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Douglas Reith

Douglas Reith

Actor · b. 1953 · Melton, Suffolk, England, UK

Douglas Reith is a British actor and teacher. He is best known for his role as Lord Merton in the television series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), as well as its two follow-up films. Reith was born in Melton, Suffolk. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in the late 1970s, beginning with an appearance in International Velvet (1978) alongside Tatum O'Neal and Christopher Plummer. He worked as an announcer and presenter at BBC Radio 3 for five years before leaving to study Greats at Christ Church, Oxford for four years beginning in 1989. He worked as a teacher, including at Westminster School, before resuming his acting career. Reith joined the cast of Downton Abbey as Lord Merton in 2012, and alongside the cast was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards. He reprised the role in the films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). In 2017, Reith was cast in Tim Burton's live-action remake Dumbo (2019). In 2019, he was cast in SAS: Red Notice (2021).

Movies16

  • Movie7.7

    Rush

    2013 · 8K votes

  • Movie6.6

    Dumbo

    2019 · 4.6K votes

  • Movie5.8

    SAS: Red Notice

    2021 · 612 votes

  • Movie7.1
  • Movie7.2

    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    2022 · 635 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Downton Abbey

    2019 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Queen

    2006 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie6.3

    W.E.

    2011 · 312 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The War Below

    2021 · 71 votes

  • Movie7.4

    International Velvet

    1978 · 33 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Les Profs 2

    Serial Teachers 2

    2015 · 949 votes

  • Movie5.7

    The Queen's Sister

    2005 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Enid

    2009 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie6.1

    An Englishman Abroad

    1983 · 11 votes

  • Movie8.3

    Amy

    1984 · 3 votes

Series16

  • TV8.2

    Outlander

    2014 · 3K votes

  • TV8.2

    The Crown

    2016 · 2.4K votes

  • TV7.1

    Minder

    1979 · 30 votes

  • TV8.1

    Downton Abbey

    2010 · 1.3K votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.1

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    1975 · 24 votes

  • TV7.3

    Professor T

    2021 · 63 votes

  • TV6.1

    Agatha Raisin

    2016 · 54 votes

  • TV6.8

    Rentaghost

    1976 · 8 votes

  • TV6.4

    Rose and Maloney

    2002 · 5 votes

  • TV5.5

    Pandora

    2019 · 124 votes

  • TV7.6
  • TV7.0

    Cold Warrior

    1984 · 1 votes

  • TV6.7

    Fearless

    2017 · 39 votes

  • TV7.2

    Elizabeth I

    2005 · 87 votes

  • TV9.0