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Arthur Dignam
Actor
Born September 9, 1939Died May 9, 2020 (80 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2023 | Faraway Downs (TV Series) · as Father Benedict |
| 2017 | 7 from Etheria · as Old Kurt Gödel (segment "gödel, Incomplete") |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby · as Cast |
| 2010 | The Tree · as Uncle Jack |
| 2008 | Australia · as Father Benedict |
| 2005 | The Libertine · as Man |
| 2002 | Beneath Clouds · as Old Man In Pub |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! · as Christian's Father |
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters · as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited) |
| 1998 | All Saints (TV Series) · as Father Francis Tyler |
| 1997 | Paradise Road · as Mr. Pike |
| 1997 | Warm Strangers · as Old Man |
| 1996 | Dating the Enemy · as Dr. Kamins |
| 1996 | Pacific Drive (TV Series) · as Marcus |
| 1994 | Escape from Jupiter (TV Series) · as Professor Ingessol |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High (TV Series) · as Athol Pike |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid · as Pastor Anderson |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV Series) · as Acrisius |
| 1989 | Shadow Of The Cobra (TV Series) · as Gupta |
| 1988 | Edens Lost · as Heath |
| 1988 | Edens Lost (TV Series) · as Heath |
| 1988 | The Dreaming · as Professor Bernard Thornton |
| 1988 | The Everlasting Secret Family · as Senator |
| 1987 | Ghosts CAN Do It · as Producer |
| 1986 | Comrades · as Fop |
| 1986 | The Right Hand Man · as Dr. Redbridge |
| 1986 | King Solomon's Mines · as Allan Quatermain (voice) |
| 1985 | Burke & Wills · as Sir William Stawell |
| 1985 | The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Royce Phelan Qc |
| 1984 | Bodyline (TV Series) · as Mr. Jardine |
| 1983 | The Wild Duck · as Gregory |
| 1983 | Five Mile Creek (TV Series) · as Arthur Archer |
| 1983 | The Dismissal (TV Series) · as Eric Robinson |
| 1983 | The Return of Captain Invincible · as Lawyer |
| 1982 | We of the Never Never · as Aeneas Gunn |
| 1982 | Duet for Four · as Doug Quincey |
| 1981 | Strange Behavior · as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel |
| 1981 | Grendel Grendel Grendel · as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice) |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge (TV Series) · as Maynard Dickens |
| 1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Geoffrey Evans |
| 1979 | Cathy's Child · as Minister |
| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith · as Man In Butcher Shop |
| 1977 | The Duellists · as Captain With Eyepatch |
| 1976 | Summer of Secrets · as Dr. Beverley Adams |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Devil's Playground · as Brother Francine |
| 1974 | Between Wars · as Peter Avante |
| 1974 | Petersen · as Prof. Charles Kent |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | Violence in the Cinema, Part 1 · as Dr. Fyne |