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2001 - Battled a recurrence of pancreatic cancer which was thought in remission after surgical therapy.

He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.

Although he played Maggie Smith's son in Richard III (1995), he was more than five years her senior in real life.

Has played a former King of England (George III in The Madness of King George (1994) ) and a former President of the United States (Martin Van Buren in Amistad (1997) ).

He didn't get on well with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes during the making of Demolition Man (1993).

Was added the 1992 Laurence Olivier theatre award (1991 season) for best actor for his performance in "The Madness of George III" at the Royal National Theatre. For his performance in its film adaptation The Madness of King George (1994), he was nominated for Oscar of best actor.

He was awarded the 1991 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performance in "The Madness of King George III".

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.

He was considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Sir Percy Heseltine, Dr. Bukovsky and Dr. Armstrong in Lifeforce (1985).

He did a small uncredited cameo in the Crimson Insurance short film by Terry Gilliam that is part of Monty Python's Monty Python's Meaning Of Life (1983) - he is the man that is walking by the building when the anchors are raised.

Has received numerous awards including: Clarence Derwent and SWET Awards for "Privates on Parade" - and the 'Broadcasting Press Guild' Award, plus two BAFTA Awards (1981) and (1982), for his role as "Sir Humphrey Appleby" in Yes Minister (1980).

His portrayal of 'Sir Humphrey Appleby' in the BBC comedy Yes Minister (1980) won him international acclaim in the 1980s.

Among the actors offered the part of 'Captain Striker' (played by 'Keith Barron') in Doctor Who (1963): Enlightenment.

Is one of 13 actors who have received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a real-life king. The others in chronological order are Charles Laughton for The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933), Robert Morley for Marie Antoinette (1938), Basil Rathbone for If I Were King (1938), Laurence Olivier for Henry V (1944) and Richard III (1955), José Ferrer for Joan of Arc (1948), Yul Brynner for King and I, The (1956), John Gielgud for Becket (1964), Peter O'Toole for Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Robert Shaw for A Man for All Seasons (1966), Richard Burton for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Kenneth Branagh for Henry V (1989), and Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010).

Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native UK and internationally, the unparalleled Nigel Hawthorne was born in Coventry, England on 5 April 1929, raised in South Africa and returned to the UK in the 1950s with his extensive work as a great gentleman of acting following during the decade as well as in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.