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Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Born: 1928-05-23 • Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV poster
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024 • Self (archive footage)
David Copperfield poster
David Copperfield
2001 • Daniel Peggotty
The Mumbo Jumbo poster
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000 • Major cowpat
Longitude poster
Longitude
2000 • Sir Charles Pelham
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe poster
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
1998 • Don César de Echagüe, padre
La vuelta del Coyote poster
La vuelta del Coyote
1998 • César de Echagüe
Mosley poster
Mosley
1998 • Lord Rothermere
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Hotel Shanghai
1997 • Butler
The Opium War poster
The Opium War
1997
The Treasure Seekers poster
The Treasure Seekers
1996 • Lord Blackstock
No Image
The Circus Connection
1996 • Stadnicki
The Cutter poster
The Cutter
1992
Without a Clue poster
Without a Clue
1988 • Lord Smithwick
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams poster
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986 • Supt. Hannam
Caravaggio poster
Caravaggio
1986 • Giustiniani
The Biko Inquest poster
The Biko Inquest
1984 • Colonel Goosen
A Christmas Carol poster
A Christmas Carol
1984 • Silas Scrooge
No Image
An Inspector Calls
1984 • Arthur Birling
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 • Major Jack Downing
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Strata
1983 • Victor
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981 • Theseus
The Uppercrust poster
The Uppercrust
1981 • Pigel
Chariots of Fire poster
Chariots of Fire
1981 • Lord Birkenhead
Nighthawks poster
Nighthawks
1981 • Peter Hartman
Cry of the Innocent poster
Cry of the Innocent
1980 • Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd poster
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980 • Colonel George Grenfell
The London Connection poster
The London Connection
1979 • Arthur Minton
Zulu Dawn poster
Zulu Dawn
1979 • Col. Hamilton-Brown
The Island of Dr. Moreau poster
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977 • Montgomery
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers poster
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977 • Driscoll
Black Trash poster
Black Trash
1976 • Lt. Ben Deel
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The Apple Cart
1975 • King Magnus
The Regent's Wife poster
The Regent's Wife
1974 • Álvaro Mesía
South Riding poster
South Riding
1974
Phase IV poster
Phase IV
1974 • Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
Dracula poster
Dracula
1974 • Van Helsing
The Picture of Dorian Gray poster
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973 • Sir Harry Wotton
Charley One-Eye poster
Charley One-Eye
1973 • The Bounty Hunter
The Assassination poster
The Assassination
1972 • CIA Official
Living Free poster
Living Free
1972 • George Adamson
Mary, Queen of Scots poster
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971 • Lord Bothwell
Villain poster
Villain
1971 • Bob Matthews
The Last Valley poster
The Last Valley
1971 • Gruber
The Mind of Mr. Soames poster
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970 • Dr. Maitland
No Blade of Grass poster
No Blade of Grass
1970 • John Custance
The Virgin Soldiers poster
The Virgin Soldiers
1969 • Sgt Driscoll
The Royal Hunt of the Sun poster
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 • De Soto
Sinful Davey poster
Sinful Davey
1969 • Richardson
Play Dirty poster
Play Dirty
1969 • Capt. Cyril Leech
The Strange Affair poster
The Strange Affair
1968
Sebastian poster
Sebastian
1968 • Gen. Phillips
The News-Benders poster
The News-Benders
1968 • Robert Larkin
Dial M for Murder poster
Dial M for Murder
1967 • Lesgate
A Man for All Seasons poster
A Man for All Seasons
1966 • The Duke of Norfolk
No Image
Shotgun
1966 • Joshua
Where the Spies Are poster
Where the Spies Are
1966 • Parkington
Life at the Top poster
Life at the Top
1965 • Mottram
Sands of the Kalahari poster
Sands of the Kalahari
1965 • Sturdevan
A High Wind in Jamaica poster
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965 • Mr. Thornton
The Bone Yard poster
The Bone Yard
1964 • Inspector Potter
The Third Secret poster
The Third Secret
1964 • Lew Harding
The Verdict poster
The Verdict
1964 • Larry Mason
Ladies Who Do poster
Ladies Who Do
1963 • Mr. Strang
In the Cool of the Day poster
In the Cool of the Day
1963 • Leonard Groves
Bitter Harvest poster
Bitter Harvest
1963 • Police Inspector
Return to Sender poster
Return to Sender
1963 • Dino Steffano
Lunch Hour poster
Lunch Hour
1962 • Personnel Manager
The Entertainer poster
The Entertainer
1960 • Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Peeping Tom poster
Peeping Tom
1960 • Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger poster
Look Back in Anger
1959 • 1st Commercial Traveller
Desert Mice poster
Desert Mice
1959 • Army Officer (uncredited)
Othello poster
Othello
1955 • Lodovico