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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-05-23 (96 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

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

2001

David Copperfield as Dan Peggotty

2000

The Mumbo Jumbo as Major cowpat
Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham
Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham

1998

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

1997

Hotel Shanghai as Butler
Midsomer Murders as William Smithers

1996

The Treasure Seekers as Lord Blackstock

1993

The Detectives as Sir Arthur Andrews

1992

1990

Keeping Up Appearances as The Commodore
The Upper Hand as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
The Upper Hand as Mr. Hamilton

1988

Without a Clue as Lord Smithwick

1986

Caravaggio as Giustiniani

1985

Howards' Way as Sir Edward Frere

1984

An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling
A Christmas Carol as Silas Scrooge
The Biko Inquest as Colonel Goosen

1983

Strata as Victor

1982

An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling

1981

Nighthawks as Peter Hartman
Chariots of Fire as Lord Birkenhead
Masada as Mucianus

1980

Cry of the Innocent as Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Colonel George Grenfell

1979

Zulu Dawn as Col. Hamilton-Brown
The London Connection as Arthur Minton
Minder as Ray
Prince Regent as King George III

1978

1977

1976

Black Trash as Lt. Ben Deel

1975

The Apple Cart as King Magnus

1974

Dracula as Van Helsing
Phase IV as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
The Regent's Wife as Álvaro Mesía

1973

Charley-One-Eye as The Bounty Hunter
The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sir Harry Wotton

1972

Living Free as George Adamson
The Assassination as CIA Official
The Edwardians as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1971

Villain as Bob Matthews
The Last Valley as Gruber
Mary, Queen of Scots as Lord Bothwell

1970

No Blade of Grass as John Custance
The Mind of Mr. Soames as Dr. Maitland

1969

Play Dirty as Capt. Cyril Leech
Sinful Davey as Wachtmeister Richardson
The Virgin Soldiers as Sgt Driscoll

1968

Sebastian as Gen. Phillips
The News-Benders as Robert Larkin
The Name of the Game as David Windom

1967

1966

A Man for All Seasons as The Duke of Norfolk
Where the Spies Are as Parkington
Shotgun as Joshua

1965

Life at the Top as Mottram
A High Wind in Jamaica as Mr. Thornton

1964

The Bone Yard as Inspector Potter
The Verdict as Larry Mason
The Third Secret as Lew Harding

1963

In the Cool of the Day as Leonard Groves
Ladies Who Do as Mr. Strang
Return to Sender as Dino Steffano
Bitter Harvest as Police Inspector

1962

Lunch Hour as Personnel Manager
The Saint as Aldo Petri
The Saint as Charles Voyson

1961

The Avengers as Lord Barnes
Sir Francis Drake as Don Miguel de Cervantes

1960

Peeping Tom as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
The Entertainer as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

1959

Look Back in Anger as 1st Commercial Traveller

1956

1955

Othello as Lodovico
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Claude the Seneschal
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Peter Marston

1950