
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

Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Lord Birkenhead

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

Nighthawks (1981)
as Peter Hartman

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

A Christmas Carol (1984)
as Silas Scrooge

Play Dirty (1969)
as Capt. Cyril Leech

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

Without a Clue (1988)
as Lord Smithwick

Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Hamilton-Brown

The Assassination (1972)
as CIA Official

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as Lord Bothwell

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

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Montgomery

Dracula (1974)
as Van Helsing

David Copperfield (2001)
as Daniel Peggotty

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

Caravaggio (1986)
as Giustiniani

Longitude (2000)
as Sir Charles Pelham

Villain (1971)
as Bob Matthews

Living Free (1972)
as George Adamson

The Third Secret (1964)
as Lew Harding

The Entertainer (1960)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

The Last Valley (1971)
as Gruber

The Cutter (1992)
Actor

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

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

No Blade of Grass (1970)
as John Custance

Mosley (1998)
as Lord Rothermere

Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
as Sturdevan

Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Parkington

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
as Sgt Driscoll

South Riding (1974)
Actor

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Lord Blackstock

Sinful Davey (1969)
as Richardson

Lunch Hour (1962)
as Personnel Manager
An Inspector Calls (1984)
as Arthur Birling

Othello (1955)
as Lodovico

Life at the Top (1965)
as Mottram

Sebastian (1968)
as Gen. Phillips

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

Ladies Who Do (1963)
as Mr. Strang

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

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

Dial M for Murder (1967)
as Lesgate
Hotel Shanghai (1997)
as Butler

Bitter Harvest (1963)
as Police Inspector

Desert Mice (1959)
as Army Officer (uncredited)

The Strange Affair (1968)
Actor

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
as Major cowpat

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

Return to Sender (1963)
as Dino Steffano

La vuelta del Coyote (1998)
as César de Echagüe

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
as Theseus

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Gray Harrison Hunt

The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Álvaro Mesía
Strata (1983)
as Victor

The London Connection (1979)
as Arthur Minton

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Driscoll
Shotgun (1966)
as Joshua

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

The Verdict (1964)
as Larry Mason

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
as Colonel George Grenfell
The Circus Connection (1996)
as Stadnicki

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

Black Trash (1976)
as Lt. Ben Deel

The News-Benders (1968)
as Robert Larkin

The Uppercrust (1981)
as Pigel

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

The Biko Inquest (1984)
as Colonel Goosen

The Bone Yard (1964)
as Inspector Potter





