Nigel Hawthorne, the actor known around the world as Machiavellian civil servant Sir Humphrey in the British television series “Yes, Minister,” died Wednesday. He was 72. Hawthorne died of a ...

Looking every bit the prim, urbane civil servant he portrayed throughout most of the 1980s on British television, actor Nigel Hawthorne is discussing national health plans. “You’re desperately ...

SIR NIGEL HAWTHORNE, the actor who has died aged 72, became a national figure as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the power-crazed Permanent Secretary at the Department of Administrative Affairs in the ...

Nigel Hawthorne, 72, versatile British character actor known to American audiences for his Oscar-nominated performance in “The Madness of King George” (1995) and as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the ...

Sir Nigel Hawthorne created one of the best-known television comedy characters, in Yes Minister's Sir Humphrey. But there was of course much more to this theatrical knight than a single, if ...

DIED: Actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne, 72, Oscar nominated for playing the title role in “The Madness of King George” and known internationally as Sir Humphrey on the British TV series “Yes, ...

LONDON Sir Nigel Hawthorne, the actor known round the world as Machiavellian civil servant Sir Humphrey in the British television series "Yes, Minister," died Wednesday. He was 72.

Actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne, best known for his role as the scheming civil servant in the British television series, Yes, Minister, has died at his home in England.He was 72. After forging a theatre ...

The esteemed legacy of the only one to convey the lunacy of 'King George III' SIR NIGEL Hawthorne, the actor who has died aged 72, became a national figure as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the power ...

THE actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne died this morning, from a heart attack, at the age of 72. Mr Ken McReddie, his agent, said the actor had died peacefully at home with his partner and a friend at 9 ...