Nigel Havers

I would have, as he was excellent in "Chariots of Fire" six years earlier.

He looked like he could be David Tennant's father!

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Did you ever see him in the comic miniseries "Sleepers"? He was a hottie.

He also appeared in an episode of Downton Abbey as Lady Rosamund's fortune-hunting boyfriend.

I would have thought it. Why wouldn't anyone think it? He's always excellent in any role.