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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 23, 1928
Place of Birth:
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Nigel Davenport
Biography
Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire, respectively.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Daniel Peggotty |
| 2000 | The Mumbo Jumbo | Major cowpat |
| 2000 | Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham |
| 1998 | El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe | Don César de Echagüe, padre |
| 1998 | La vuelta del Coyote | César de Echagüe |
| 1998 | Mosley | Lord Rothermere |
| 1997 | The Opium War | |
| 1997 | Hotel Shanghai | Butler |
| 1996 | The Circus Connection | Stadnicki |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Lord Blackstock |
| 1992 | The Cutter | |
| 1988 | Without a Clue | Lord Smithwick |
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Giustiniani |
| 1986 | The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams | Supt. Hannam |
| 1984 | An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Silas Scrooge |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Major Jack Downing |
| 1984 | The Biko Inquest | Colonel Goosen |
| 1983 | Strata | Victor |
| 1981 | Nighthawks | Peter Hartman |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Lord Birkenhead |
| 1981 | The Uppercrust | Pigel |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus |
| 1980 | Cry of the Innocent | Gray Harrison Hunt |
| 1980 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Colonel George Grenfell |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Hamilton-Brown |
| 1979 | The London Connection | Arthur Minton |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Montgomery |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Driscoll |
| 1976 | Black Trash | Lt. Ben Deel |
| 1975 | The Apple Cart | King Magnus |
| 1974 | Dracula | Van Helsing |
| 1974 | Phase IV | Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs |
| 1974 | The Regent's Wife | Álvaro Mesía |
| 1974 | South Riding | |
| 1973 | Charley One-Eye | The Bounty Hunter |
| 1973 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sir Harry Wotton |
| 1972 | Living Free | George Adamson |
| 1972 | The Assassination | CIA Official |
| 1971 | Villain | Bob Matthews |
| 1971 | The Last Valley | Gruber |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Lord Bothwell |
| 1970 | No Blade of Grass | John Custance |
| 1970 | The Mind of Mr. Soames | Dr. Maitland |
| 1969 | Play Dirty | Capt. Cyril Leech |
| 1969 | Sinful Davey | Richardson |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Sgt Driscoll |
| 1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | De Soto |
| 1968 | Sebastian | Gen. Phillips |
| 1968 | The Strange Affair | |
| 1968 | The News-Benders | Robert Larkin |
| 1967 | Dial M for Murder | Lesgate |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | The Duke of Norfolk |
| 1966 | Where the Spies Are | Parkington |
| 1966 | Shotgun | Joshua |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari | Sturdevan |
| 1965 | Life at the Top | Mottram |
| 1965 | A High Wind in Jamaica | Mr. Thornton |
| 1964 | The Bone Yard | Inspector Potter |
| 1964 | The Verdict | Larry Mason |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Lew Harding |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Leonard Groves |
| 1963 | Ladies Who Do | Mr. Strang |
| 1963 | Return to Sender | Dino Steffano |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Police Inspector |
| 1962 | Lunch Hour | Personnel Manager |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Theatre Manager (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | 1st Commercial Traveller |
| 1959 | Desert Mice | Army Officer (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Othello | Lodovico |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham |
| 1998 | Mosley | Lord Rothermere |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | William Smithers |
| 1993 | The Detectives | Sir Arthur Andrews |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances | The Commodore |
| 1990 | The Upper Hand | Mr. Douglas Hamilton |
| 1990 | The Upper Hand | Mr. Hamilton |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge | |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Ismay |
| 1985 | Howards' Way | Sir Edward Frere |
| 1982 | Don't Rock The Boat | |
| 1982 | An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling |
| 1982 | Bird of Prey | Charles Bridgnorth |
| 1981 | Masada | Senator Mucianus |
| 1979 | Minder | Ray |
| 1979 | Prince Regent | King George III |
| 1977 | Romance | Prince Zouroff |
| 1975 | Oil Strike North | |
| 1974 | South Riding | Robert Carne |
| 1972 | Shirley's World | |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | David Windom |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | King Magnus |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Donkin |
| 1962 | The Saint | Aldo Petri |
| 1962 | The Saint | Charles Voyson |
| 1962 | Man of the World | Grabowsky |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Lord Barnes |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Don Miguel de Cervantes |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Loud Lawrence |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir James |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Captain |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Barty |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Claude the Seneschal |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sentry |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Peter Marston |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Jackson |