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Arthur Dignam

Arthur Dignam

Born: 1939-09-09 • Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

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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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Filmography
Gödel Incomplete poster
Gödel Incomplete
2014 • Old Kurt Gödel
Australia poster
Australia
2008 • Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge! poster
Moulin Rouge!
2001 • Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters poster
Gods and Monsters
1998 • Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road poster
Paradise Road
1997 • Mr. Pike
No Image
Warm Strangers
1997 • Old Man
Dating the Enemy poster
Dating the Enemy
1996 • Dr. Kamins
The Nostradamus Kid poster
The Nostradamus Kid
1993 • Pastor Anderson
Isabelle Eberhardt poster
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991 • Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra poster
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Dreaming poster
The Dreaming
1988 • Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family poster
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988 • Senator
The Right Hand Man poster
The Right Hand Man
1987 • Dr. Redbridge
Comrades poster
Comrades
1987 • Fop
Those Dear Departed poster
Those Dear Departed
1987 • Producer
King Solomon's Mines poster
King Solomon's Mines
1986 • Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills poster
Burke & Wills
1985 • Sir William Stawell
The Wild Duck poster
The Wild Duck
1984 • Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible poster
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983 • Lawyer
We of the Never Never poster
We of the Never Never
1982 • Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four poster
Duet for Four
1982 • Doug Quincey
Strange Behavior poster
Strange Behavior
1981 • Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel poster
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 • The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
The Hero poster
The Hero
1979
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith poster
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978 • Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground poster
The Devil's Playground
1977 • Brother Francine
The Duellists poster
The Duellists
1977 • Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets poster
Summer of Secrets
1976 • Dr. Beverley Adams
Jock Petersen poster
Jock Petersen
1974 • Prof. Charles Kent
Libido poster
Libido
1973