Nigel Betts

{{Short description|British actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=July 2021}} {{Sources exist|date=July 2021}} }} '''Nigel Betts''' is an English actor,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/nigel_betts/ | title=Nigel Betts | website=[[British Comedy Guide]] }}</ref> who from 2003 to 2007 appeared on the [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' as [[Eddie Hope]]. He also portrayed Tony in the [[BBC Two]] sitcom ''[[Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]'' and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the [[Doctor Who (series 8)|eighth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as well as in ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off.

Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as ''[[Downton Abbey]]'', ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Ridley Road (TV series)|Ridley Road]]'', and the much acclaimed ITV series, ''[[Sharpe (TV series)|Sharpe]]''. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'' and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom ''[[Coupling (British TV series)|Coupling]]''. In 2016 he appeared as Brian Teddern in ''[[The Coroner]]'', S2:E5 “The Captain’s Pipe”. In 2009 he played Tommy in the eighth episode of the fourth series of ''[[Doc Martin]]''.

Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's ''Gunpowder'' season. Other theatre credits include ''[[The 39 Steps (play)|The 39 Steps]],'' a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by [[John Buchan]] and the 1935 film by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], and Arthur in ''[[War Horse (play)|War Horse]]'', the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]'s award-winning show in the [[West End theatre|West End]]. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of the [[BBC One|BBC]] soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' as Elton Summertree. He appeared again in 2024, this time in the role of [[List of Doctors characters introduced in 2024 #Mellie Tyler|Mellie Tyler]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-emma-warns-zara-about-graham|title=Doctors spoilers: Emma WARNS Zara about Graham...|work=[[What to Watch]]|access-date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0079451|name=Nigel Betts}}

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