Actor Nigel Terry, best known for playing King Arthur in Excalibur, has died from emphysema. He was 69. Born Peter Nigel Terry in Bristol, England on August 15, 1945, Terry trained as a stage actor with repertory companies including the Oxford Meadow Players and Bristol Old Vic. He then embarked on a prolific stage career with many appearances in productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Round House Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre.