Nigel Hector Munro Stock was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who played character roles in many films and television dramas.
Background
Stock was born in Malta, the son of an Army captain. He grew up in India before attending Street Paul"s School, London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he earned the Leverhulme Exhibition, Northcliffe Scholarship, and the Principal"s Meda
Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist Saint Paul"s School.
Career
His start in films came with uncredited bit parts in The Manitoba Who Could Work Miracles (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). In 1937 he made his first credited film appearance in Lancashire Luck. His acting career was interrupted by wartime service between 1939 and 1945 with the London Irish Rifles and the Assam Regiment of the Indian Army in Burma, China and Kohima.
He was honourably discharged with the rank of Major, having twice been mentioned in despatches.
His film appearances included popular releases such as Brighton Rock (1947), The Dam Busters (1955), The Great Escape (1963), The Lion in Winter and The Lost Continent (both 1968), and Russian Roulette (1975). Between 1964 and 1968, Nigel Stock became a household name in the United Kingdom for his portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes dramas for British Broadcasting Corporation television
Later in life, he portrayed the mentor of Sherlock Holmes in Young Sherlock Holmes. His other numerous television credits included Danger Manitoba (1965), The Avengers (1964 & 1966), The Prisoner (1967), Owen Doctor of Medicine (1971-1973), Quiller (1975), Van der Valk (1977), the Doctor Who serial Time Flight (1982), Yes Minister (1982), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and for a British Broadcasting Corporation dramatisation of A Tale of Two Cities (1980) as well as The Pickwick Papers (1985) as Mr.
Pickwick.
Space Force (1984-1985) Magnus Carter.