Nigel Davenport

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Known For

Acting

Born

1928-05-23

Place of Birth

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Nigel Davenport

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.

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

The Saint

The Saint

The Saint

The Saint

The Avengers

The Avengers

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Minder

Minder

Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Strata

Acting History

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV as Self (archive footage)

David Copperfield as Daniel Peggotty

The Mumbo Jumbo as Major cowpat

Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham

Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe as Don César de Echagüe, padre

La vuelta del Coyote as César de Echagüe

Mosley as Lord Rothermere

Mosley as Lord Rothermere

Hotel Shanghai as Butler

Midsomer Murders as William Smithers

The Treasure Seekers as Lord Blackstock

The Circus Connection as Stadnicki

The Detectives as Sir Arthur Andrews

Keeping Up Appearances as The Commodore

The Upper Hand as Mr. Douglas Hamilton

The Upper Hand as Mr. Hamilton

Without a Clue as Lord Smithwick

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams as Supt. Hannam

Caravaggio as Giustiniani

Ladies in Charge

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy as Ismay

Howards' Way as Sir Edward Frere

The Biko Inquest as Colonel Goosen

A Christmas Carol as Silas Scrooge

An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Major Jack Downing

Strata as Victor

An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling

Bird of Prey as Charles Bridgnorth

Don't Rock The Boat

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus

The Uppercrust as Pigel

Chariots of Fire as Lord Birkenhead

Masada as Senator Mucianus

Nighthawks as Peter Hartman

Cry of the Innocent as Gray Harrison Hunt

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Colonel George Grenfell

The London Connection as Arthur Minton

Prince Regent as King George III

Zulu Dawn as Col. Hamilton-Brown

The Island of Dr. Moreau as Montgomery

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Driscoll

Romance as Prince Zouroff

Black Trash as Lt. Ben Deel

Oil Strike North

The Apple Cart as King Magnus

The Regent's Wife as Álvaro Mesía

South Riding as Robert Carne

Phase IV as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Dracula as Van Helsing

The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sir Harry Wotton

Charley One-Eye as The Bounty Hunter

The Edwardians as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Assassination as CIA Official

Living Free as George Adamson

Shirley's World

Mary, Queen of Scots as Lord Bothwell

Villain as Bob Matthews

The Last Valley as Gruber

The Mind of Mr. Soames as Dr. Maitland

No Blade of Grass as John Custance

The Virgin Soldiers as Sgt Driscoll

The Royal Hunt of the Sun as De Soto

Sinful Davey as Richardson

Play Dirty as Capt. Cyril Leech

The Name of the Game as David Windom

The Strange Affair

Sebastian as Gen. Phillips

The News-Benders as Robert Larkin

Dial M for Murder as Lesgate

A Man for All Seasons as The Duke of Norfolk

Shotgun as Joshua

Where the Spies Are as Parkington

Life at the Top as Mottram

Sands of the Kalahari as Sturdevan

BBC Play of the Month as King Magnus

A High Wind in Jamaica as Mr. Thornton

The Bone Yard as Inspector Potter

Theatre 625 as Donkin

The Third Secret as Lew Harding

The Verdict as Larry Mason

Ladies Who Do as Mr. Strang

In the Cool of the Day as Leonard Groves

Bitter Harvest as Police Inspector

Return to Sender as Dino Steffano

The Saint as Aldo Petri

The Saint as Charles Voyson

Man of the World as Grabowsky

Lunch Hour as Personnel Manager

Sir Francis Drake as Don Miguel de Cervantes

The Avengers as Lord Barnes

The Entertainer as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Peeping Tom as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

Look Back in Anger as 1st Commercial Traveller

Desert Mice as Army Officer (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Othello as Lodovico

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Loud Lawrence

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Captain

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir James

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sentry

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Barty

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Claude the Seneschal

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Peter Marston

Sunday Night Theatre as Jackson