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Nicholas Day | |
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| Born | Nicholas Patrick Day 16 October 1947 Gillingham, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–present |
Nicholas Patrick Day (born 16 October 1947) is an English actor, who is currently the narrator on the Netflix series Myths & Monsters and also stars as Anthony Fox in ITV soap Emmerdale.
He attended Alleyn's School, Dulwich before studying at the University of Bristol acting with their drama department. [1] Day was a supply teacher at Plumstead Manor School for Girls' for a brief time during the early 1980s, where he taught drama.[ citation needed ]
He is perhaps best known for playing Detective Sergeant Michael Morley in Minder from 1991 to 1993. He also played Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan in Series One of the BBC drama New Tricks . He portrayed Jack The Ripper, in series six (episode five) of Goodnight Sweetheart in 1999, and played another police officer, DCS John Meredith, in a single episode of Foyle's War in 2008. In 2009 he appeared in Margaret and The Take , and as Martin Crisp in The Dogleg Murders (Series 12 of Midsomer Murders .)
His film roles include appearances in Penelope Pulls It Off (1975), The Golden Bowl (2000), Russian Dolls (2005) and Amazing Grace (2006). [2]
In 2010 he played Colonel Montford in Joe Johnston's horror film The Wolfman . [2]
In 2013, he played the headmaster in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company for seven seasons including the World Shakespeare Festival, working on classics like The Tempest and Twelfth Night . [3]
Since 2015 he has presented Murder Maps which is made by Netflix in the United Kingdom and is now in its fifth series in the UK. Murder Maps is also shown on Yesterday. In 2021, he narrated Railway Murders. [4]
Currently Nicholas is in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale playing Anthony Fox the father of Ruby and grandfather of Stephanie.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Penelope Pulls It Off | Jeremiah | |
| 1977 | Ripping Yarns | Sgt. Major Errol | 1 Episode “Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B” |
| 1980 | Can We Get on Now, Please? | Mr. Marplot | 1 Episode “Variations in Two Flats” |
| 1980 | Grundy | Salvatore | 1 Episode “Hands Across the Table” |
| 1981 | Cribb | Igor Ozolin | 1 Episode “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” |
| 1981 | Chintz | James Oglethorpe | 1 Episode |
| 1981 | It Takes a Worried Man | Gaskell | 1 Episode “Frankly Speaking” |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Surg. Lt. Commander | 1 Episode “The Grudge Fight” |
| 1982 | ITV Playhouse | Dr. Holroyd | 1 Episode “Grandad” |
| 1982 | Harry’s Game | Bannen | 3 Episodes |
| 1982-1983 | Shelley | Sissons/DHSS Man | 2 Episodes |
| 1983 | The Citadel | Paul Deedman | 3 Episodes |
| 1983 | Crown Court | 1 Episode “A Matter of Trust: Part 1” | |
| 1983 | The Bounder | P.C. Baxter | 1 Episode “Raffles” |
| 1983 | Heartattack Hotel | Roddie | TV Movie |
| 1983-1985 | Up the Elephant and Round the Castle | Councillor Arnold Moggs/D.H.S.S. Manager | 11 Episodes |
| 1984 | Foxy Lady | Mark Patton | 1 Episode |
| 1984 | Pull the Other One | Vicar | 1 Episode “Grandma Strikes Back” |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Merton | 1 Episode “A Still Small Shout” |
| 1985-1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Burgas/Fairbrother | 2 Episodes |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Peter Howes | 6 Episodes |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | Martland | 1 Episode “The Bombay Ducks” |
| 1986 | Full House | Mr. Blandford | 1 Episode “And Baby Makes Five” |
| 1987 | Bust | Henry Webster | 1 Episode “Selling a Dummy” |
| 1987 | The Michael Barrymore Special | Himself | TV Special |
| 1988 | Screenplay | Parkes | 1 Episode “Home Front” |
| 1989 | Vote for Them | Captain Carrington | 3 Episodes |
| 1989 | After the War | Frank Kitson | 4 Episodes |
| 1989 | Saracen | Terence Swift | 1 Episode “Three Blind Mice” |
| 1990 | Made in Heaven | Vicar | 1 Episode “Falling for Love” |
| 1990 | Never the Twain | George | 1 Episode “Happy Holiday” |
| 1990 | The Return of Shelley | Dr. P. Smith | 1 Episode “Brainstrain” |
| 1991 | Lovejoy | Alec Statham | 1 Episode “One Born Every Minute” |
| 1991 | Trouble in Mind | Malcolm Barclay | 9 Episodes |
| 1991-1993 | Minder | D.S. Morley | 16 Episodes |
| 1992 | Kappatoo | Brian | 7 Episodes |
| 1992 | Countdown | Himself (Dictionary Corner) | 1 Episode |
| 1993 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Tax Officer | 1 Episode “Henry’s Lost Love” |
| 1995 | Screen Two | Charles Kendrick | 1 Episode “The Absence of War” |
| 1995-1999 | The Bill | Frank Wallace/Referee | 2 Episodes |
| 1996 | Kavanagh QC | Alan Jacobs | 1 Episode “True Commitment” |
| 1997-1999 | The Lakes | Mr. Archer | 12 Episodes |
| 1998 | Human Bomb | Police commisioner | TV Movie |
| 1999 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Jack the Ripper | 1 Episode “…The ‘Ouses in Between” |
| 1999 | Extremely Dangerous | Gregg | 4 Episodes |
| 2000 | The Wilsons | Mr. Green | 1 Episode, Credited as Nick Day |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Lord Castledean | |
| 2000 | In Defence | DCI Bran Minter | 1 Episode, Credited as Nick Day |
| 2000 | Sabotage! | General 2 - Abel | Credited as Nick Day |
| 2000 | The Stretch | DCI Frank ‘Raquel’ Welch | TV Movie |
| 2001 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Chief Superintendent Hilllier | 1 Episode “A Great Deliverance” |
| 2002 | Daniel Deronda | Lord Brackenshaw | 4 Episodes |
| 2003 | Adventure Inc. | Harold Ashcroft | 1 Episode “Search for Arthur” |
| 2003 | Cambridge Spies | Lord Raveley | 1 Episode |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Donald Bevan | 6 Episodes |
| 2004 | Rosemary & Thyme | Warwick Jardine | 1 Episode “The Memory of Water” |
| 2004 | Godot Isn’t Coming | Potts | Short |
| 2004-2007 | Doc Martin | Dry Cleaner/Tom Giddens | 2 Episodes |
| 2005 | Russian Dolls | Père William | |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace | Sir William Dolben | |
| 2008 | Foyle’s War | DCS John Meredith | 1 Episode “Plan of Attack” |
| 2009 | Margaret | Cranley Onslow | TV Movie |
| 2009 | Midsomer Murders | Martin Crisp | 1 Episode “The Dogleg Murders” |
| 2009 | The Take | Freddie Senior | 2 Episodes |
| 2009 | Garrow’s Law | John Julius Angerstein | 1 Episode |
| 2009 | Easier Ways to Make a Living | Latimer | Short |
| 2010 | The Wolfman | Colonel Montford | |
| 2010 | Doctors | John Howell | 1 Episode “Yetis on the Golf Course” |
| 2012 | Eliminate: Archie Cookson | Spymaster George | |
| 2013 | Poirot | Ingles | 1 Episode “The Big Four” |
| 2015 | A Dark Reflection | Charles Jaspar | |
| 2015 | Pleasure Island | Tony | |
| 2015-2020 | Murder Maps | Himself | 25 Episodes |
| 2016 | UNIT: The New Series | Kenneth LeBlanc/Heston (voice) | Podcast Series, 3 Episodes |
| 2016 | Jump Cut Jeff | Jeff | Short |
| 2017 | Oliver | The Man | Short |
| 2017 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | John Mills | TV Movie |
| 2017 | Myths & Monsters | Himself | 6 Episodes |
| 2020 | The Crown | Jim Prior | 2 Episodes |
| 2021 | The Worlds of Blake’s 7 | Jorah (voice) | Podcast Series, 1 Episode “Heart of Ice” |
| 2021 | Railway Murders | Himself | 6 Episodes |
| 2024 | Aguska | Malcolm | Short |
| 2024–present | Emmerdale | Anthony Fox | |
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