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Sexual orientation[edit]

What Would Seem to Be an Unfortunate Overemphasis on Sir Nigel's Sexual Orientation, Which, Considering the Relative Lack of Information on His Numerous Achievements in the Area of the Theatrical Arts, Seems Likely to Result in an Inadvertent Deception of This Site's Visitors Regarding the Comparative Importance of His Various Contributions to Society at Large.

Basically just what the title says. Anybody looking at this page without having first seen "Yes, Minister" or "The Madness of George III" would naturally assume that Sir Nigel is remembered today principally for his eloquent defense of his sexual proclivities - and surely that isn't a fair assessment of the legacy of someone who can still, five and a half years after his death, inspire people to make fun of Civil Servants by writing sentences so long they could practically be declared public highways. (See above.)

I don't know whether this should be corrected by trimming the last two paragraphs (surely we don't need to know that Bentham survived his illustrious paramour, do we?), or by fleshing out his biography (didn't Jay or Lynn ever write an account of the Yes, Minister casting process that could be quoted from?), or, possibly, both. I leave that to more experienced Wikipedia hands. All I know is that something must be done. -Agur bar Jacé 01:22, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I changed "----------- tendencies" to "Sexual Orientation". Nigel Hawthorne was gay. He was not what that weirdly capitalized introductory paragraph said he was. There's no justification for putting that sort of despicable innuendo in a Wiki page even in discussion page area. Ken Burch 11:18 19 September 2008.

What honour is he wearing?[edit]

The riband he is wearing is obviously not one indicating membership of a British order of chivalry. Does he have some foreign honour? He also seems to be wearing some sort of ribbon on his left breast, maybe white-red-blue-white, or just red-blue-white.

To try to find an answer to your question I clicked on the pic to get to the image page. On that page there was this link [1] to get to the spot where the pic was downloaded from. It turns out that this pic is from his performance in Ian McKellen's film of Richard III In case you haven't seen the film it is set in a fictitious fascist state. So the answer to your question is that there is no answer. They are simply a part of his costume for that film. I hope that this is of some help and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 17:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Place of death[edit]

The biog panel gives his place of death as Radwell, Hertfordshire, but other 'net articles have it as Cold Christmas Lane, Thundridge, some 15 miles away. Which is right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.37.229 (talk) 06:14, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

If that's a photo of Nigel Hawthorne "as the Duke of Clarence in the 1995 film Richard III", then someone needs to explain why the 15th century Duke of Clarence is wearing 20th century clothes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.109.141.13 (talk) 13:44, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This film version moved the action to a fictionalized version of 1930's England. So, your eyes did not betray you, but photo is legit. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 19:28, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

HG is correct. You can read more about this here Richard III (1995 film). MarnetteD|Talk 20:14, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Photo as Sir Humphrey[edit]

As the article states he is "perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby". Would it not make more sense to include this photo as Sir Humphrey in the infobox as a more recognisable image? —sroc 💬 02:52, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am afraid that it is a non-free image. See WP:NONFREE.--Nevé –selbert 10:21, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Re pancreatic cancer he had - was he a smoker?[edit]

Regarding the pancreatic cancer he had a couple of times - does anybody know if Hawthorne was a smoker? (smoking is cited as a risk factor in about 25% of all cases of pancreatic cancer). Thanks in advance to anybody who knows.Betathetapi545 (talk) 15:15, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Where he lived[edit]

Nigel Hawthorne moved into Trevor Bentham's house in 1979 which is in Southgate, North London. He quotes it in his Autobiography 'Straight Face' chapter entitled 'Hello Humphrey'. 'Trevor's house was charming, but small, a Victorian semi in Avenue Road, Southgate, which he had bought some years earlier with his partner Kevin'. It was here that the script for Yes Minister came through the letterbox, and where he won at least two of his four BAFTA awards. He was here in the early 1980s and later moved out of London with Trevor. 2A02:C7C:F256:4E00:1579:C0F9:992:AA5F (talk) 09:52, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]