Nigel Stock (actor)

For other people named Nigel Stock, see Nigel Stock (disambiguation).

Nigel Stock
Stock as Dr. Watson in BBC TV's Sherlock Holmes
Born21 September 1919
Malta
Died23 June 1986(1986-06-23) (aged 66)
Camden, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1931–1986
Spouses
Catherine Hodnett
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(m. 1943; div. 1947)​
Sonia Williams
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(m. 1951; div. 1980)​
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(m. 1979)​
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Nigel Stock (21 September 1919 – 23 June 1986) was a British actor who played character roles in many films and television dramas. He was perhaps best known for his stint as Dr. Watson in TV adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories, for his supporting roles as a solidly reliable English soldier or bureaucrat in several war and historical film dramas, and for playing the title role in Owen, M.D.[2]

  1. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Marriages 1837–2005". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Paul Cornell; Martin Day; Keith Topping (1996). The Guinness Book of Classic British TV. Guinness. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-85112-628-9.