he was in the live television drama "little moon of alban". he got his first emmy award nomination for this role. he played torvald helmer in a 1959 television movie version of henrik ibsen's "a doll's house". plummer had a role in the television version of philip barry's "the philadelphia story" (1959). in 1964, his role as gloomy dane in the bbc's "hamlet at elsinore" got him his second emmy nomination. he played hamlet in "hamlet at elsinore".