About Nigel Neilson
Lived 1919 – 2000 (aged 80). Nigel Neilson was an actor and television actor.
Nigel Fraser Neilson (12 December 1919 – 3 June 2000) was a British television and film actor of the 1940s and 50s.
Neilson was born in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1919. In 1925 aged 5 he moved to New Zealand but returned to the UK in 1929 with his mother and brother.
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps in the Middle East in Egypt and Libya, where he was awarded the Military Cross in 1942. He is known for his appearances in the television series The Handle Bar (1947), Old Songs for New (1948), How Do You View? (1950) and Drawing-Room Detective (1950). Wings of Danger (1952), The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) and Time Is My Enemy (1952). and died at Hastings in Sussex in 2000 aged 80.
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Who was Nigel Neilson?
British television and film actor (1919-2000)
When was Nigel Neilson born?
Nigel Neilson was born on 12 December 1919.
When did Nigel Neilson die?
Nigel Neilson died on 3 June 2000.
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Nigel Neilson was an actor and television actor.
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