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









