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Nigel Green
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Nigel Green (b. 15 October 1924 in Pretoria, South Africa, d. 15 May 1972 in Brighton, England) was a British character actor.
The son of a professor, Green attended King's College School, Wimbledon and London University followed by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and appeared on stage at the Old Vic before making his first forays into British films in the mid-1950s. Early film roles included Reach for the Sky (1956), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), and as Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). However, his profile was raised dramatically following his co-starring role as the Colour Sgt. in Zulu, a film which helped to typecast him in military roles in further films such as Khartoum (1966), Tobruk (1967), Fräulein Doktor and Play Dirty (both 1969), although it also brought leading roles in films including The IPCRESS File (1965) and The Face of Fu Manchu (1965).
Green's career was cut short when he died from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills in 1972, aged just 47.