Nigel Davenport
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-05-23
Day of Death
2013-10-25 (85 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)
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
(2000)
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
(1998)
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
(1998)
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
(1998)
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
(1997)
(1997)
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
(1996)
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
(1996)
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
(1992)
(1988)
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
(1986)
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
(1984)
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
(1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
(1984)
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
(1984)
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
(1983)
Strata
as Victor
(1981)
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
(1981)
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
(1981)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
(1981)
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
(1980)
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
(1980)
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
(1979)
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
(1979)
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
(1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
(1977)
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
(1976)
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
(1975)
The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
(1974)
Dracula
as Van Helsing
(1974)
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
(1974)
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
(1974)
(1973)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
(1973)
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
(1972)
The Assassination
as CIA Official
(1972)
Living Free
as George Adamson
(1971)
Villain
as Bob Matthews
(1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
(1971)
The Last Valley
as Gruber
(1970)
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
(1970)
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
(1969)
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
(1969)
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
(1969)
Sinful Davey
as Wachtmeister Richardson
(1969)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
(1968)
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
(1968)
(1968)
The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
(1967)
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
(1966)
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
(1966)
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
(1966)
Shotgun
as Joshua
(1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
(1965)
Life at the Top
as Mottram
(1965)
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
(1964)
The Third Secret
as Lew Harding
(1964)
The Verdict
as Larry Mason
(1964)
The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
(1963)
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
(1963)
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
(1963)
Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
(1963)
Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
(1962)
Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
(1960)
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
(1960)
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
(1959)
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
(1955)
Othello
as Lodovico