Douglas Reith
Actor
- Born
- July 16, 1953 (age 73) · Melton, Suffolk, England, UK
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.
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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
Rush
September 2, 2013
Dumbo
March 27, 2019
The Queen
September 15, 2006
Downton Abbey
September 12, 2019
Serial Teachers 2
July 1, 2015
Downton Abbey: A New Era
April 27, 2022
SAS: Red Notice
August 11, 2021
W.E.
September 1, 2011
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
September 10, 2025
The War Below
September 10, 2021
Enid
November 16, 2009
International Velvet
July 19, 1978
Acting17
- 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Lord Merton
- 2022Downton Abbey: A New Era as Lord Merton
- 2021The War Below as Field Marshal Haig
- 2021SAS: Red Notice as Sir Charles Whiteside
- 2019Downton Abbey as Lord Merton
- 2019Dumbo as Sotheby
- 2015Serial Teachers 2 as Le chef de la sécurité
- 2013Rush as Awards Presenter
- 2011W.E. as Lord Brownlow
- 2009Enid