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name: "Nicholas Clay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-clay"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-clay"
imdb_id: "nm0165551"
tmdb_id: 31196
wikidata_id: "Q1074866"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 September 1946"
died: "25 May 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:49:17.068576+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nicholas Clay

## Identity

Nicholas Clay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-clay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-clay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0165551
- **TMDB ID:** 31196
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1074866
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Clay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31196

Actor. Born 18 September 1946 in London, England, United Kingdom. Died 25 May 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 September 1946, London, England, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 25 May 2000
- **Active:** 1981–1999
- **Also known as:** Николас Клей
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Clay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31196

## Biography

Nicholas Clay was an English actor. Born in Streatham, London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career in the early 1960s with television and stage roles.

He was a principal player in Laurence Olivier’s Old Vic company during the 1970s, appearing in productions including *The Misanthrope*. Clay is best known for his film roles as Lancelot in *Excalibur* (1981), Oliver Mellors in *Lady Chatterley’s Lover* (1981) and Patrick Redfern in *Evil Under the Sun* (1982). Other credits include *Zulu Dawn* (1979) and television appearances in *Highlander: The Series* (1992) and *Merlin* (1998).

He married actress Lorna Heilbron in 1980. In later years he taught drama at the Actors’ Centre and the Academy of Live and Performing Arts. Clay died in London in 2000.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Excalibur* (1981), Fi1m 79, as Lancelot — [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jean* (2000), Actor
- *Psychos* (1999), series, as Dr Angus Harvey
- *Merlin* (1998), series, as Lord Leo
- *Hotel Shanghai* (1997), as Bobby
- *The Odyssey* (1997), series, as Menelaus
- *Bugs* (1995), series, Actor
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Mr. Justice Fulgright
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Loxley
- *Virtual Murder* (1992), series, as Dr John Cornelius
- *Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story* (1989), series, as Prince Alexis Mdivani
- *Gentlemen and Players* (1988), series, as Mike Savage
- *Lionheart* (1987), as Charles De Montfort
- *Sleeping Beauty* (1987), as Prince Charming
- *The Unknown Soldier* (1985), as Richards
- *The Corsican Brothers* (1985), as Giordano Martelli
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Richards
- *Child's Play* (1984), as Mike Preston
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Mike Preston
- *The Last Days of Pompeii* (1984), series, as Glaucus
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Dr Percy Trevelyan
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Dr Percy Trevelyan
- *The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian* (1984), as L'empereur
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1983), as Jack Stapleton
- *Taggart* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, as Matthew Armitage
- *Evil Under the Sun* (1982), as Patrick Redfern
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (1981), as Oliver Mellors
- *The Search for Alexander the Great* (1981), series, as Alexander
- *Excalibur* (1981), as Lancelot — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Lovespell* (1981), as Tristan
- *Zulu Dawn* (1979), as Lt. Raw
- *Will Shakespeare* (1978), series, as 'Hal', The Earl of Southampton
- *Saturday, Sunday, Monday* (1978), as Rocco
- *Terror of Frankenstein* (1977), as Henry Clerval
- *Laurence Olivier Presents* (1976), series, as Rocco
- *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1976), as Alan Campbell
- *In This House of Brede* (1975), as David
- *William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare* (1973), Actor
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Various Roles
- *The Darwin Adventure* (1972), as Charles Darwin
- *The Loving Lesson* (1971), as Paul
- *The Road Builder* (1971), as Billy Jarvis
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Alan Campbell
- *Sergeant Cork* (1963), series, as Henry
- *The Damned* (1962), as Richard (as Nicolas Clay)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Paul

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