person

Derek Nimmo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-09-19

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Derek Nimmo

Biography

Nimmo was born in Liverpool, Lancashire,[1] and was educated at Booker Avenue Infants and Junior School as well as Quarry Bank High School and began his stage career at the Hippodrome Theatre in Bolton, Lancashire.[1][2] It was during this time that he made a cameo appearance in the Beatles' film, A Hard Day's Night (in which he appeared as "Leslie Jackson", a magician with doves). He appeared in a number of British films and television series, as aristocrats, including starring roles in the television comedy series The World of Wooster (as "Bingo Little"),[2] and in the comedy film One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing[1] (as "Lord Southmere"), as well as appearing in the James Bond spoof film Casino Royale.[2] Derek Nimmo made his name as the Reverend Mervyn Noote in the British sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966). At the time it was considered rather controversial because the main characters were senior churchmen (the Bishop, his chaplain Noote and the Archdeacon) who got into various scrapes as a result of their general incompetence. By the time the series finished, Nimmo was identified with the stereotype of a traditional British clergyman and he went on to play a bungling monk in another BBC clerical sitcom, Oh, Brother! and its sequel series Oh, Father! (now a Roman Catholic priest).[3] Another sitcom in which he appeared in a starring role as a clergyman, many years later, was Hell's Bells (by now promoted to a dean).[2] He also appeared as the Reverend Jonathan Green in a television production of Cluedo. He became so well known for his clerical parody that, in the 1975 The Goodies' episode "Wacky Wales", a "team of Derek Nimmos" played in a spoof "Ecclesiastical Rugby Sevens" competition.

Also Known For

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Murder Ahoy

Sep 22, 1964

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Casino Royale

Apr 13, 1967

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62

The Liquidator

Nov 01, 1965

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57

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Jul 09, 1975

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69

The Bargee

Jan 01, 1964

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57

Coast of Skeletons

Mar 19, 1965

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42

Mister Ten Per Cent

Jan 01, 1967

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55

Sunstruck

Dec 22, 1972

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63

Heavens Above!

May 20, 1963

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62

The System

Apr 12, 1964

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48

Tamahine

Jul 30, 1963

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54

The Millionairess

Oct 18, 1960

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A Hard Day's Night

Jul 07, 1964

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58

Hot Enough for June

Jan 01, 1964

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56

It's Trad, Dad!

Mar 30, 1962

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NA

Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show

Jan 02, 1972

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58

Joey Boy

Jan 01, 1965

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63

The Amorous Prawn

Nov 26, 1962

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63

Go to Blazes

Apr 18, 1962

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61

The Small World of Sammy Lee

Apr 20, 1963

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NA

The Yellow Hat

Jan 01, 1966

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NA

The Making of Jean Luc Godard's 'One Plus One'

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60

Countdown

Nov 02, 1982

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55

All Gas and Gaiters

May 17, 1966

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60

Neighbours

Mar 18, 1985

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67

The Scales of Justice

Jan 11, 1962

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NA

The Bed-Sit Girl

Apr 13, 1965

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55

The Buccaneers

Sep 19, 1956

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NA

Plunder

Mar 05, 1990

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50

Hell's Bells

Jun 09, 1986

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60

Oh, Brother!

Sep 13, 1968

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50

The World of Wooster

May 30, 1965

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50

Life Begins at Forty

Jun 13, 1978

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NA

Blandings Castle

Feb 24, 1967

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NA

Sorry I'm Single

Aug 08, 1967

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60

Oh, Father!

Aug 12, 1973

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NA

My Honourable Mrs

Jul 14, 1975

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46

Blankety Blank

Jan 18, 1979

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60

Third Time Lucky

Aug 06, 1982

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62

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Apr 02, 1996

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53

An Audience with...

Jan 08, 1978

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45

Wogan

May 04, 1982

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68

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 06, 1968

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Armchair Theatre

Jul 08, 1956