Arthur Dignam
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Dignam (born 9 September 1939) is an Australian character actor, born on Lord Howe Island. He attended Newington College (1955–1956) as a boarder. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground (1976). While he has worked mainly in film and television, he has also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording. His son is the actor Nicholas Gledhill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Australia (2008)
as Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
as Christian's Father
The Dreaming (1988)
as Professor Bernard Thornton
Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)
as Cauvet
The Duellists (1977)
as Captain with Eyepatch
Gods and Monsters (1998)
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon (1991)
as Acrisius
Paradise Road (1997)
as Mr. Pike
Dating the Enemy (1996)
as Dr. Kamins
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
as Man in Butcher Shop
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
as Lawyer
Shadow of the Cobra (1989)
Actor
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Comrades (1987)
as Fop
The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
as Senator
The Right Hand Man (1987)
as Dr. Redbridge
Strange Behavior (1981)
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
The Hero (1979)
Actor
The Devil's Playground (1977)
as Brother Francine
Burke & Wills (1985)
as Sir William Stawell
We of the Never Never (1982)
as Aeneas Gunn
King Solomon's Mines (1986)
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
The Wild Duck (1984)
as Gregory
Libido (1973)
Actor
Duet for Four (1982)
as Doug Quincey
Petersen (1974)
as Prof. Charles Kent
Those Dear Departed (1987)
as Producer
The Nostradamus Kid (1993)
as Pastor Anderson
Summer of Secrets (1976)
as Dr. Beverley Adams
Warm Strangers (1997)
as Old Man
Gödel Incomplete (2014)
as Old Kurt Gödel