Nigel Pegram

Nigel Pegram (born 22 November 1940) is a South African actor. He is best known for playing Eric in Robert's Robots (1973–1974), Group-Captain Ruark in Get Some In! (1977–1978), Sir Reginald in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Mrs Willa Westinghouse in The American Way (1986), General Woundwort in Watership Down (2001) and starred as Nigel in three series in the hit ITV comedy drama series Outside Edge (1994–1996). As a character actor, has played various roles on stage, TV and film. Early life Pegram was born Cape Town, South Africa in 1940, moving to Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia following his parents' divorce in 1942. His childhood took him to Batu Gajah in Malaya in 1947, Oxford in 1949, back to Bulawayo and then on to Tanganyika and Uganda in the 1950's, his peripatetic early life giving him the foundation for the many voices he uses in his professional work. He studied at Falcon College, Southern Rhodesia, and later gained a BA degree in Law at the University of Natal in Durban. In 1962 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He soon joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society and in the summer of 1963 became involved the burgeoning British satire scene, performing at the Blue Angel Club, London, and in 1964 he participated in the Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival alongside the likes of future Monty Python stars Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Career After completing his studies, in 1965 Pegram moved to the United States when he joined the Oxford – Cambridge Revue for a three month engagement with the Second City Company in Chicago. The following year he joined the cast of the musical revue Wait a Minim!, replacing Jeremy Taylor when the show moved to Broadway in early 1966, where he stayed on for a further two years at runs in various theatres across the US including the John Golden Theatre and Colonial Theatre.