Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Known for
Acting
Born
May 23, 1928
Died
October 25, 2013 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Shelford, 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

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Filmography

2024
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV poster

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

Movie · as Daniel Peggotty

2000
The Mumbo Jumbo poster

The Mumbo Jumbo

Movie · as Major cowpat

2000
Longitude poster

Longitude

Movie · as Sir Charles Pelham

2000
Longitude poster

Longitude

TV · as Sir Charles Pelham · 1 ep

2000
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as Daniel Peggotty · 2 eps

1998
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe poster

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

Movie · as Don César de Echagüe, padre

1998
La vuelta del Coyote poster

La vuelta del Coyote

Movie · as César de Echagüe

1998
Mosley poster

Mosley

Movie · as Lord Rothermere

1998
Mosley poster

Mosley

TV · as Lord Rothermere · 1 ep

1997
Hotel Shanghai

Hotel Shanghai

Movie · as Butler

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as William Smithers · 1 ep

1996
The Circus Connection

The Circus Connection

Movie · as Stadnicki

1996
The Treasure Seekers poster

The Treasure Seekers

Movie · as Lord Blackstock

1993
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Sir Arthur Andrews · 1 ep

1992
The Cutter poster

The Cutter

Movie

1991
Trainer poster

Trainer

TV · as James Brant · 13 eps

1990
Keeping Up Appearances poster

Keeping Up Appearances

TV · as The Commodore · 1 ep

1990
The Upper Hand poster

The Upper Hand

TV · as Mr. Douglas Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton · 1 ep

1988
Without a Clue poster

Without a Clue

Movie · as Lord Smithwick

1986
Caravaggio poster

Caravaggio

Movie · as Giustiniani

1986
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams poster

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

Movie · as Supt. Hannam

1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy poster

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

TV · as Ismay · 6 eps

1986
Ladies in Charge poster

Ladies in Charge

TV · as Count Litvinoff · 1 ep

1985
Howards' Way poster

Howards' Way

TV · as Sir Edward Frere · 29 eps

1984
An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

Movie · as Arthur Birling

1984
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Silas Scrooge

1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes poster

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Movie · as Major Jack Downing

1984
The Biko Inquest poster

The Biko Inquest

Movie · as Colonel Goosen

1983
Strata

Strata

Movie · as Victor

1982
Don't Rock The Boat poster

Don't Rock The Boat

TV · 12 eps

1982
An Inspector Calls poster

An Inspector Calls

TV · as Arthur Birling · 3 eps

1982
Bird of Prey poster

Bird of Prey

TV · as Charles Bridgnorth · 3 eps

1981
Nighthawks poster

Nighthawks

Movie · as Peter Hartman

1981
Chariots of Fire poster

Chariots of Fire

Movie · as Lord Birkenhead

1981
The Uppercrust poster

The Uppercrust

Movie · as Pigel

1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · as Theseus

1981
Masada poster

Masada

TV · as Senator Mucianus · 1 ep

1980
Cry of the Innocent poster

Cry of the Innocent

Movie · as Gray Harrison Hunt

1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd poster

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

Movie · as Colonel George Grenfell

1979
Zulu Dawn poster

Zulu Dawn

Movie · as Col. Hamilton-Brown

1979
The London Connection poster

The London Connection

Movie · as Arthur Minton

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Ray · 1 ep

1979
Prince Regent poster

Prince Regent

TV · as King George III · 8 eps

1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau poster

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Movie · as Montgomery

1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers poster

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Movie · as Driscoll

1977
Romance

Romance

TV · as Prince Zouroff · 1 ep

1976
Black Trash poster

Black Trash

Movie · as Lt. Ben Deel

1975
The Apple Cart

The Apple Cart

Movie · as King Magnus

1975
Oil Strike North poster

Oil Strike North

TV · 13 eps

1974
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Van Helsing

1974
Phase IV poster

Phase IV

Movie · as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

1974
The Regent's Wife poster

The Regent's Wife

Movie · as Álvaro Mesía

1974
South Riding poster

South Riding

Movie

1974
South Riding poster

South Riding

TV · as Robert Carne · 13 eps

1973
Charley-One-Eye poster

Charley-One-Eye

Movie · as The Bounty Hunter

1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray poster

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Movie · as Sir Harry Wotton

1973
Away from It All

Away from It All

TV · as Eric · 1 ep

1972
Living Free poster

Living Free

Movie · as George Adamson

1972
The Assassination poster

The Assassination

Movie · as CIA Official

1972
Shirley's World poster

Shirley's World

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians

TV · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1 ep

1971
Villain poster

Villain

Movie · as Bob Matthews

1971
The Last Valley poster

The Last Valley

Movie · as Gruber

1971
Mary, Queen of Scots poster

Mary, Queen of Scots

Movie · as Lord Bothwell

1970
No Blade of Grass poster

No Blade of Grass

Movie · as John Custance

1970
The Mind of Mr. Soames poster

The Mind of Mr. Soames

Movie · as Dr. Maitland

1969
Play Dirty poster

Play Dirty

Movie · as Capt. Cyril Leech

1969
Sinful Davey poster

Sinful Davey

Movie · as Richardson

1969
The Virgin Soldiers poster

The Virgin Soldiers

Movie · as Sgt Driscoll

1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sun poster

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Movie · as De Soto

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Ed Sterling · 1 ep

1968
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

Movie · as Gen. Phillips

1968
The Strange Affair poster

The Strange Affair

Movie

1968
The News-Benders poster

The News-Benders

Movie · as Robert Larkin

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as David Windom · 1 ep

1967
Dial M for Murder poster

Dial M for Murder

Movie · as Lesgate

1967
Mickey Dunne poster

Mickey Dunne

TV · as Bruce Tavey · 1 ep

1966
A Man for All Seasons poster

A Man for All Seasons

Movie · as The Duke of Norfolk

1966
Where the Spies Are poster

Where the Spies Are

Movie · as Parkington

1966
Shotgun

Shotgun

Movie · as Joshua

1966
Five More

Five More

TV · as Joshua · 1 ep

1965
Sands of the Kalahari poster

Sands of the Kalahari

Movie · as Sturdevan

1965
Life at the Top poster

Life at the Top

Movie · as Mottram

1965
A High Wind in Jamaica poster

A High Wind in Jamaica

Movie · as Mr. Thornton

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as King Magnus · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as The Prisoner, Robert Larkin, Major Bartholomew · 1 ep

1964
The Bone Yard poster

The Bone Yard

Movie · as Inspector Potter

1964
The Verdict poster

The Verdict

Movie · as Larry Mason

1964
The Third Secret poster

The Third Secret

Movie · as Lew Harding

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Donkin · 3 eps

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Inspector Potter · 1 ep

1963
In the Cool of the Day poster

In the Cool of the Day

Movie · as Leonard Groves

1963
Ladies Who Do poster

Ladies Who Do

Movie · as Mr. Strang

1963
Return to Sender poster

Return to Sender

Movie · as Dino Steffano

1963
Bitter Harvest poster

Bitter Harvest

Movie · as Police Inspector

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Frank Marston · 1 ep

1962
Lunch Hour poster

Lunch Hour

Movie · as Personnel Manager

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Aldo Petri, Charles Voyson · 1 ep

1962
Man of the World poster

Man of the World

TV · as Grabowsky · 1 ep

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Lord Barnes · 2 eps

1961
Sir Francis Drake poster

Sir Francis Drake

TV · as Don Miguel de Cervantes · 1 ep

1960
Peeping Tom poster

Peeping Tom

Movie · as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

1960
The Entertainer poster

The Entertainer

Movie · as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

1959
Look Back in Anger poster

Look Back in Anger

Movie · as 1st Commercial Traveller

1959
Desert Mice poster

Desert Mice

Movie · as Army Officer (uncredited)

1957
Mister Charlesworth

Mister Charlesworth

TV · as Sgt. Spence · 6 eps

1956
The Count of Monte Cristo poster

The Count of Monte Cristo

TV · 1 ep

1955
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Lodovico

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

TV · as Loud Lawrence, Claude the Seneschal, Sir James, Barty, Captain, Sentry, Sir Peter Marston · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Arthur Minton · 1 ep

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Jackson · 1 ep