Arthur Dignam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1939
- Died
- May 9, 2020 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Gödel Incomplete
Movie · as Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
Movie · as Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
Movie · as Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
Movie · as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
Movie · as Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
Movie · as Old Man
Dating the Enemy
Movie · as Dr. Kamins
Escape from Jupiter
TV · as Professor Ingessol · 13 eps
The Nostradamus Kid
Movie · as Pastor Anderson
Isabelle Eberhardt
Movie · as Cauvet
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
Movie · as Acrisius
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TV · as Acrisius · 1 ep
Shadow of the Cobra
Movie
The Dreaming
Movie · as Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
Movie · as Senator
Comrades
Movie · as Fop
The Right Hand Man
Movie · as Dr. Redbridge
Those Dear Departed
Movie · as Producer
King Solomon's Mines
Movie · as Allan Quatermain (voice)
The Flying Doctors
TV · as Royce Phelan QC · 1 ep
Burke & Wills
Movie · as Sir William Stawell
The Wild Duck
Movie · as Gregory
Bodyline
TV · as Mr. Jardine · 7 eps
The Return of Captain Invincible
Movie · as Lawyer
We of the Never Never
Movie · as Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four
Movie · as Doug Quincey
Dead Kids
Movie · as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
Movie · as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Water Under the Bridge
TV · as Maynard Dickens · 9 eps
The Hero
Movie
Minder
TV · as Geoffrey Evans · 1 ep
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Movie · as Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground
Movie · as Brother Francine
The Duellists
Movie · as Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
Movie · as Dr. Beverley Adams
The New Avengers
TV · as Dr. Graham · 1 ep
Petersen
Movie · as Prof. Charles Kent
Libido
Movie