Douglas Reith
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Lord Merton
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Lord Merton
The War Below
2021
as Field Marshal Haig
SAS: Red Notice
2021
as Sir Charles Whiteside
Professor T
2021
as Dean
Dumbo
2019
as Sotheby
Downton Abbey
2019
as Lord Merton
Pandora
2019
as Prescott Fleming
Fearless
2017
as Justice Angus Hill
Agatha Raisin
2016
as Lord Pendlebury
The Crown
2016
as Admiral Leach
Serial Teachers 2
2015
as Le chef de la sécurité
Outlander
2014
as Professor Brown
Rush
2013
as Awards Presenter
W.E.
2011
as Lord Brownlow
Downton Abbey
2010
as Lord Merton
Enid
2009
as BBC Interviewer
The Queen
2006
as Lord Airlie
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Metellus
The Queen's Sister
2005
as Horace Featherstonehaugh
Elizabeth I
2005
as Jude
Elizabeth I
2005
as Judge
Rose and Maloney
2002
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
The Prince and the Pauper
1996
as Chamberlain
Amy
1984
as Jimmy Martin
Cold Warrior
1984
as Ferris
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Toby
The Happy Autumn Fields
1980
as Fitzgeorge
Minder
1979
as Bellars
International Velvet
1978
as Howard
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Sergeant Downs
Playhouse
1974
as Fitzgeorge