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1956-1996. Spouse. Patricia Brown. . ( m. 1955) . Children. 3. Derek Robert Nimmo (19 September 1930 – 24 February 1999) was an English character actor, producer and author. He is best remembered for his comedic upper class "silly ass" and clerical roles including Revd Mervyn Noote in the BBC1 sitcom All Gas and Gaiters (1966–71).
Aug 27, 2023 · Written by: Graham McCann. Published: Sunday 27th August 2023. Some comic performers find fame only fleetingly. Some find fame and fight long and hard to hang on to it. Then there is Derek Nimmo. Derek Nimmo found fame, held on to it for a while and then seemed content to let most of it just fade away. For a period during the Sixties and ...
Derek Nimmo (1930-1999) Derek Nimmo. Derek Nimmon was born in Liverpool in 1930. Before switching to acting, one of many jobs he held was sales manager in a paint factory. He made his stage debut at Bolton Repertory in 1951 before moving to repertory theatres at Worcester, Oldham, Rotherham, Crewe, Clacton, and Nottingham.
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Height. 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m) Mini Bio. Derek Nimmon was born in Liverpool in 1930. Before switching to acting, one of many jobs he held was sales manager in a paint factory. He made his stage debut at Bolton Repertory in 1951 before moving to repertory theatres at Worcester, Oldham, Rotherham, Crewe, Clacton, and Nottingham.
- September 19, 1930
- February 24, 1999
Feb 24, 1999 · 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 ...
Feb 24, 1999 · The veteran actor and comic Derek Nimmo has died in hospital in London, aged 68. The BBC's Lisa Holland reports: "Nimmo was from a kinder and gentler age of comedy" Mr Nimmo was badly injured...
Feb 25, 1999 · THE ACTOR Derek Nimmo died of pneumonia yesterday, aged 68. He had been in hospital for nearly three months after injuring himself in a fall.
