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Sir Humphrey Appleby GCB KBE MVO is a fictional character from the British television series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. He was played originally by Sir Nigel Hawthorne , and both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by Henry Goodman in a new series of Yes, Prime Minister . [ 1 ]
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a British actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.
Lady Appleby, Sir Humphrey's wife, is mentioned on occasion, seen only briefly from behind (in an uncredited, non-speaking appearance) in "Big Brother", and never given a first name. Various Chief Whips , usually acting in Yes Minister as a "gatekeeper" to the unseen Prime Minister.
In 2010 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister [15] at the Chichester Festival Theatre [16] and later at the Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010. [17] In 2012 he played the title role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in Chichester and then in the West End to critical ...
Humphrey Henchman (1592–1675), Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675; Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950), English filmmaker and co-founder of Mass-Observation; Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), British jazz musician and host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue; Humphrey Mitchell (1894–1950), Canadian politician and trade ...
Sir Humphrey has a special end-of-year message for the Minister, delivered in, even by his standards, an especially circumlocutory style. His message was later transcribed and printed in The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book.
Appleby is an Old English surname, and combines Apple or Appel, indicating an apple, and the Danish suffix by meaning 'settlement', indicating someone who lived near an apple orchard, or someone who farmed apples. Notable people with the surname include:
"The Bed of Nails" is the nineteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, first broadcast 9 December 1982, in which Jim Hacker unwisely accepts the role of 'Transport Supremo' with a view to developing a 'National Integrated Transport Policy' for the UK. It soon becomes apparent that opposition from various transport interests, the unions, and elements within the Department of ...