Portrait of Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Acting

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.

Born: May 23, 1928

Place of Birth: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Filmography

2024
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

as Self (archive footage)

2001
David Copperfield

as Daniel 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 César de Echagüe

1998
Mosley

as Lord Rothermere

1998
Mosley

as Lord Rothermere

1997
Midsomer Murders

as William Smithers

1996
The Treasure Seekers

as Lord Blackstock

1993
The Detectives

as Sir Arthur Andrews

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
1986
Caravaggio

as Giustiniani

1985
Howards' Way

as Sir Edward Frere

1984
The Biko Inquest

as Colonel Goosen

1984
A Christmas Carol

as Silas Scrooge

1984
An Inspector Calls

as Arthur Birling

1982
An Inspector Calls

as Arthur Birling

1982
Bird of Prey

as Charles Bridgnorth

1981
1981
Chariots of Fire

as Lord Birkenhead

1981
Masada

as Senator 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
Prince Regent

as King George III

1979
Zulu Dawn

as Col. Hamilton-Brown

1977
1976
Black Trash

as Lt. Ben Deel

1974
The Regent's Wife

as Álvaro Mesía

1974
South Riding

as Robert Carne

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

1971
Mary, Queen of Scots

as Lord Bothwell

1971
Villain

as Bob Matthews

1971
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
Sinful Davey

as Richardson

1969
Play Dirty

as Capt. Cyril Leech

1968
The Name of the Game

as David Windom

1968
Sebastian

as Gen. Phillips

1968
The News-Benders

as Robert Larkin

1967
1966
A Man for All Seasons

as The Duke of Norfolk

1966
Where the Spies Are

as Parkington

1965
Life at the Top

as Mottram

1965
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as King Magnus

1965
A High Wind in Jamaica

as Mr. Thornton

1964
The Bone Yard

as Inspector Potter

1964
Theatre 625

as Donkin

1964
The Third Secret

as Lew Harding

1964
The Verdict

as Larry Mason

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 Grabowsky

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

1959
Desert Mice

as Army Officer (uncredited)

1955
Othello

as Lodovico

1955
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Claude the Seneschal

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Peter Marston

1950
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