
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

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

Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Lord Birkenhead

A Christmas Carol (1984)
as Silas Scrooge

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

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

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

Play Dirty (1969)
as Capt. Cyril Leech
Hotel Shanghai (1997)
as Butler

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Montgomery

The Assassination (1972)
as CIA Official

Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Hamilton-Brown

Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Parkington

Without a Clue (1988)
as Lord Smithwick
An Inspector Calls (1984)
as Arthur Birling

Caravaggio (1986)
as Giustiniani

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

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as Lord Bothwell

No Blade of Grass (1970)
as John Custance

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

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Gray Harrison Hunt

The Cutter (1992)
Actor

Living Free (1972)
as George Adamson

Dracula (1974)
as Van Helsing

The Last Valley (1971)
as Gruber

Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
as Sturdevan

Ladies Who Do (1963)
as Mr. Strang

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
as Dr. Maitland
The Circus Connection (1996)
as Stadnicki
The Apple Cart (1975)
as King Magnus

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

Longitude (2000)
as Sir Charles Pelham

Life at the Top (1965)
as Mottram

Dial M for Murder (1967)
as Lesgate

The Third Secret (1964)
as Lew Harding

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Lord Blackstock

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

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

La vuelta del Coyote (1998)
as César de Echagüe

The Strange Affair (1968)
Actor

The Entertainer (1960)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Sebastian (1968)
as Gen. Phillips

Villain (1971)
as Bob Matthews

Lunch Hour (1962)
as Personnel Manager

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

Sinful Davey (1969)
as Richardson

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
as Theseus

David Copperfield (2001)
as Daniel Peggotty

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
as Sgt Driscoll

Return to Sender (1963)
as Dino Steffano

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

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

Black Trash (1976)
as Lt. Ben Deel

The London Connection (1979)
as Arthur Minton

The Biko Inquest (1984)
as Colonel Goosen

Mosley (1998)
as Lord Rothermere

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

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Driscoll

The Bone Yard (1964)
as Inspector Potter

The News-Benders (1968)
as Robert Larkin

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
as Major cowpat

Othello (1955)
as Lodovico
Shotgun (1966)
as Joshua

Desert Mice (1959)
as Army Officer (uncredited)

The Uppercrust (1981)
as Pigel

South Riding (1974)
Actor

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

Bitter Harvest (1963)
as Police Inspector

The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Álvaro Mesía

The Verdict (1964)
as Larry Mason
Strata (1983)
as Victor





