Nigel Davenport
Acting • Born 1928-05-23 – Died 2013-10-25
Biography
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.
Filmography
112 credits
A Man for All Seasons
Movie • 1966
The Duke of Norfolk
Where the Spies Are
Movie • 1966
Parkington
Caravaggio
Movie • 1986
Giustiniani
Villain
Movie • 1971
Bob Matthews
No Blade of Grass
Movie • 1970
John Custance
Nighthawks
Movie • 1981
Peter Hartman
Cry of the Innocent
Movie • 1980
Gray Harrison Hunt
Chariots of Fire
Movie • 1981
Lord Birkenhead
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie • 1977
Montgomery
Play Dirty
Movie • 1969
Capt. Cyril Leech
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
Movie • 1998
Don César de Echagüe, padre
The Bone Yard
Movie • 1964
Inspector Potter
The Last Valley
Movie • 1971
Gruber
Mary, Queen of Scots
Movie • 1971
Lord Bothwell
The Mumbo Jumbo
Movie • 2000
Major cowpat
Longitude
Movie • 2000
Sir Charles Pelham
Look Back in Anger
Movie • 1959
1st Commercial Traveller
Living Free
Movie • 1972
George Adamson
Sands of the Kalahari
Movie • 1965
Sturdevan
Charley One-Eye
Movie • 1973
The Bounty Hunter
Dracula
Movie • 1974
Van Helsing
Phase IV
Movie • 1974
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
Black Trash
Movie • 1976
Lt. Ben Deel
David Copperfield
Movie • 2001
Daniel Peggotty
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Movie • 1977
Driscoll
Sinful Davey
Movie • 1969
Richardson
Life at the Top
Movie • 1965
Mottram
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Movie • 1970
Dr. Maitland
In the Cool of the Day
Movie • 1963
Leonard Groves
The Regent's Wife
Movie • 1974
Álvaro Mesía
The Virgin Soldiers
Movie • 1969
Sgt Driscoll
The Cutter
Movie • 1992
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie • 1973
Sir Harry Wotton
An Inspector Calls
Movie • 1984
Arthur Birling
La vuelta del Coyote
Movie • 1998
César de Echagüe
Sebastian
Movie • 1968
Gen. Phillips
Ladies Who Do
Movie • 1963
Mr. Strang
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Movie • 1980
Colonel George Grenfell
Strata
Movie • 1983
Victor
Return to Sender
Movie • 1963
Dino Steffano
The Uppercrust
Movie • 1981
Pigel
Zulu Dawn
Movie • 1979
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Shotgun
Movie • 1966
Joshua
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1984
Silas Scrooge
Lunch Hour
Movie • 1962
Personnel Manager
South Riding
Movie • 1974
The Circus Connection
Movie • 1996
Stadnicki
Without a Clue
Movie • 1988
Lord Smithwick
The Apple Cart
Movie • 1975
King Magnus
The Verdict
Movie • 1964
Larry Mason
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie • 1984
Major Jack Downing
Othello
Movie • 1955
Lodovico
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Movie • 1969
De Soto
A High Wind in Jamaica
Movie • 1965
Mr. Thornton
The London Connection
Movie • 1979
Arthur Minton
The Opium War
Movie • 1997
Mosley
Movie • 1998
Lord Rothermere
Peeping Tom
Movie • 1960
Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
The Strange Affair
Movie • 1968
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 1963
Police Inspector
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1981
Theseus
Dial M for Murder
Movie • 1967
Lesgate
The Biko Inquest
Movie • 1984
Colonel Goosen
The Third Secret
Movie • 1964
Lew Harding
The Assassination
Movie • 1972
CIA Official
The Treasure Seekers
Movie • 1996
Lord Blackstock
The News-Benders
Movie • 1968
Robert Larkin
The Entertainer
Movie • 1960
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Hotel Shanghai
Movie • 1997
Butler
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Movie • 1986
Supt. Hannam
Desert Mice
Movie • 1959
Army Officer (uncredited)
Keeping Up Appearances
TV • 1990
The Commodore
Howards' Way
TV • 1985
Sir Edward Frere
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Lord Barnes
The Saint
TV • 1962
Aldo Petri
Oil Strike North
TV • 1975
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Loud Lawrence
Shirley's World
TV • 1972
Sir Francis Drake
TV • 1961
Don Miguel de Cervantes
The Saint
TV • 1962
Charles Voyson
Don't Rock The Boat
TV • 1982
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sir James
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Captain
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Barty
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Claude the Seneschal
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sentry
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Sir Peter Marston
Minder
TV • 1979
Ray
The Detectives
TV • 1993
Sir Arthur Andrews
Mosley
TV • 1998
Lord Rothermere
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
David Windom
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
TV • 1986
Ismay
The Upper Hand
TV • 1990
Mr. Douglas Hamilton
The Upper Hand
TV • 1990
Mr. Hamilton
An Inspector Calls
TV • 1982
Arthur Birling
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
William Smithers
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Jackson
Prince Regent
TV • 1979
King George III
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
King Magnus
Longitude
TV • 2000
Sir Charles Pelham
Man of the World
TV • 1962
Grabowsky
The Edwardians
TV • 1972
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Bird of Prey
TV • 1982
Charles Bridgnorth
Masada
TV • 1981
Senator Mucianus
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Donkin
South Riding
TV • 1974
Robert Carne
Romance
TV • 1977
Prince Zouroff
Ladies in Charge
TV • 1986
Count Litvinoff
Mister Charlesworth
TV • 1957
Sgt. Spence
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Arthur Minton