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Nigel Lambert
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Nigel Lambert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-05-11,Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Nigel Lambert (11 May 1944 – 11 September 2024) was an English voice actor. He is best known for his role as the narrator of the first series of the BBC comedy series Look Around You, as well as Merle Ambrose in the MMORPG Wizard101. Lambert was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex on 11 May 1944. Acting from the age of 12, Lambert began his stage education at Arts Educational Trust School, Piccadilly. After a brief spell at the Italia Conti Stage School, he joined a repertory company in Cork before completing his training at RADA. This was following by working in repertory theatre in Ireland and Northampton, as well as the Royal National Theatre. He then worked in radio and television, as well as being a member of Hatch End Players. He appeared in the 1967 The Avengers episode entitled "The 50,000 pound Breakfast" as the second doctor. Lambert played the role of athlete Ken Sparten in the 1969 SF/horror film Scream and Scream Again, and in more recent years provides the voice of Mr Curry in The Adventures of Paddington Bear television series and also Papa in the Dolmio pasta sauce puppet commercials. He also appeared as Operative Chris Granger in the UFO episode "Computer Affair" and contributed extensively to the magazine partwork Story Teller published by Marshall Cavendish, consisting of a fortnightly magazine and a cassette tape featuring children's stories. Lambert recorded over 50 BBC audiobooks. In 1980, he played the character of Hardin in the Doctor Who story The Leisure Hive, in addition to providing the voice of the Priest Triangle in the 2021 episodes War of the Sontarans and Once, Upon Time. He played the computer operative in the first episode of Blake's 7, The Way Back (1978). On 11 September 2024, it was announced that Lambert had died at the age of 80

Filmography

Space Station Milton Keynes

0

Space Station Milton Keynes
1985-03-03

Scream and Scream Again

5.307

Scream and Scream Again
1970-02-02

7

Calcium
2001-11-01

Where Eagles Dare

7.5

Where Eagles Dare
1968-12-04

Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?

10

Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?
1965-11-08

4.308

Crimetime
1996-08-01

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

7

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive
1980-09-20

7

Funny Money
1982-01-08

6.6

Henry VIII
1979-02-25

The Boys in Blue

5.469

The Boys in Blue
1982-09-20

Unreported Incident

0

Unreported Incident
1988-02-23

0

Steps Back
1973-05-14

The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft

0

The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft
1965-12-25

Out of the Unknown

7.125

Out of the Unknown
1965-10-04

6.7

Bergerac
1981-10-18

6.75

The Bill
1984-10-16

7

Kessler
1981-11-13

7.902

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

7.3

Blake's 7
1978-01-02

7.8

The Avengers
1961-01-07

7.719

UFO
1970-09-16

7.2

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

7.692

Secret Army
1977-09-07

The Adventures of Paddington Bear

6.6

The Adventures of Paddington Bear
1997-06-14

The Main Chance

8.25

The Main Chance
1969-06-18

Look Around You

7.97

Look Around You
2002-10-10

Married for Life

7

Married for Life
1996-03-05

7.2

The Upper Hand
1990-05-01

7.692

Secret Army
1977-09-07

6.667

Cuffy
1983-03-13

The Onedin Line

7

The Onedin Line
1971-10-15

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

7.667

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967-05-21

7.607

Doctor Who
2005-03-26

The Phoenix and the Carpet

6.4

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1976-12-29

Shillingbury Tales

7.2

Shillingbury Tales
1981-05-17

The Play on One

6

The Play on One
1988-01-19