Biography
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 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).
Filmography
all 29
Movies 17
TV Shows 12

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

The War Below (2021)

SAS: Red Notice (2021)

Professor T (2021)

Downton Abbey (2019)

Pandora (2019)

Dumbo (2019)

Fearless (2017)

The Crown (2016)

Agatha Raisin (2016)

Serial Teachers 2 (2015)

Outlander (2014)

Rush (2013)

W.E. (2011)

Downton Abbey (2010)

Enid (2009)

The Queen (2006)

The Queen's Sister (2005)

Elizabeth I (2005)

The Prince and the Pauper (1996)

The Happy Autumn Fields (1980)

Minder (1979)
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GenderMale
Birthday1953-07-16 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceMelton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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