Douglas Reith

About

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...

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OutlanderSeries • 2014The CrownSeries • 2016Downton AbbeySeries • 2010MinderSeries • 1979PlayhouseSeries • 1974Professor TSeries • 2021Rumpole of the BaileySeries • 1975RushMovie • 2013Agatha RaisinSeries • 2016RentaghostSeries • 1976Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleMovie • 2025PandoraSeries • 2019Downton AbbeyMovie • 2019DumboMovie • 2019Rose and MaloneySeries • 2002Downton Abbey: A New EraMovie • 2022The QueenMovie • 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSeries • 2006FearlessSeries • 2017SAS: Red NoticeMovie • 2021W.E.Movie • 2011Elizabeth ISeries • 2005The War BelowMovie • 2021Serial Teachers 2Movie • 2015