As an actor he was known simply as Nigel Patrick. He was 68 years old. He followed it with Tony Draws a Horse (1939) and Children to Bless You (1939). She predeceased him in 1979; he died, two years later, from lung cancer, on 21 September 1981. He made his stage debut in 1932 and established his reputation in stylish plays.

Nigel's cause of death was lung cancer.

For those few shillings I got a pretty girl who became housekeeper, nurse, mother, mistress, companion, secretary, adviser, dresser and washer-woman. Due mostly to The Sound Barrier, exhibitors voted Patrick the seventh most popular British film star with the public, in 1952.[5]. Was reputed to have been offered the role of Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles in Raintree County (1957) after the then MGM boss Dore Schary watched his performance as Mr Jingle in the Pickwick Papers (1952) on television in his hotel suite in New York. - IMDb Mini Biography By: He starred in Sapphire (1959), winner of Best British Film at the 1960 BAFTA Film Awards. Patrick made another for Warwick as an actor, The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960),[10] then made Johnny Nobody (1961) for them as director and actor. Over here you seem to take your panics in stride. Patrick had film roles in Spring in Park Lane (1948), Uneasy Terms (1948) and notably Noose (1948) playing a spiv. His acting career was put on hold until after service in the Second World War, during which, as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, he fought in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy. Mr. Patrick was best known for his portrayals of smooth, sophisticated English gentlemen, but he could also play the tightlipped scoundrel. [14], "Nigel Patrick, 68, Dies; Stage and Movie Actor", "Dorothy Turner with Laurence Olivier at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1927", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nigel_Patrick&oldid=972913536, Turner Classic Movies person ID same as Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 August 2020, at 12:23. Age 68 years (age at death) old. He married the actress Beatrice Campbell at St James's, Spanish Place, Marylebone, London on 12 January 1951.

Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net, Other Works He had a major role in Raintree County (1957). [3] Patrick had a good part in Silent Dust (1948) and was promoted to star for The Jack of Diamonds (1949), which he also co-wrote. Patrick was in Grand National Night (1953) and was the ninth most popular British star. He and his wife Beatrice Campbell were the face of the Parker Pen Company advertising during the mid-1950s using the slogan "Beatrice Campbell gave Nigel Patrick a Parker '51' for his birthday". Changed birth name, Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman, by Deed Poll on 30 April 1940 to Nigel Dennis Wemyss Patrick (London Gazette 3 May 1940). From the autumn of 1934 (the year of his debut), he was out of the West End only during the war or upon visits to the United States and South Africa. |  [6] On stage he was in Escapade (1953) and Birthday Honours (1953). [13] She predeceased him in 1979; he died, two years later, from lung cancer, on 21 September 1981. [1] He featured in The Sound Barrier (aka, Breaking Through the Sound Barrier, 1952), under the direction of David Lean. Patrick made another for Warwick but as an actor only, The Man Inside (1958), with Jack Palance. Actresses Julia McKenzie and Celia Johnson delivered the readings. Official Sites. He represented British Actors Equity at the memorial service for Jack Hawkins held at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London on September 14 1973. He returned to the world of Maugham with Encore (1951) and was in Who Goes There!

Nigel Patrick, 68, Dies; Stage and Movie Actor. (Winnipeg Free Press, July 28, 1960), View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Publicity Listings Film appearances included Battle of Britain (1969), The Virgin Soldiers (1969) and The Executioner (1970). To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Or so its appears. The following year he was in Forbidden Cargo (1954) and was one of several British stars in The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954). Patrick reprised his Who Goes There! By the end of the war he had served in the Middle East, North Africa and Italy and risen to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Instead Patrick starred in a comedy All for Mary (1955). It was directed by Basil Dearden who then used Patrick in The League of Gentlemen (1960). He directed Avanti! At that time his address was listed as 27 Dryburgh Road, Putney, London. Advertised "Curtis Gin" of London (1953), under the slogan "Nigel Patrick discovers the smoother gin!". In the 60s he made a strong return to the theatre serving as both actor and director and also appeared on TV in the Zero One, which was briefly syndicated in the U.S. Long married to actress Beatrice Campbell until her death in 1979, he passed away two years later of lung cancer. Nigel Patrick Death. 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). Died in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London just a few weeks after undergoing cancer surgery.

Mr. Patrick's stage credits included ''Blithe Spirit,'' ''Finishing Touches'' and ''Night Must Fall.'' Bob Hope was the overall top draw when considering all nationalities (he had become a US citizen in 1920). His London home, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, was at 54 Ovington Street. (1968) on Broadway. In a poll carried out by the US trade magazine "Motion Picture Herald" he was named by operators of British Film houses as one of the top ten home (British) box office draws of 1952.