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Nigel Davenport

Actor
Born May 23, 1928Died October 25, 2013 (85 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Midsomer Murders
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Zulu Dawn
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • The Saint
  • The Entertainer
  • Dracula
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun
  • Charley-One-Eye
  • Black Trash

Known For

  • Phase IV
  • Chariots of Fire
  • A Man for All Seasons
  • Nighthawks
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Without a Clue
  • No Blade of Grass
  • Play Dirty
  • Caravaggio
  • Dracula
  • Mary, Queen of Scots
  • The Last Valley
  • Villain
  • Living Free
  • Masada
  • Zulu Dawn
  • A High Wind in Jamaica
  • The Mind of Mr. Soames
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The Royal Hunt of the Sun
  • Sands of the Kalahari
  • Sinful Davey
  • The Virgin Soldiers

Filmography

2008
2003
Shanghai Knights · as Old Man
2000
David Copperfield · as Dan Peggotty
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo · as Major Cowpat
2000
Longitude · as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
Longitude (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Pelham
1998
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe · as Don César De Echagüe, Padre
1998
The Adventures of Captain Pugwash (TV Series) · as Narrator
1998
The Return of El Coyote · as César De Echagüe
1998
Mosley (TV Series) · as Lord Rothermere
1997
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as William Smithers
1996
The Treasure Seekers · as Lord Blackstock
1993
The Detectives (TV Series) · as Sir Arthur Andrews
1991
Trainer (TV Series) · as James Brant
1990
Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series) · as The Commodore
1990
The Upper Hand (TV Series) · as Mr. Hamilton
1989
Woof! (TV Series) · as Mr Wellesley
1988
Without a Clue · as Lord Smithwick
1986
Caravaggio · as Giustiniani
1986
Prospects (TV Series) · as The Governor
1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (TV Series) · as Ismay
1985
Howards' Way (TV Series) · as Sir Edward Frere
1984
A Christmas Carol · as Silas Scrooge
1984
An Inspector Calls · as Arthur Birling
1984
1982
An Inspector Calls (TV Series) · as Arthur Birling
1982
Bird of Prey (TV Series)
1982
1982
The Uppercrust · as Pigel
1981
1981
Chariots of Fire · as Lord Birkenhead
1981
Nighthawks · as Peter Hartman
1981
Masada (TV Series) · as Mucianus
1981
Bognor (TV Series) · as Edgar Eagerly
1980
Cry of the Innocent · as Gray Harrison Hunt
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd · as Colonel George Grenfell
1979
The London Connection · as Arthur Minton
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Ray
1979
Zulu Dawn · as Col. Hamilton-Brown
1979
Prince Regent (TV Series) · as King George Iii
1978
1977
1977
1976
Black Trash · as Lt. Ben Deel
1974
La regenta · as Álvaro Mesía
1974
South Riding (1974) (TV Series) · as Robert Carne
1974
Phase IV · as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
1974
Dracula · as Van Helsing
1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Sir Harry Wotton
1973
Charley-One-Eye · as The Bounty Hunter
1972
The Edwardians (TV Series) · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1972
The French Conspiracy · as Cia Official
1972
Living Free · as George Adamson
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots · as Lord Bothwell
1971
Villain · as Bob Matthews
1971
Shirley's World (TV Series)
1971
The Last Valley · as Gruber
1970
No Blade of Grass · as John Custance
1970
The Mind of Mr. Soames · as Dr. Maitland
1969
The Virgin Soldiers · as Sgt Driscoll
1969
1969
Sinful Davey · as Wachtmeister Richardson
1969
Play Dirty · as Capt. Cyril Leech
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Ed Sterling
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as David Windom
1968
1968
From Chekhov with Love · as Maxim Gorky
1968
Sebastian · as Gen. Phillips
1966
A Man for All Seasons · as The Duke Of Norfolk
1965
Where the Spies Are · as Parkington
1965
Life at the Top · as Mottram
1965
Sands of the Kalahari · as Sturdevan
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as King Magnus
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Major Bartholomew
1965
A High Wind in Jamaica · as Mr. Thornton
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Inspector Potter
1964
The Third Secret · as Lew Harding
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Donkin
1964
1963
In the Cool of the Day · as Leonard Groves
1963
Ladies Who Do · as Mr. Strang
1963
Bitter Harvest · as Police Inspector
1963
Espionage (TV Series) · as Frank Marston
1963
Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as John
1963
Return to Sender · as Dino Steffano
1963
Lunch Hour · as Personnel Manager
1962
Zero One (1962) (TV Series) · as Mills
1962
The Saint (TV Series) · as Charles Voyson
1962
Man of the World (TV Series)
1962
Mix Me a Person · as Harry's Mother's Boyfriend
1961
Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) · as Don Miguel De Cervantes
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Philip Maybrick
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) · as Lord Barnes
1960
The Entertainer · as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1960
Peeping Tom · as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Mr. Bartram
1959
Look Back in Anger · as 1st Commercial Traveller
1959
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) · as Dino Steffano
1959
Desert Mice · as Army Officer
1956
1955
Othello · as Lodovico
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Dandridge
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Sir Peter Marston
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Alfred Trapp
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Jackson

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