
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