# Nigel Lovell

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{{Short description|Australian stage, radio and TV actor (1916–2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{infobox person
| image        =
| caption      = 
| name         = Nigel Lovell
| birth_name   = Nigel Tasman Lovell
| birth_place  = [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1916|1|27|df=y}}
| death_place  = 
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2001|12|13|1916|1|27|df=y}}
| education    = [Sydney University](/source/Sydney_University) (1938)
| occupation   = Actor, producer, director
| years_active = 1935–1982
| spouse       = [Patricia Lovell](/source/Patricia_Lovell)
| family       = [Geoff Lovell](/source/Geoff_Lovell) (nephew)
| children     = 2 (including [Jenny Lovell](/source/Jenny_Lovell)) 
}}
'''Nigel Tasman Lovell''' (27 January 1916 – 13 December 2001) was an Australian stage, radio, film and television actor, and producer of opera and both stage and radio drama.

==Early life==
Lovell was born in Sydney, the son of {{not a typo|H(enry)}} Tasman Lovell, Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, [Sydney University](/source/Sydney_University), living at Honda Road, [Neutral Bay](/source/Neutral_Bay%2C_New_South_Wales).
He was educated at 'Shore' ([Sydney Church of England Grammar School](/source/Sydney_Church_of_England_Grammar_School))<ref name="Lane">{{cite news |author=Richard Lane |date=31 January 2002 |title=At home on radio, on stage, directing opera or Tarzan |url=https://fairfaxmedia.newspapers.com/clip/38077729/the-sydney-morning-herald/ |access-date=7 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |page=38}}</ref> and studied law at [Sydney University](/source/University_of_Sydney), graduating with a BA in 1938, and was an active member of the [Sydney University Dramatic Society](/source/Sydney_University_Dramatic_Society) (SUDS), under director [May Hollinworth](/source/May_Hollinworth). While with SUDS, he was spotted by the director of drama for the [Australian Broadcasting Commission](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Commission), [Frank Clewlow](/source/Frank_Clewlow), who gave him small roles in several radio plays.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 June 1939 |title=Glow of Tropic Color at Cuba Ball |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247605380 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)) |page=12 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=IV |issue=84}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=22 February 1940 |title=Social and Personal |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17662148 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |page=19 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=31,871}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1950, Lovell joined Sydney's [Metropolitan Theatre](/source/Metropolitan_Theatre_(Sydney)) under Hollinworth, and when she fell ill he took over production.

In 1951, Lovell won a Commonwealth Jubilee Arts Scholarship in Drama, a travelling scholarship awarded by the [British Council](/source/British_Council) to study production in England.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 March 1951 |title=Jubilee Arts Awards |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248632251 |access-date=7 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)) |page=7 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=XVI |issue=7}}</ref>

He continued acting for the ABC under producers [Eric John](/source/Eric_John_(radio)) and [Frank Zeppel](/source/Frank_Zeppel) in the last decade of Australian radio drama, and in several ABC-TV historical plays.

In 1959, Lovell appeared as the main protagonist in the convict-themed ''[Pardon Miss Westcott](/source/Pardon_Miss_Westcott),'' which was the first Australian musical written specially for [live television](/source/live_television). That same year, he had a small role in feature film ''[The Restless and the Damned](/source/The_Restless_and_the_Damned)''.<ref name="rest">{{cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=1 July 2025 |title=The Lee Robinson-Chips Rafferty Story Part 6: The Restless and the Damned |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-lee-robinson-chips-rafferty-story-part-6-the-restless-and-the-damned/ |access-date=1 July 2025 |magazine=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>

Lovell was also a regular in [Crawford Productions](/source/Crawford_Productions) for commercial TV; notably as the avuncular spy chief on late 1960s series ''[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(1967_TV_series)).'' During the 1970–1972 seasons of Crawfords' long-running Melbourne police series ''[Homicide](/source/Homicide_(Australian_TV_series))'', he served as a line producer and television dialogue director, before it moved completely into being a fully-filmed program. In 1972 he returned to Sydney, joining the staff of ABC Radio as a producer of education programs.<ref name=Lane/>

==Personal life==
Lovell was a brother of Dr. Bruce Tasman Lovell (1910 – 19 September 1986) and Guy Tasman Lovell (15 August 1919 – ). Former cricketer [Geoff Lovell](/source/Geoff_Lovell) is a nephew.

Lovell married Sue Dalton in 1941 and had a daughter Catherine Lovell on 1 January 1947. His wife died of a heart condition later that year.
 
He married again, to [Patricia Anna Parr](/source/Patricia_Lovell) in 1956, having met through work with Sydney's [Metropolitan Theatre](/source/Metropolitan_Theatre_(Sydney)). They had two children – Simon Lovell, a helicopter pilot, and [Jenny Lovell](/source/Jenny_Lovell), an actor known for her role in the television series ''[Prisoner](/source/Prisoner_(TV_series))''. [Patricia Lovell](/source/Patricia_Lovell) had a significant career in radio and film both before and after their divorce.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2"|1948 || ''The Valley is Ours'' || Narrator || Short film ||
|-
| ''The Bushman Goes Home'' || Commentator || Short film ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[Eureka Stockade](/source/Eureka_Stockade_(1949_film))'' || Captain Wise || Feature film || <ref name="stockade">{{cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=15 March 2025 |title=Wrecking Australian stories: Eureka Stockade |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/wrecking-australian-stories-eureka-stockade/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |magazine=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>
|-
| 1951 || ''[Wherever She Goes](/source/Wherever_She_Goes)'' || Will Joyce (father of [Eileen Joyce](/source/Eileen_Joyce)) || Feature film || <ref name="where">{{cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=29 October 2025 |title=Forgotten Australian Films: Wherever She Goes |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-wherever-she-goes/ |access-date=29 October 2025 |magazine=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wherever She Goes – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/wherever-she-goes/cast/2030109486/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1957 || ''[The Shiralee](/source/The_Shiralee_(1957_film))'' || O’Hara (uncredited) || Feature film ||
|-
| ''Papua and New Guinea'' || Commentator || Short film ||
|-
| 1959 || ''The Dispossessed'' (aka ''L'ambitieuse'' or ''[The Restless and the Damned](/source/The_Restless_and_the_Damned)'') || André Rancourt || Feature film || <ref name="rest"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1964 || ''Under Stress'' || Narrator || Short film ||
|-
| ''Music in the Making'' || Commentator || Short film || 
|-
| 1965 || ''Army Apprentices'' || Narrator || Short film ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[Ned Kelly](/source/Ned_Kelly_(1970_film))'' || Captain Standish || Feature film || <ref>{{cite web |title=Ned Kelly – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ned-kelly/cast/2030119892/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| 1976 || ''[Let the Balloon Go](/source/Let_the_Balloon_Go)'' || The Parson || Feature film || <ref>{{cite web |title=Let the Balloon Go – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/let-the-balloon-go/cast/2030346392/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
! Ref.
|-
| 1957 || ''[A Fourth for Bridge](/source/A_Fourth_for_Bridge)'' || Air Force Type || TV movie || <ref>{{cite web |date=13 July 1957 |title=Looking Ahead on Channel 2 (ABN) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1283254858/ |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=ABC Weekly |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=19 |issue=28}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan ="3"|1959 || ''[One Bright Day](/source/One_Bright_Day_(film))'' || Arthur Mitchell || TV movie ||
|-
| ''The Bodgie'' || Robert Manning MP || TV movie || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[Pardon Miss Westcott](/source/Pardon_Miss_Westcott)'' || Colonel Patterson || Episode of ''[Shell Presents](/source/Shell_Presents)'' || <ref>{{cite web |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Pardon Miss Westcott |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-tv-plays-pardon-miss-wescott/ |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1960 || ''[Stormy Petrel](/source/Stormy_Petrel_(TV_series))'' || Major General George Johnston || 8 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Stormy Petrel |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-stormy-petrel/ |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[The Grey Nurse Said Nothing](/source/The_Grey_Nurse_Said_Nothing_(The_General_Motors_Hour))'' || Reverend Light || Episode of ''[The General Motors Hour](/source/The_General_Motors_Hour)'' || <ref>{{cite web |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-the-grey-nurse-said-nothing/ |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1961 || ''[The Sergeant from Burralee](/source/The_Sergeant_from_Burralee)'' || Defence Counsel || TV movie ||
|-
| ''[Whiplash](/source/Whiplash_(TV_series))'' || Josie / Edwin Regnor / Wilfred Swan || 3 episodes || 
|-
| rowspan="4"|1962 || ''Off Centre'' || Joe Hunter || TV movie ||
|-
| ''[Consider Your Verdict](/source/Consider_Your_Verdict)'' || Harold Rees || 2 episodes ||
|-
| ''[The Patriots](/source/The_Patriots_(TV_series))'' ||[Dr Robert Wardell](/source/Robert_Wardell) || Miniseries, 10 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Patriots – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-patriots/cast/1030031922/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[Jonah](/source/Jonah_(TV_series))'' || || 1 episode ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|1963 || ''Smugglers Beware'' || || Miniseries ||
|-
| ''[The Hungry Ones](/source/The_Hungry_Ones)'' || Surgeon John White || 9 episodes ||
|-
| ''Time Out'' || Louis de Rougemont || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[The Land That Waited](/source/The_Land_That_Waited)'' || Narrator || TV movie || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Land That Waited |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/69492--the-land-that-waited/ |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=www.acmi.net.au}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1964 || ''[The Stranger](/source/The_Stranger_(Australian_TV_series))'' || Group Captain Ponsonby || Miniseries, 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[Tribunal](/source/Tribunal_(TV_series))'' || Bartolomeo Vanzetti || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[A Sound of Trumpets](/source/A_Sound_of_Trumpets)'' || Geoff || TV movie ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1965 || ''[The Big Killing](/source/The_Big_Killing_(Wednesday_Theatre))'' || Charles Barcher || TV movie || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Big Killing – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-big-killing/cast/2030548030/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[Adventure Unlimited](/source/Adventure_Unlimited)'' || || 1 episode || 
|-
| 1965–1973 || ''[Homicide](/source/Homicide_(Australian_TV_series))'' || John Simpson / Supt. Tilley / Refinery Security Officer / Stranger / Senator Russell Watson / Thomas Burke / Graham Boyce / Prosecuting Counsel || 8 episodes ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966 || ''[Point of Departure](/source/Point_of_Departure_(Wednesday_Theatre))'' || Clark || TV movie ||
|-
| ''The Nice Widow at Quinto'' || || Episode of ''[Australian Playhouse](/source/Australian_Playhouse)'' || <ref>{{cite web |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Five episodes of Australian Playhouse |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-five-episodes-of-australian-playhouse/ |access-date=9 August 2020 |website=[FilmInk](/source/FilmInk)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1967 || ''[Nice 'n' Juicy](/source/Nice_'n'_Juicy)'' || Mackay || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[Divorce Court](/source/Divorce_Court_(Australian_TV_series))'' || || 210 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=Divorce Court – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/divorce-court/cast/1060520447/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| 1967–1969 || ''[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(1967_TV_series))'' || Charles Blake || 65 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=Hunter |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/hunter.html |access-date=10 February 2026 |website=www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1968 || ''[The Battlers](/source/The_Battlers_(TV_series))'' || Magistrate || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo](/source/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo)'' || Dr Martin || 1 episode ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[Riptide](/source/Riptide_(Australian_TV_series))'' || Inspector || 1 episode ||
|-
| 1969; 1970 || ''[Delta](/source/Delta_(Australian_TV_series))'' || Ronnie / Major Brunning || 2 episodes ||
|-
| 1969–1971 || ''[Division 4](/source/Division_4)'' || Judge / Ken Frost / Carl Glass on / Henry Morgan / Will Smyth || 5 episodes ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1970 || ''[Woobinda, Animal Doctor](/source/Woobinda_(Animal_Doctor))'' || || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[The Rovers](/source/The_Rovers_(TV_series))'' || The Bank Manager / Dr Henry Micklejohn || 2 episodes ||
|-
| ''[Strange Holiday](/source/Strange_Holiday_(1970_film))'' || || TV movie || <ref>{{cite web |title=Strange Holiday – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/strange-holiday/cast/2000118770/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972 || ''[The Lady and the Law](/source/The_Lady_and_the_Law)'' || || TV movie ||
|-
| ''The Spoiler'' || Richards || ||
|-
| 1972–1973 || ''[Over There](/source/Over_There_(Australian_TV_series))'' || Captain Balfour || 5 episodes || <ref>{{cite web |title=Over There – Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/over-there/cast/1000457032/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1973 || ''[Matlock Police](/source/Matlock_Police)'' || Ted Jackson || 1 episode ||
|-
| ''[Seven Little Australians](/source/Seven_Little_Australians_(TV_series))'' || The Doctor || Miniseries, 1 episode || <ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Little Australians – episode guide |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/seven-little-australians/episodes.html |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref>
|-
| 1974 || ''[Behind the Legend](/source/Behind_the_Legend)'' || John Flynn || 1 episode || 
|-
| 1975 || ''[Last Rites](/source/Last_Rites_(1975_film))'' || Beecham || TV movie || 
|-
| 1976 || ''[Alvin Purple](/source/Alvin_Purple_(TV_series))'' || Dad || 1 episode ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[Born to Run](/source/Born_to_Run_(1977_film))'' (aka ''Harness Fever'') || Cantrell || TV movie || 
|-
| 1978 || ''[Case for the Defence](/source/Case_for_the_Defence)'' || The Judge || 1 episode ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[A Country Practice](/source/A_Country_Practice)'' || Bluey Ashdown || 2 episodes ||
|}

===As producer===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
! Ref.
|-
| 1970–1972 || ''[Homicide](/source/Homicide_(Australian_TV_series))'' || Producer || 18 episodes || 
|}

==Theatre==

===As actor===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type 
! Ref.
|-
| 1935 || ''[As You Like It](/source/As_You_Like_It)'' || Adam || Savoy Theatre, Sydney with [SUDS](/source/Sydney_University_Dramatic_Society) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1936 || ''[Don Juan](/source/Don_Juan)'' || Lord Frantingham (and the statue) || rowspan="2"|[SUDS](/source/Sydney_University_Dramatic_Society) ||
|-
| rowspan="5"|1938 || ''[Hotel Universe](/source/Hotel_Universe)'' || || <ref>{{cite news |date=5 September 1938 |title=People on Parade |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247364725 |access-date=1 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)) |page=6 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=III |issue=143}}</ref>
|-
| ''[Tuttifäntchen](/source/Tuttif%C3%A4ntchen)'' || The Puppet Master || [Collegium Musicum Sydney](/source/Collegium_Musicum_Sydney) ||
|-
| ''[Death Takes a Holiday](/source/Death_Takes_a_Holiday_(musical))'' || Corrado || rowspan="5"|[University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney) with [SUDS](/source/Sydney_University_Dramatic_Society) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[The Merchant of Venice](/source/The_Merchant_of_Venice)'' || [Bassanio](/source/Bassanio) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''Lucrece'' || Tarquin || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1939 || ''[Laughter in Court](/source/Laughter_in_Court)'' || Edward Cruickshank || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''By Wire'' || Detective Inspector Denwood || <ref name="ausstage"/><ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 1939 |title=By Wire |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17578377 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |page=13 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove) |issue=31,622}}</ref>
|-
| ''Hotel Universe'' || || [Lyceum Club, Sydney](/source/Lyceum_Club_(Australia)) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1940 || ''[The School for Scandal](/source/The_School_for_Scandal)'' || || [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney) with [SUDS](/source/Sydney_University_Dramatic_Society) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[French Without Tears](/source/French_Without_Tears)'' || || rowspan="2"|[Minerva Theatre, Sydney](/source/Minerva_Theatre%2C_Sydney) || <ref>{{cite news |date=24 May 1940 |title=Well-known Crowd Premiere At Minerva |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231465510 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sun (Sydney)](/source/The_Sun_(Sydney)) |page=11 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=9481}}</ref><ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1941 || ''[Mr Smart Guy](/source/Mr_Smart_Guy)'' || Rex Albion || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1950 || ''Raymond, Lord of Milan'' || [Raymond Della Torre](/source/Raimondo_della_Torre) || rowspan="3"|Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream)'' || [Oberon](/source/Oberon) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[The Rivals](/source/The_Rivals)'' || Sir Anthony || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1957 || ''[The Big Knife](/source/The_Big_Knife)'' || Clifford Odets || rowspan="3"|[Independent Theatre, Sydney](/source/Independent_Theatre) ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1965 || ''Two Plays in Rehearsal'' || || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''My Life with an Interval for Asprin'' || || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''The Business of Good Government'' || || Assembly Hall, Sydney with Q Theatre || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966 || ''A Walk Among the Wheeneys'' || || AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[A Far Country](/source/A_Far_Country_(play))'' || || [Independent Theatre, Sydney](/source/Independent_Theatre) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|}

===As director/producer===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type 
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"|1950 || ''[Raymond, Lord of Milan](/source/Raymond%2C_Lord_of_Milan)'' || Director || rowspan="3"|Metropolitan Theatre, Sydney || <ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 1851 |title=Review |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115767441 |access-date=7 August 2020 |newspaper=[Freeman's Journal](/source/The_Catholic_Weekly) |page=11 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 1871 |title=Mr E. Reeve, Founder of the N.S.W. Academy of Art |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63618206 |access-date=7 August 2020 |newspaper=[Illustrated Sydney News](/source/Illustrated_Sydney_News) |page=3 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=VII |issue=89}}</ref><ref name="ausstage">{{cite web |title=Nigel Lovell |url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/227871 |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[AusStage](/source/AusStage)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[A Midsummer Night’s Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night%E2%80%99s_Dream)'' || Director || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[The Rivals](/source/The_Rivals)'' || Director || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1951 || ''[A Masked Ball](/source/A_Masked_Ball)'' || Director || [Princess Theatre, Melbourne](/source/Princess_Theatre_(Melbourne)) with NSW Opera / National Opera Company || <ref>{{cite news |date=24 March 1951 |title=Fine Singing Heard In Verdi Opera |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18205533 |access-date=7 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |page=2 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=35,336}}</ref><ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1953 || ''[The Flying Dutchman](/source/The_Flying_Dutchman_(opera))'' || || || <ref>{{cite news |date=25 July 1953 |title=Wagner opera opening |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248588388 |access-date=8 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)) |page=8 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |volume=XVIII |issue=107}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1954 || ''[Il trovatore](/source/Il_trovatore)'' || Director || Victoria Theatre, Newcastle, [Empire Theatre](/source/Empire_Theatre%2C_Sydney) for the [National Opera of Australia](/source/Opera_Australia) || <ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 1954 |title=Opera's New Singers |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18440906 |access-date=5 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |page=6 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=36,338}}</ref><ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| ''[Faust](/source/Faust_(opera))'' || Producer || [Empire Theatre, Sydney](/source/Empire_Theatre%2C_Sydney) || <ref>{{cite news |date=9 July 1954 |title=Faust Was Not Really Well Done |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229707804 |access-date=8 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sun (Sydney)](/source/The_Sun_(Sydney)) |page=22 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=13,855}}</ref>
|-
| 1955 || ''[Winter Journey](/source/Winter_Journey_(play))'' || Producer || [Independent Theatre, Sydney](/source/Independent_Theatre) || <ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 1955 |title=At Sydney Theatres |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225597335 |access-date=8 August 2020 |newspaper=[Le Courrier Australien](/source/Le_Courrier_Australien) |page=7 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=39}}</ref><ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1956 || ''[Sāvitri](/source/S%C4%81vitri_(opera))'' & ''[Prima Donna](/source/Prima_Donna_(opera))'' || Producer || [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1957 || ''[The Big Knife](/source/The_Big_Knife_(play))'' || Director || [Independent Theatre, Sydney](/source/Independent_Theatre) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1958 || ''[Curly on the Rack](/source/Curly_on_the_Rack)'' || Director || [Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney](/source/Australian_Elizabethan_Theatre_Trust) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1964 || ''Hullabaloo Belay'' || Director || St James Playhouse, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1965 || ''[You Can't Take it with You](/source/You_Can't_Take_It_with_You_(play))'' || Producer || [Independent Theatre, Sydney](/source/Independent_Theatre) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|-
| 1970 || ''95 Men and a Nannygoat'' || Director || [UNSW](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) [Old Tote Parade Theatre, Sydney](/source/Old_Tote_Theatre_Company) || <ref name="ausstage"/>
|}

==Radio==

===As actor===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1938 || ''[The Wild Ass's Skin](/source/The_Wild_Ass's_Skin)'' || || [Honoré de Balzac](/source/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac) play ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1939 || ''Hands Across the Table'' || || Play on ''[Lux Radio Theatre](/source/Lux_Radio_Theatre)'' || <ref>{{cite news |date=26 March 1939 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231094041 |access-date=1 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Sun (Sydney)](/source/The_Sun_(Sydney)) |page=7 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) |issue=1878}}</ref>
|-
| ''Those We Love'' || || Serial on [2CH](/source/2CH) ||
|-
| ''Magnificent Obsession'' || || Play on ''[Lux Radio Theatre](/source/Lux_Radio_Theatre)'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1940 || ''Smilin' Thru'' || || Serial on 2KY ||
|-
| ''Four Daughters''|| || ''[Harry Dearth](/source/Harry_Dearth)'s Radio Theatre'' || <ref>{{cite news |date=16 March 1940 |title=Next Week's Radio Attractions |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41657244 |access-date=3 August 2020 |newspaper=[The Advertiser (Adelaide)](/source/The_Advertiser_(Adelaide)) |page=9 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove)}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="2"|1940s || ''Judge Marshall's Family'' || Pan Marshall || Serial on 2UW, [2GB](/source/2GB) || <ref>{{cite news |date=17 February 1945 |title=Judge Marshall's Family |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1286605178/ |access-date=8 February 2026 |newspaper=ABC Weekly |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove) |volume=7 |issue=7}}</ref>
|-
| ''Strange Destiny'' || || rowspan="2"|Serial on 2UW || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1940s–1950s || ''Drama of Medicine'' || || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1944–1949 || ''[The Lawsons](/source/The_Lawsons)'' || || Serial on ABC Radio || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1946 || ''Big Sister'' || Frank Hill || Serial on 2UW || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1946–1947 || ''Crossroads of Life'' || Larry Halstead || Serial on 2KO, 2UW || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1946–1948 || ''[Danger Unlimited](/source/Danger_Unlimited_(radio_series))'' || Jeffery Blackburn || Serial on [2UE](/source/2UE), 3UZ, [4BC](/source/4BC), including episode: "The Adventure of the Queen's Bracelet" || <ref>{{cite news |date=19 June 1946 |title=Radio Roundup |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229458751 |access-date=9 February 2026 |newspaper=[The Sun (Sydney)](/source/The_Sun_(Sydney)) |page=6 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove) |issue=11,358}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=18 May 1946 |title=National Programme News Commercial |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1275078630/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |newspaper=ABC Weekly |page=38 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove) |volume=8 |issue=18}}</ref>
|-
| 1948 || ''Perfect Strangers'' || || [Clemence Dane](/source/Clemence_Dane) play ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[A Bill of Divorcement](/source/A_Bill_of_Divorcement_(play))'' || || [Clemence Dane](/source/Clemence_Dane) play ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[The General Motors Hour](/source/The_General_Motors_Hour)'' || || Serial on [2GB](/source/2GB) || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1953 || ''[The Cure for Love](/source/The_Cure_for_Love_(play))''|| || [Walter Greenwood](/source/Walter_Greenwood) play ||
|-
| ''The Quiet Stranger'' || Red Williams || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1954– || ''[Tarzan](/source/Tarzan_(radio_program))'' || || Serial on [2GB](/source/2GB) || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1955 || ''[Yellow Jack](/source/Yellow_Jack_(play))'' || Major Reed || Play on 2BL-NC-CN, 4QR || <ref>{{cite news |date=16 April 1955 |title=Yellow Jack |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1625250523/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |newspaper=ABC Weekly |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia) / [Trove](/source/Trove) |volume=17 |issue=16}}</ref>
|-
| 1957 || ''[The Explorers](/source/The_Explorers_(play))''  || King || Play on ABC Radio || 
|-
| 1960 || ''Passage of the Tangmar'' || Dirk Kendall || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1961 || ''[Cattleman](/source/Cattleman_(radio_series))'' || Ben || Serial on [2GB](/source/2GB), [2UE](/source/2UE), 2AD, 4LM || <ref>{{cite news |title=Cattleman |url=https://gracegibsonradio.com/product/cattleman/ |access-date=9 February 2026 |via=www.gracegibsonradio.com}}</ref><ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1965 || ''[Concord of Sweet Sounds](/source/Concord_of_Sweet_Sounds)'' || Gerhmann || BBC ||
|-
| || ''Beyond the Rainbow'' || Storm Hannaford || Serial || <ref name="nfsa">{{cite web |title=Australian Radio Series (1930s–1970s) |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/11-2016/nfsa_radio_series_collection_amended.pdf |access-date=9 February 2026 |website=[National Film and Sound Archive](/source/National_Film_and_Sound_Archive)}}</ref>
|-
| 1960s || ''No Rainbow in the Sky'' || Storm Hannaford || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| || ''Big City'' || || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| || ''[Blue Hills](/source/Blue_Hills_(radio_serial))'' || || Serial on ABC Radio || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| || ''Count Down'' || Kevin Miles || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| || ''Nyal Radio Playhouse'' || || Serial || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|}

===As director/producer===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1954– || ''[Tarzan](/source/Tarzan_(radio_program))'' || Producer || [2GB](/source/2GB) || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1959– || ''Woman in the Mirror'' || Producer || 2UW, 5AD || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| 1963– || ''[North from Thursday](/source/North_from_Thursday)'' || Producer || || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|-
| || ''[Night Must Fall](/source/Night_Must_Fall)'' || Producer || Macquarie Theatre on [2GB](/source/2GB) || <ref>{{cite news |date=26 May 1998 |title=Oral History Program: Biographical Notes Nigel Lovell (1916– ) Actor |url=https://mywikis-wiki-media.s3.us-central-1.wasabisys.com/eha/2125-OH_Biography_LOVELL_Nigel.pdf |access-date=8 February 2026 |newspaper=Wasabi Storage}}</ref>
|-
| 1970s || ''A Place in the Sun'' || Director || [4BU](/source/4BU) || <ref name="nfsa"/>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Notelist}}

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Category:University of Sydney alumni

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Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nigel Lovell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Lovell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Lovell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.