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Nigel Davenport

Acting · 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.

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David Copperfield

2001 · Daniel Peggotty

David Copperfield

2000 · Daniel Peggotty

The Mumbo Jumbo

2000 · Major cowpat

2000 · Sir Charles Pelham

2000 · Sir Charles Pelham

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

1998 · Don César de Echagüe, padre

La vuelta del Coyote

1998 · César de Echagüe

1998 · Lord Rothermere

1998 · Lord Rothermere

Midsomer Murders

1997 · William Smithers

The Treasure Seekers

1996 · Lord Blackstock

1993 · Sir Arthur Andrews

1991 · James Brant

Keeping Up Appearances

1990 · The Commodore

1990 · Mr. Douglas Hamilton

1988 · Lord Smithwick

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986 · Supt. Hannam

1986 · Giustiniani

Ladies in Charge

1986 · Count Litvinoff

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1985 · Sir Edward Frere

The Biko Inquest

1984 · Colonel Goosen

A Christmas Carol

1984 · Silas Scrooge

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

1984 · Arthur Birling

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984 · Major Jack Downing

An Inspector Calls

1982 · Arthur Birling

1982 · Charles Bridgnorth

Don't Rock The Boat

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1981 · Theseus

Chariots of Fire

1981 · Lord Birkenhead

1981 · Senator Mucianus

1981 · Peter Hartman

Cry of the Innocent

1980 · Gray Harrison Hunt

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980 · Colonel George Grenfell

The London Connection

1979 · Arthur Minton

1979 · King George III

1979 · Col. Hamilton-Brown

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977 · Montgomery

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977 · Driscoll

1977 · Prince Zouroff

1976 · Lt. Ben Deel

Oil Strike North

The Regent's Wife

1974 · Álvaro Mesía

1974 · Robert Carne

1974 · Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

1974 · Van Helsing

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1973 · Sir Harry Wotton

Charley-One-Eye

1973 · The Bounty Hunter

Away from It All

Away from It All

1972 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Assassination

1972 · CIA Official

1972 · George Adamson

Shirley's World

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971 · Lord Bothwell

1971 · Bob Matthews

The Last Valley

The Mind of Mr. Soames

1970 · Dr. Maitland

No Blade of Grass

1970 · John Custance

The Virgin Soldiers

1969 · Sgt Driscoll

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

1969 · De Soto

1969 · Richardson

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · Ed Sterling

1969 · Capt. Cyril Leech

The Name of the Game

1968 · David Windom

The Strange Affair

1968 · Gen. Phillips

The News-Benders

1968 · Robert Larkin

Dial M for Murder

1967 · Lesgate

1967 · Bruce Tavey

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · The Duke of Norfolk

Where the Spies Are

1966 · Parkington

Life at the Top

1965 · Mottram

Sands of the Kalahari

1965 · Sturdevan

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · King Magnus

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · The Prisoner

A High Wind in Jamaica

1965 · Mr. Thornton

1964 · Inspector Potter

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Inspector Potter

The Third Secret

1964 · Lew Harding

1964 · Larry Mason

1963 · Mr. Strang

1963 · Frank Marston

In the Cool of the Day

1963 · Leonard Groves

1963 · Police Inspector

Return to Sender

1963 · Dino Steffano

1962 · Aldo Petri

Man of the World

1962 · Grabowsky

1962 · Personnel Manager

Sir Francis Drake

1961 · Don Miguel de Cervantes

1961 · Lord Barnes

The Entertainer

1960 · Theatre Manager (uncredited)

1960 · Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

Look Back in Anger

1959 · 1st Commercial Traveller

1959 · Army Officer (uncredited)

Mister Charlesworth

Mister Charlesworth

1957 · Sgt. Spence

The Count of Monte Cristo

1955 · Lodovico

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 · Loud Lawrence

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Arthur Minton

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Jackson

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