Nicol Williamson (1936-2011)

by Brian Alterman on Jan.25, 2012, under News

Actor Nicol Williamson has died at the age of 75 from esophageal cancer (he actually died back in December, but his family has just released the statement). A two time Tony award winner, he was also known for having played many famous characters on the big screen such as the wizard Merlin in Excalibur and Hamlet opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins and Marianne Faithful. But his greatest roll was undoubtedly that of Badger in Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. In one of the greatest things I have ever seen on IMDB, his first film roll is listed as “Man lighting Major Lockwood’s distorted cigarette (uncredited)” in The Iron Petticoat.

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3 comments for this entry:

Baxter
January 25th, 2012 on 1:05 PM
He was good in the Iron Petticoat.
Badger Bob
January 26th, 2012 on 7:42 AM
Arthur: Merlin, where are you going?
Merlin: Where do you think? You have a kingdom to rule.
Arthur: But how? I don’t know how.
Merlin: You knew how to draw the sword from the stone.
Arthur: That was easy.
Merlin: Was it? I couldn’t have done it.
JDisl
January 30th, 2012 on 2:26 PM
Excalibur was amazing. When I was a kid I watched it 100 times!