Nicholas Jones (born on
3 April 1946 in
London,
England) is an
English character actor. His older sister is
actress Gemma Jones. They are the children of actor
Griffith Jones.
Nicholas Jones was best known for his role as Captain Triggers in the 1970s
World War I adventure series,
Wings. After years of bit parts on British television, he gained a new audience when he appeared regularly opposite
John Thaw in
Kavanagh Q.C. as womanising barrister Jeremy Aldermarten
QC during the 1990s.
In
2008, he appeared as Mr Merdle's 'Scary' Butler alongside
Alun Armstrong,
Anton Lesser and
Amanda Redman in four episodes of
Little Dorrit.