Douglas Reith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 16, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Melton, Suffolk, England, UK
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 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).
Known For
Filmography
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie · as Lord Merton
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie · as Lord Merton
The War Below
Movie · as Field Marshal Haig
SAS: Red Notice
Movie · as Sir Charles Whiteside
Professor T
TV · as Dean, Wilfred Hamilton / The Dean · 24 eps
Dumbo
Movie · as Sotheby
Downton Abbey
Movie · as Lord Merton
Pandora
TV · as Prescott Fleming · 1 ep
Fearless
TV · as Justice Angus Hill · 6 eps
Agatha Raisin
TV · as Lord Pendlebury · 1 ep
The Crown
TV · as Admiral Leach · 1 ep
Serial Teachers 2
Movie · as Le chef de la sécurité
Outlander
TV · as Professor Brown · 1 ep
Rush
Movie · as Awards Presenter
W.E.
Movie · as Lord Brownlow
Downton Abbey
TV · as Lord Merton · 8 eps
Enid
Movie · as BBC Interviewer
The Queen
Movie · as Lord Airlie
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV · as Metellus · 1 ep
The Queen's Sister
Movie · as Horace Featherstonehaugh
Elizabeth I
TV · as Judge · 2 eps
Rose and Maloney
TV · as Sir Andrew Ross · 1 ep
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
TV · as Chamberlain · 6 eps
Amy
Movie · as Jimmy Martin
Cold Warrior
TV · as Ferris · 1 ep
An Englishman Abroad
Movie · as Toby
The Happy Autumn Fields
Movie · as Fitzgeorge
Minder
TV · as Bellars · 1 ep
International Velvet
Movie · as Howard
Rentaghost
TV · as Auctioneer · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Sergeant Downs · 1 ep
Playhouse
TV · as Fitzgeorge · 1 ep