
Nigel Davenport
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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

Nighthawks (1981)
as Peter Hartman

Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Lord Birkenhead

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Major Jack Downing

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as The Duke of Norfolk

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Montgomery

Peeping Tom (1960)
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

A Christmas Carol (1984)
as Silas Scrooge

Play Dirty (1969)
as Capt. Cyril Leech

Phase IV (1974)
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Without a Clue (1988)
as Lord Smithwick
Hotel Shanghai (1997)
as Butler

The Assassination (1972)
as CIA Official

Caravaggio (1986)
as Giustiniani

Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Hamilton-Brown

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Mr. Thornton

Dracula (1974)
as Van Helsing

Longitude (2000)
as Sir Charles Pelham

The Last Valley (1971)
as Gruber

Living Free (1972)
as George Adamson

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
as Dr. Maitland

Look Back in Anger (1959)
as 1st Commercial Traveller

Villain (1971)
as Bob Matthews

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as Lord Bothwell
The Circus Connection (1996)
as Stadnicki

The Third Secret (1964)
as Lew Harding

No Blade of Grass (1970)
as John Custance

The Entertainer (1960)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Parkington

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
as Sgt Driscoll

The Cutter (1992)
Actor

Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
as Sturdevan

Sinful Davey (1969)
as Richardson

David Copperfield (2001)
as Daniel Peggotty
The Apple Cart (1975)
as King Magnus

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Lord Blackstock

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Gray Harrison Hunt

Life at the Top (1965)
as Mottram

Sebastian (1968)
as Gen. Phillips

Dial M for Murder (1967)
as Lesgate

Ladies Who Do (1963)
as Mr. Strang

The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
as De Soto

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
as Colonel George Grenfell

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
as Theseus

In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Leonard Groves

Charley-One-Eye (1973)
as The Bounty Hunter

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
as Sir Harry Wotton

Desert Mice (1959)
as Army Officer (uncredited)

The London Connection (1979)
as Arthur Minton
An Inspector Calls (1984)
as Arthur Birling

Lunch Hour (1962)
as Personnel Manager

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
as Major cowpat

Mosley (1998)
as Lord Rothermere

Bitter Harvest (1963)
as Police Inspector

The Strange Affair (1968)
Actor

The Verdict (1964)
as Larry Mason

Othello (1955)
as Lodovico

La vuelta del Coyote (1998)
as César de Echagüe

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

South Riding (1974)
Actor

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Driscoll

The Biko Inquest (1984)
as Colonel Goosen

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (1986)
as Supt. Hannam

The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Álvaro Mesía

The Uppercrust (1981)
as Pigel
Strata (1983)
as Victor

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe (1998)
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
Shotgun (1966)
as Joshua

Black Trash (1976)
as Lt. Ben Deel

The News-Benders (1968)
as Robert Larkin

The Bone Yard (1964)
as Inspector Potter

Return to Sender (1963)
as Dino Steffano





