Portrait of Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson

Acting

Biography

Thomas Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011) was a British actor. He was once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.

Born: September 14, 1936

Place of Birth: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Filmography

1997
Spawn

as Cogliostro

1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre

1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

1990
The Exorcist III

as Father Morning

1987
Passion Flower

as Albert Coskin

1987
Black Widow

as William McCrory

1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

as Lord Louis Mountbatten

1985
Return to Oz

as Dr. Worley / Nome King

1985
Christopher Columbus

as Re Ferdinando

1985
1984
Sakharov

as Malyarov

1983
Macbeth

as Macbeth

1981
Venom

as Cmdr. William Bulloch

1981
Excalibur

as Merlin

1979
The Human Factor

as Maurice Castle

1978
The Word

as Maertin de Vroome

1978
The Cheap Detective

as Colonel Schlissel

1977
The Goodbye Girl

as Oliver Fry (uncredited)

1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Sherlock Holmes

1976
Robin and Marian

as Little John

1975
1972
The Monk

as The Duke of Talamur

1972
The Jerusalem File

as Professor Lang

1971
Columbo

as Eric Mason

1970
The Reckoning

as Michael Marler

1969
Hamlet

as Hamlet / King Hamlet

1969
Laughter in the Dark

as Sir Edward More

1968
Inadmissible Evidence

as Bill Maitland

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Bofors Gun

as Gunner O'Rourke

1968
1965
1963
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