Nimmo was born in
Liverpool,
Lancashire, the son of an insurance salesman, and grew up in
Mossley Hill in an environment he described as "old merchants' houses, comfy English suburbia". He was educated at Booker Avenue Infants and Junior School and
Quarry Bank High School for Boys, then a grammar school under headmaster R. F. Bailey, who brought with him, from his previous position as assistant headmaster at leading independent school
Shrewsbury School, "the finest traditions of public schools". He then followed his father into the insurance business, and after
National Service in
Cyprus, became a salesman for a paint company. He began his stage career at the Hippodrome Theatre in
Bolton,
Lancashire. It was during this time that he made a
cameo appearance in
the Beatles' film ''
A Hard Day's Night'' (in which he appeared as "Leslie Jackson", a magician with doves). He appeared in a number of British films and television series, as aristocrats, including starring roles in the television comedy series
The World of Wooster (as "Bingo Little"), In 1969, Nimmo received an award for his performances in both sitcoms, when the
Royal Television Society awarded him a silver medal. Another sitcom in which he appeared in a starring role as a clergyman, many years later, was ''
Hell's Bells (by now promoted to a dean) which ran for one series in 1986. echoing a stammer he had used for his character in All Gas and Gaiters
. In 1996, he voiced Mr Smiley in one episode of Dennis the Menace''. In December 1998, having recently returned from a
Middle East tour of
Run For Your Wife, he was a guest for a National Treasures celebrity lunch, in the boardroom of the
Daily Express. Other guests included Sir
Peter O'Sullevan,
Joan Collins, Dame
Beryl Bainbridge,
Dickie Davies and
Sue MacGregor. He was to die, after complications, from an accidental fall later that evening. ==Personal life==