Acting

Nigel Davenport

Born 1928-05-23 · Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Died 2013-10-25

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.

Credits

Newest first

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
2024
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
2001
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
2000
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
1998
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
1998
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
1998
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
1998
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
1997
Midsomer Murders
as William Smithers
1997
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
1996
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
1996
The Detectives
as Sir Arthur Andrews
1993
The Cutter
1992
Trainer
as James Brant
1991
Keeping Up Appearances
as The Commodore
1990
The Upper Hand
as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
1990
The Upper Hand
as Mr. Hamilton
1990
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
1988
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Supt. Hannam
1986
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
1986
Ladies in Charge
as Count Litvinoff
1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as Ismay
1986
Howards' Way
as Sir Edward Frere
1985
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
1984
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
1984
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
1984
Strata
as Victor
1983
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
1982
Bird of Prey
as Charles Bridgnorth
1982
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1981
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
1981
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
1981
Masada
as Senator Mucianus
1981
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
1981
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
1980
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
1979
Minder
as Ray
1979
Prince Regent
as King George III
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
1979
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
1977
Romance
as Prince Zouroff
1977
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
1976
Oil Strike North
1975
The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
1975
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
1974
South Riding
1974
South Riding
as Robert Carne
1974
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
1974
Dracula
as Van Helsing
1974
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
1973
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
1973
Away from It All
as Eric
1973
The Edwardians
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1972
The Assassination
as CIA Official
1972
Living Free
as George Adamson
1972
Shirley's World
1972
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
1971
Villain
as Bob Matthews
1971
The Last Valley
as Gruber
1971
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
1970
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
1970
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
1969
Sinful Davey
as Richardson
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Ed Sterling
1969
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
1969
The Name of the Game
as David Windom
1968
The Strange Affair
1968
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
1968
The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
1968
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
1967
Mickey Dunne
as Bruce Tavey
1967
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
1966