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Acting

Nicholas Selby

Career

Active from 1959 to 1994, with a break from 1972 to 1993, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Macbeth
Macbeth
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nicholas Selby Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      32
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      1990s

      10 titles · average score 70
      Stiff Upper Lips
      Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
      GoodWatch score 46

      as Don 1

      Dalziel and Pascoe
      Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
      GoodWatch score 69

      TV show · as Major Studholme

      Our Friends in the North
      Our Friends in the North (1996)
      GoodWatch score 81

      TV show · as Sir Edward Jones

      Giving Tongue
      Giving Tongue (1996)

      as Elderly Peer

      The Affair
      The Affair (1995)
      GoodWatch score 52

      as Mr. Leyland

      The Madness of King George
      The Madness of King George (1994)
      GoodWatch score 82

      as Speaker

      Message for Posterity
      Message for Posterity (1994)

      as 2nd Conservative MP

      Performance
      Performance (1991)

      TV show · as Second Conservative MP

      Jeeves and Wooster
      Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
      GoodWatch score 80

      TV show · as Uncle George

      House of Cards
      House of Cards (1990)
      GoodWatch score 83

      TV show · as Lord Billsborough

      1980s

      7 titles · average score 72
      Agatha Christie's Poirot
      Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
      GoodWatch score 84

      TV show · as Mr Johnstone

      The Jim Henson Hour
      The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
      GoodWatch score 85

      TV show · as The King (archive footage)

      The Storyteller
      The Storyteller (1988)
      GoodWatch score 85

      TV show · as King

      Blott on the Landscape
      Blott on the Landscape (1985)
      GoodWatch score 75

      TV show · as General Burnett

      Mata Hari
      Mata Hari (1985)
      GoodWatch score 41

      as Von Jagow

      Anna Karenina
      Anna Karenina (1985)
      GoodWatch score 64

      as Doctor

      In the Secret State
      In the Secret State (1985)

      as Sir Gerald Dangerfield

      1970s

      4 titles · average score 77
      Poldark
      Poldark (1975)
      GoodWatch score 80

      TV show · as Nicholas Warleggan

      Macbeth
      Macbeth (1971)
      GoodWatch score 75

      as Duncan

      Elizabeth R
      Elizabeth R (1971)
      GoodWatch score 80

      TV show · as Sir Walter Raleigh

      The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
      The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
      GoodWatch score 73

      TV show · as Superintendent Miller

      1960s

      8 titles · average score 75
      ITV Playhouse
      ITV Playhouse (1967)

      TV show · as Henry Livingstone

      Callan
      Callan (1967)
      GoodWatch score 76

      TV show

      Boy Meets Girl
      Boy Meets Girl (1967)

      TV show · as Sir Robert Waring

      A Walk in the Sea
      A Walk in the Sea (1966)

      as Licensee

      The Wars of the Roses
      The Wars of the Roses (1965)

      TV show · as Winchester

      The Wars of the Roses
      The Wars of the Roses (1965)

      as Duke of Winchester

      Theatre 625
      Theatre 625 (1964)

      TV show · as Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

      The Saint
      The Saint (1962)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show · as Bailey

      1950s

      3 titles · average score 77
      Doctor Kabil
      Doctor Kabil (1959)

      as Hillier

      Armchair Theatre
      Armchair Theatre (1956)
      GoodWatch score 68

      TV show · as Harry Bloch

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents
      Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
      GoodWatch score 86

      TV show · as Process Server