Nigel Davenport
May 23, 1928 (96 years old) in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2024 · Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty
- 2000 · The Mumbo Jumbo as Major cowpat
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham
- 2000 · Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham
- 1998 · El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe as Don César de Echagüe, padre
- 1998 · La vuelta del Coyote as Félix de Echagüe
- 1998 · Mosley as Lord Rothermere
- 1998 · Mosley as Lord Rothermere
- 1997 · Hotel Shanghai as Butler
- 1997 · The Opium War as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as William Smithers
- 1996 · The Treasure Seekers as Lord Blackstock
- 1996 · The Circus Connection as Stadnicki
- 1993 · The Detectives as Sir Arthur Andrews
- 1992 · The Cutter as
- 1990 · Keeping Up Appearances as The Commodore
- 1990 · The Upper Hand as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
- 1990 · The Upper Hand as Mr. Hamilton
- 1988 · Without a Clue as Lord Smithwick
- 1986 · Caravaggio as Giustiniani
- 1986 · Ladies in Charge as
- 1986 · Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy as Ismay
- 1985 · Howards' Way as Sir Edward Frere
- 1984 · The Biko Inquest as Colonel Goosen
- 1984 · A Christmas Carol as Silas Scrooge
- 1984 · Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Major Jack Downing
- 1983 · Strata as Victor
- 1982 · An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling
- 1982 · An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling
- 1982 · Bird of Prey as
- 1982 · Don't Rock The Boat as
- 1981 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1981 · The Uppercrust as Pigel
- 1981 · Chariots of Fire as Lord Birkenhead
- 1981 · Masada as Mucianus
- 1981 · Nighthawks as Peter Hartman
- 1980 · Cry of the Innocent as Gray Harrison Hunt
- 1980 · The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Colonel George Grenfell
- 1979 · The London Connection as Arthur Minton
- 1979 · Minder as Ray
- 1979 · Zulu Dawn as Col. Hamilton-Brown
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1977 · The Island of Dr. Moreau as Montgomery
- 1977 · Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Driscoll
- 1977 · Romance (UK) as
- 1976 · Black Trash as Lt. Ben Deel
- 1975 · Oil Strike North as
- 1975 · The Apple Cart as King Magnus
- 1974 · The Regent's Wife as Álvaro Mesía
- 1974 · South Riding as
- 1974 · Phase IV as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
- 1974 · Dracula as Van Helsing
- 1973 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sir Harry Wotton
- 1973 · Charley-One-Eye as The Bounty Hunter
- 1972 · The Edwardians as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1972 · The Assassination as CIA Official
- 1972 · Living Free as George Adamson
- 1972 · Shirley's World as
- 1971 · Mary, Queen of Scots as Lord Bothwell
- 1971 · Villain as Bob Matthews
- 1971 · The Last Valley as Gruber
- 1970 · The Mind of Mr. Soames as Dr. Maitland
- 1970 · No Blade of Grass as John Custance
- 1969 · The Virgin Soldiers as Sgt Driscoll
- 1969 · The Royal Hunt of the Sun as De Soto
- 1969 · Sinful Davey as Wachtmeister Richardson
- 1969 · Play Dirty as Capt. Cyril Leech
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as David Windom
- 1968 · The Strange Affair as
- 1968 · Sebastian as Gen. Phillips
- 1968 · The News-Benders as Robert Larkin
- 1967 · Dial M for Murder as Lesgate
- 1966 · A Man for All Seasons as The Duke of Norfolk
- 1966 · Shotgun as Joshua
- 1966 · Where the Spies Are as Parkington
- 1965 · Life at the Top as Mottram
- 1965 · Sands of the Kalahari as Sturdevan
- 1965 · A High Wind in Jamaica as Mr. Thornton
- 1964 · The Bone Yard as Inspector Potter
- 1964 · The Third Secret as Lew Harding
- 1964 · The Verdict as
- 1963 · Ladies Who Do as Mr. Strang
- 1963 · In the Cool of the Day as Leonard Groves
- 1963 · Bitter Harvest as Police Inspector
- 1963 · Return to Sender as Dino Steffano
- 1962 · The Saint as Aldo Petri
- 1962 · The Saint as Charles Voyson
- 1962 · Man of the World as
- 1962 · Lunch Hour as Personnel Manager
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Don Miguel de Cervantes
- 1961 · The Avengers as Lord Barnes
- 1960 · The Entertainer as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- 1960 · Peeping Tom as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
- 1959 · Look Back in Anger as 1st Commercial Traveller
- 1956 · The Count of Monte Cristo as
- 1955 · Othello as Lodovico
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Loud Lawrence
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Captain
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir James
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sentry
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Barty
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Claude the Seneschal
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Peter Marston