John Axon (10 September 1960 â€" 25 October 2008) was an English
television and stage actor. Axon trained at the Guildhall school of
music and drama after briefly training as a graphic designer. He had a
small part in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights series 1 episode 3. He was
perhaps best known for his role as the hospital administrator, Nigel
Harper, on the ITV1 television series The Royal. Axon played Harper as
a recurring role on the show from 2003 until 2005. Other television
credits include prime suspect, city central, lillies and monsignor
renardAxon was named after his grandfather, John Axon, an engine
driver who was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1957 after he
died while attempting to stop his train before it crashed at
Chapel-en-le-Frith.His theatre credits included Dimas in The Triumph
of Love, which opened at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 2007. He
travelled to Hungary in 2008 where he filmed an American television
series, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, starring Matt
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