Acting
Nigel Davenport
EN, ES, DE, PL cinema · 71 credits
Born
23 May 1928
Died
25 October 2013 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known as Arthur Nigel Davenport
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
Filmography
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Supt. Hannam
An Inspector Calls
1984
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
Strata
1983
Strata
as Victor
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
The Apple Cart
1975
The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
Dracula
as Van Helsing
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
Living Free
as George Adamson
The Assassination
as CIA Official
Villain
as Bob Matthews
The Last Valley
as Gruber
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
Sinful Davey
as Richardson
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
Shotgun
1966
Shotgun
as Joshua
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
Life at the Top
as Mottram
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
The Verdict
as Larry Mason
The Third Secret
as Lew Harding
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
Desert Mice
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Othello
as Lodovico