Actor
Claire Nielson
April 8, 1937 · Scotland, UK
Claire Nielson (née Isbister) was a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs, Monarch of the Glen, The Brothers, The Two Ronnies, Take The High Road, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Thriller and Taggart. She also appeared as Barbara Grant in the 1971 film version of Kidnapped, opposite Michael Caine and Trevor Howard.and an episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.
Notable work
Often works with
Raymond Huntley
3 titles together
Upstairs, Downstairs, Crown Court, Justice
John Flanagan
3 titles together
A Is for Acid, Thriller, Crown Court
Ballard Berkeley
2 titles together
Fawlty Towers, Ghost Squad
Bernard Cribbins
2 titles together
Fawlty Towers, I, Lovett
Gordon Jackson
2 titles together
Kidnapped, Upstairs, Downstairs
Joan Benham
2 titles together
Upstairs, Downstairs, The Wild Affair
Full filmography · 32
The Jury
as Eleanor Colchester
2002
Monarch of the Glen
as Edith Rankin
20007.3
The Crow Road
as Aunt Antonia
1996
Pie in the Sky
as Anita Block
1994
I, Lovett
as Mrs. Lovett
1993
Taking the Floor
as Mrs. Tranter
1991
Taggart
cast
19836.4
Scotch and Wry
cast
1978
Fawlty Towers
as Mrs. Hamilton
19758.3
Thriller
as Hilary
1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Miss Dixon
19737.7
Crown Court
as Terry Greene
1972