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name: "Douglas Reith"
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born: "16 July 1953"
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# Douglas Reith

Actor. Born 16 July 1953 in Melton, Suffolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 July 1953, Melton, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Active:** 2006–present

## Biography

Douglas Reith is a British actor and teacher. He is best known for playing Lord Merton in the television series *Downton Abbey* (2010–2015) and its films *Downton Abbey* (2019) and *Downton Abbey: A New Era* (2022).

Born in Melton, Suffolk, Reith trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in the late 1970s with a role in *International Velvet* (1978). He worked as an announcer and presenter at BBC Radio 3, studied Greats at Christ Church, Oxford, and taught at Westminster School before resuming his acting career.

Reith appeared as Lord Airlie in *The Queen* (2006). He and the *Downton Abbey* cast were nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* (2025), Fi1m 61, as Lord Merton — [page](https://film.one/film/downton-abbey-the-grand-finale.md)
- *Rush* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Awards Presenter — [page](https://film.one/film/rush.md)
- *The Queen* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Lord Airlie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)

## Also known for

- *Dumbo* (2019), Sotheby
- *Outlander* (2014), Professor Brown
- *Downton Abbey* (2019), Lord Merton
- *Serial Teachers 2* (2015), Le chef de la sécurité
- *Downton Abbey: A New Era* (2022), Lord Merton
- *SAS: Red Notice* (2021), Sir Charles Whiteside
- *W.E.* (2011), Lord Brownlow
- *Pandora* (2019), Prescott Fleming

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