Nigel Anthony

{{short description|Theatre, television, narrator and radio actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox actor

| name =

| birth_name = Nigel Anthony William Dagleish Gossling

| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|23 December 1941}}

| birth_place = England

| occupation = Actor, narrator and radio actor

| years_active = 1956–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Deborah Millington|1964|1976|reason=dissolved}}
• {{marriage|Kate Binchy|1979|2017|reason=dissolved}}
• {{marriage|Debra Erskine|2017}}

}}

| children = 3

}}

Nigel Anthony (born 23 December 1941) is an English theatre, television, narrator and radio actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/27b12929-6ee3-49dd-b7f2-1b19fbe8b86f |title=Radio Drama Company: Familiar faces from the 1960s |date=13 October 2016 |publisher=BBC Blogs |accessdate=27 December 2017 }} His theatre work includes Twelfth Night, Dutch Uncle, Happy End, The Taming of the Shrew for the Royal Shakespeare Company and seasons at Scarborough and Chichester.{{Cite web|url=http://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/search/rsc_person:anthony-nigel-85979|title=Search | RSC Performances | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust|website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/3sx/nigel-anthony|title=Nigel Anthony | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} Television appearances include Ted Roach in Casualty (series 1 and 2) The Diary of Anne Frank, Coronation Street, Midsomer Murders and Doctors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba31b1b3c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029232110/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba31b1b3c|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2019|title=Nigel Anthony|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=77983|title=Nigel Anthony|website=www.aveleyman.com}}

He has spent a large part of his career working in radio drama where he won a Sony award and a Radio Times award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/nigel-anthony-r3.html|title=Nigel Anthony Radio Plays, DIVERSITY website - radio drama, plays|website=www.suttonelms.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/nigel-anthony.html|title=Nigel Anthony Radio Plays, DIVERSITY website - radio drama, plays|website=www.suttonelms.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/42/the-house-of-doctor-dee|title=BBC - The House Of Doctor Dee - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

Anthony had three sons with his first wife, Deborah Millington (now divorced). Two of his sons are documentary film makers, producer/director Sam Anthony (My Life As A Rolling Stone, Art That Made Us) and four-time BAFTA award winning director Ben Anthony.{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television/single-documentary|title=2013 Television Single Documentary | BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2019/tvcraft/director-factual|title=2019 Television Craft Director: Factual | BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}