam Carter * ''
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'' (1959) as Superintendent Robert Hazard * ''
The League of Gentlemen ''The League of Gentlemen'' is a British surreal comedy horror series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives ...
'' (1960) as Race * ''
The Trials of Oscar Wilde ''The Trials of Oscar Wilde'', also known as ''The Man with the Green Carnation'' and ''The Green Carnation'', is a 1960 British drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. I ...
'' (1960) as Sir Edward Clarke * ''
Johnny Nobody ''Johnny Nobody'' is a 1961 British drama film made in Ireland and directed by Nigel Patrick, starring Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix and Aldo Ray. It was written by Patrick Kirwan based on the story ''The Trial of Johnny Nobody'' by Albert ...
'' (1961) as Father Carey * ''
The Informers ''The Informers'' is a collection of short stories, linked by the same continuity, written by American author Bret Easton Ellis. The collection was first published as a whole in 1994. Chapters 6 and 7, "Water from the Sun" and "Discovering Ja ...
'' (1963) as Chief Insp. John Edward Johnnoe * ''
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'' (1969) as Group Captain Hope * ''
The Virgin Soldiers ''The Virgin Soldiers'' is a 1966 comic novel by Leslie Thomas, inspired by his own experiences of National Service in the British Army. It was Thomas' debut novel; he had previously published an autobiography. ''The Virgin Soldiers'' sold mill ...
'' (1969) as R.S.M. Raskin * '' The Executioner'' (1970) as Colonel Scott * ''
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'' (1972) as Major William Rogers (segment 5 "Blind Alleys") * '' The Great Waltz'' (1972) as Johann Strauss Sr. * ''
The Mackintosh Man ''The Mackintosh Man'' is a 1973 Cold War spy film directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Walter Hill, based on the novel '' The Freedom Trap'' by English author Desmond Bagley. Paul Newman stars as Joseph Rearden, a jewel thief-turned-int ...
'' (1973) as Soames-Trevelyan * ''
Silver Bears ''Silver Bears'' is a 1978 British comedy crime thriller film based on a novel by Paul Erdman, directed by Ivan Passer and starring Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan and Joss Ackland. Caine portrays mob accountant "Doc" Fletcher ...
'' (1978) as Financial Mediator (uncredited)


As a director

* ''
How to Murder a Rich Uncle ''How to Murder a Rich Uncle'' (also known as ''Uncle George'') is a 1957 British black comedy film directed by Nigel Patrick and starring Patrick, Wendy Hiller, Charles Coburn and Anthony Newley. It was written by John Paxton based on the play ' ...
'' (1957) * ''
Johnny Nobody ''Johnny Nobody'' is a 1961 British drama film made in Ireland and directed by Nigel Patrick, starring Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix and Aldo Ray. It was written by Patrick Kirwan based on the story ''The Trial of Johnny Nobody'' by Albert ...
'' (1961)


As a writer

* '' The Jack of Diamonds'' (1949)


As a narrator

* ''
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'' (1958) * '' Goal!'' (1966) * '' The Year of Sir Ivor'' (1969)


Theatre credits


As an actor

* ''The Life Machine'' (1932) * ''Half a Crown'' (1934) * ''Ringmaster'' (1935) * ''
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'' (1935) * ''The Lady of La Paz'' (1936) * ''Madmoiselle'' (1936) * '' George and Margaret'' (1937) * ''
Tony Draws a Horse ''Tony Draws a Horse'' is a 1950 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford and Derek Bond. It was adapted from a 1939 Tony Draws a Horse (play), play of the same name by Lesley Storm. Plot Whe ...
'' (1939) * ''Children to Bless You'' (1939) * '' Fools Rush In'' (1946) * ''To-morrow's Child'' (1946) * ''Noose'' (1947) * ''
Who Goes There! ''Who Goes There!'' I (U.S. title: ''The Passionate Sentry'' )is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson and George Cole. It was written by John Dighton based on his 1950 play ''Who ...
'' (1951) * ''
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'' (1953) * ''Birthday Honours'' (1953) * ''Green Room Rags'' (1954) * ''The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker'' (1955) * ''The Egg'' (1957) * ''Pleasure of His Company'' (1959) * ''
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'' (1960) * '' The Schoolmistress'' (1964) * ''
Present Laughter ''Present Laughter'' is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's ''Tw ...
'' (1965) * ''Best of Friends'' (1970) * ''Reunion in Vienna'' (1971) * ''
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'' (1974) * ''The Pay Off'' (1974) * ''
Dear Daddy ''Dear Daddy'' is a 1976 play written by English playwright Denis Cannan, first staged at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End. Plot summary Productions ; Opening night cast * Nigel Patrick as Bernard * Isabel Dean as Mary * Jennifer ...
'' (1976) * ''
Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical ...
'' (1978)


As a director/stage manager

* ''No Way to Kill'' (1958) * ''
Not in the Book ''Not in the Book'' is a comedy thriller play by the British writer Arthur Watkyn. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Brighton before transferring to the Criterion Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 487 performances bet ...
'' (1958) * ''Pleasure of His Company'' (1959) * ''
Settled Out of Court In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins. A collective settlement is a settlement of multiple similar legal cases. The term also has other meanings in ...
'' (1960) * ''Past Imperfect'' (1964) * ''
Present Laughter ''Present Laughter'' is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1939 but not produced until 1942 because the Second World War began while it was in rehearsal, and the British theatres closed. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's ''Tw ...
'' (1965) * '' Relatively Speaking'' (1967) * ''The Others'' (1967) * ''Avanti!'' (1968) * ''Out of the Question'' (1968) * ''Trio'' (1969) * ''Three'' (1970) * ''The Pay Off'' (1974) * ''Suite in Two Keys'' (1978) * '' The Last of Mrs Cheyney'' (1980)


Television

* ''Morning Departure'' (1946) as Lt-Cmdr. Stanford * ''Zero One'' (1962–1965) as Alan Garnett * '' It Takes a Thief'' – "Flowers from Alexander" (1969) * ''Sunday Night Thriller'' – "Blunt Instrument" (1981) as Hugh Logan


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patrick, Nigel 1912 births 1981 deaths British Army personnel of World War II English male film actors English film directors English male stage actors English male television actors King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Deaths from lung cancer in England 20th-century English male actors