Nigel Fraser Neilson (12 December 1919 – 3 June 2000) was a British television and film actor of the 1940s and 50s.
Neilson was born in Aldershot in Hampshire in 1919.[1] In 1925 aged 5 he moved to New Zealand[2] but returned to the UK in 1929 with his mother and brother.[3]
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps in the Middle East in Egypt and Libya, where he was awarded the Military Cross in 1942.[4][5] He is known for his appearances in the television series The Handle Bar (1947), Old Songs for New (1948), How Do You View? (1950) and Drawing-Room Detective (1950).[1]