Arthur Dignam
Acting • Born 1939-09-09
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
37 credits
Moulin Rouge!
Movie • 2001
Christian's Father
The Devil's Playground
Movie • 1977
Brother Francine
Strange Behavior
Movie • 1981
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
We of the Never Never
Movie • 1982
Aeneas Gunn
Summer of Secrets
Movie • 1976
Dr. Beverley Adams
Comrades
Movie • 1987
Fop
Jock Petersen
Movie • 1974
Prof. Charles Kent
Burke & Wills
Movie • 1985
Sir William Stawell
The Right Hand Man
Movie • 1987
Dr. Redbridge
The Wild Duck
Movie • 1984
Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
Movie • 1983
Lawyer
Those Dear Departed
Movie • 1987
Producer
The Dreaming
Movie • 1988
Professor Bernard Thornton
The Nostradamus Kid
Movie • 1993
Pastor Anderson
The Everlasting Secret Family
Movie • 1988
Senator
Australia
Movie • 2008
Father Benedict
Isabelle Eberhardt
Movie • 1991
Cauvet
Libido
Movie • 1973
Paradise Road
Movie • 1997
Mr. Pike
Dating the Enemy
Movie • 1996
Dr. Kamins
The Hero
Movie • 1979
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1986
Allan Quatermain (voice)
Shadow of the Cobra
Movie • 1989
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Movie • 1978
Man in Butcher Shop
The Duellists
Movie • 1977
Captain with Eyepatch
Gods and Monsters
Movie • 1998
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Grendel Grendel Grendel
Movie • 1981
The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Warm Strangers
Movie • 1997
Old Man
Gödel Incomplete
Movie • 2014
Old Kurt Gödel
Duet for Four
Movie • 1982
Doug Quincey
Escape from Jupiter
TV • 1994
Professor Ingessol
Minder
TV • 1979
Geoffrey Evans
The Flying Doctors
TV • 1986
Royce Phelan QC
Bodyline
TV • 1984
Mr. Jardine
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TV • 1991
Acrisius
Water Under the Bridge
TV • 1980
Maynard Dickens
The New Avengers
TV • 1976
Dr. Graham