Douglas Reith
Acting
Born 1953-07-16
Melton, Suffolk, England, UK
33 credits
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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).
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Filmography
Acting
32 credits
Outlander
Downton Abbey
The Crown
Minder
Playhouse
Professor T
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rush
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Agatha Raisin
Dumbo
Downton Abbey
Rentaghost
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Pandora
Rose and Maloney
SAS: Red Notice
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
The Queen
Fearless
Elizabeth I
Cold Warrior
W.E.
The War Below
Serial Teachers 2
The Prince and the Pauper
An Englishman Abroad
International Velvet
Enid
Amy
The Happy Autumn Fields
The Queen's Sister
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