Who dated Trevor Bentham?
Nigel Hawthorne dated Trevor Bentham from until . The age gap was 14 years, 6 months and 6 days.
Trevor Bentham
Donald Macleary (2002-Benham's d 2025)
Trevor Swithin Bentham (11 October 1943 – 19 October 2025) was a British stage manager and screenwriter (A Month by the Lake and The Clandestine Marriage).
For 22 years, he was the partner of actor Nigel Hawthorne. They met in 1968 when Bentham was stage-managing the Royal Court Theatre.
From 1979 until Hawthorne's death in 2001, they lived together, initially in Radwell near Baldock and later in Cold Christmas, both in Hertfordshire, England. The two were fundraisers for Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, Herts hospice and other local charities. After Hawthorne's death he had a relationship with Donald Macleary.
Bentham was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 1997.
Bentham died on 19 October 2025, aged 82.
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Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. For this role, he won four for British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Performance.
He won the BAFTA Award for Best Lead Actor and was nominated for the Academy Award in the same category for portraying King George III in The Madness of King George (1994), having previously won the Laurence Olivier Award for the stage version. He later won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor, for the 1996 series The Fragile Heart. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play winner for his performance in 1991 Broadway production of Shadowlands.
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