Nicholas Gecks is a British actor ^[1] who appeared in Series Four of Rumpole of the Bailey ^[2] as his modernising colleague Charles Hearthstoke. ^[3]

Gecks was born in Penang, Malaysia in 1952.^{[ citation needed]}

Gecks starred as Father Mike in the 1983 film Forever Young. ^[4] His other film credits include roles in The Wicked Lady (1983), Parting Shots (1999), The Lazarus Child (2005) and Mutant Chronicles (2008). ^[5]

On television he appeared as Rupert the eccentric artist whose sister goes missing in the first episodes in Television South's The Ruth Rendell Mysteries.^{[ citation needed]}