Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Birthday: 1928-05-23
Deathday: 2013-10-25
Place of birth: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also know as: Arthur 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.

Filmography

A Man for All Seasons

1966

As The Duke of Norfolk

Where the Spies Are

1966

As Parkington

Caravaggio

1986

As Giustiniani

Villain

1971

As Bob Matthews

Nighthawks

1981

As Peter Hartman

No Blade of Grass

1970

As John Custance

Cry of the Innocent

1980

As Gray Harrison Hunt

Chariots of Fire

1981

As Lord Birkenhead

Play Dirty

1969

As Capt. Cyril Leech

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

As Montgomery

The Last Valley

1971

As Gruber

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971

As Lord Bothwell

Longitude

2000

As Sir Charles Pelham

Look Back in Anger

1959

As 1st Commercial Traveller

Sands of the Kalahari

1965

As Sturdevan

Living Free

1972

As George Adamson

Charley-One-Eye

1973

As The Bounty Hunter

Phase IV

1974

As Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Black Trash

1976

As Lt. Ben Deel

Dracula

1974

As Van Helsing

David Copperfield

2001

As Dan Peggotty

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

As Driscoll

Life at the Top

1965

As Mottram

In the Cool of the Day

1963

As Leonard Groves

The Mind of Mr. Soames

1970

As Dr. Maitland

The Regent's wife

1974

As Álvaro Mesía

The Cutter

1992

As

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1973

As Sir Harry Wotton

An Inspector Calls

1982

As Arthur Birling

Return to Sender

1963

As

Sinful Davey

1969

As Wachtmeister Richardson

Without a Clue

1988

As Lord Smithwick

Sebastian

1968

As Gen. Phillips

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980

As Colonel George Grenfell

Ladies Who Do

1963

As Mr. Strang

Strata

1983

As Victor

The Uppercrust

1981

As Pigel

La vuelta del Coyote

1998

As Félix de Echagüe

A Christmas Carol

1984

As Silas Scrooge

Lunch Hour

1962

As Personnel Manager

South Riding

1974

As

The Apple Cart

1975

As King Magnus

The Verdict

1964

As

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

As Major Jack Downing

Othello

1955

As Lodovico

A High Wind in Jamaica

1965

As Mr. Thornton

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

1969

As De Soto

The London Connection

1979

As Arthur Minton

The Opium War

1997

As

The Virgin Soldiers

1969

As Sgt Driscoll

Mosley

1998

As Lord Rothermere

Zulu Dawn

1979

As Col. Hamilton-Brown

Peeping Tom

1960

As Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

The Strange Affair

1968

As

Bitter Harvest

1963

As Police Inspector

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1981

As Theseus

Dial M for Murder

1967

As Lesgate

The Biko Inquest

1984

As Colonel Goosen

The Third Secret

1964

As Lew Harding

The Assassination

1972

As CIA Official

The Treasure Seekers

1996

As Lord Blackstock

The News-Benders

1968

As Robert Larkin

The Entertainer

1960

As Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Hotel Shanghai

1997

As Butler

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

1998

As Don César de Echagüe, padre

The Bone Yard

1964

As Inspector Potter

The Mumbo Jumbo

2000

As Major cowpat

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

2024

As Self (archive footage)

Shotgun

1966

As Joshua