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 Daniel Peggotty
(2000)
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
(2000)
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
(1998)
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
(1998)
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
(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
(1986)
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Supt. Hannam
(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)
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
(1980)
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
(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)
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
(1974)
Dracula
as Van Helsing
(1974)
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
(1974)
(1973)
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
(1973)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
(1972)
The Assassination
as CIA Official
(1972)
Living Free
as George Adamson
(1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
(1971)
The Last Valley
as Gruber
(1971)
Villain
as Bob Matthews
(1970)
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
(1970)
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
(1969)
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
(1969)
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
(1969)
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
(1969)
Sinful Davey
as Wachtmeister Richardson
(1968)
(1968)
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
(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)
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
(1963)
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
(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