Acting

Nigel Rathbone

Born January 1, 1960 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK (age 66)

Nigel Rathbone is a British actor who is perhaps best known for playing Steve Forbes in thirty three episodes of the TV series The Gentle Touch (1980-1984) as well as his role as Arpad Laszlo in the BBC TV play She Loves Me (1979). He played Tim Barber in ten episodes of Look and Read (1967-2004) and he also starred alongside Bob Hoskins in the TV series Pennies from Heaven (1978-1979) in the epis…

Known For

No Blade of GrassNo Blade of Grass · 1970
No Blade of Grass
5.31970
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
The Boy Who Turned YellowThe Boy Who Turned Yellow · 1972
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
5.61972
MovieFamilyScience Fiction
John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Tower, and saves his pet.
She Loves MeShe Loves Me · 1979
She Loves Me
8.81979
MovieComedyMusic
BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
Home Before MidnightHome Before Midnight · 1979
Home Before Midnight
5.51979
MovieDrama
A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.
Grange HillGrange Hill · 1978
Grange Hill
6.71978
SeriesDrama
Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
The Gentle TouchThe Gentle Touch · 1980
The Gentle Touch
7.21980
SeriesCrimeDrama
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
Pennies from HeavenPennies from Heaven · 1978
Pennies from Heaven
7.61978
SeriesDrama
Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs. During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.

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