Nigel Davenport
Acting1928Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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 History
2024
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
2001
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
2000
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
Longitude
TVas Sir Charles Pelham
Midsomer Murders
TVas William Smithers• 1 eps
1998
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
Mosley
TVas Lord Rothermere
1997
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
1993
The Detectives
TVas Sir Arthur Andrews• 1 eps
Keeping Up Appearances
TVas The Commodore• 1 eps
1992
1990
The Upper Hand
TVas Mr. Douglas Hamilton / Mr. Hamilton
1988
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
1987
Howards' Way
TVas Sir Edward Frere• 29 eps
1986
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Supt. Hannam
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
TVas Ismay
Ladies in Charge
TVas Count Litvinoff
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
1983
Strata
as Victor
1982
1981
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Masada
TVas Senator Mucianus• 1 eps
1980
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
Prince Regent
TVas King George III
1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
Romance
TVas Prince Zouroff• 1 eps
1976
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
1975
1974
Dracula
as Van Helsing
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
South Riding
TVas Robert Carne
1973
Charley One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
1972
The Assassination
as CIA Official
Living Free
as George Adamson
The Edwardians
TVas Sir Arthur Conan Doyle• 1 eps
1971
1970
The Death of Grass
as John Custance
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
1969
Sinful Davey
as Richardson
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
The Name of the Game
TVas David Windom• 1 eps
1968
1967
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
1966
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
Shotgun
as Joshua
The Avengers
TVas Lord Barnes• 2 eps
1965
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
Life at the Top
as Mottram
The Saint
TVas Charles Voyson• 1 eps
1964
1963
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
1962
Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
Man of the World
TVas Grabowsky
1961
Sir Francis Drake
TVas Don Miguel de Cervantes
1960
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TVas Sir Peter Marston• 1 eps
1959
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
Desert Mice
as Army Officer (uncredited)
1957
Mister Charlesworth
TVas Sgt. Spence
1955
Othello
as Lodovico
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas Jackson• 1 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Arthur Minton