Nigel Davenport
Born in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK — May 23 1928• Died Oct 25 2013
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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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Nigel Davenport's Credits
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Midsomer Murders
William Smithers
Minder
Ray
The Avengers
Lord Barnes
The Saint
Aldo Petri
BBC Play of the Month
King Magnus
Theatre 625
Donkin
The Name of the Game
David Windom
Sunday Night Theatre
Jackson
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Loud Lawrence
Howards' Way
Sir Edward Frere
Keeping Up Appearances
The Commodore
The Detectives
Sir Arthur Andrews
The Upper Hand
Mr. Douglas Hamilton
Man of the World
Grabowsky
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sir Francis Drake
Don Miguel de Cervantes
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arthur Minton
The Edwardians
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Longitude
Sir Charles Pelham
Masada
Senator Mucianus
Chariots of Fire
Lord Birkenhead
Shirley's World
Bird of Prey
Charles Bridgnorth
Mosley
Lord Rothermere
Peeping Tom
Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Major Jack Downing
A Man for All Seasons
The Duke of Norfolk
Ladies in Charge
Count Litvinoff
Dracula
Van Helsing
Nighthawks
Peter Hartman
A Christmas Carol
Silas Scrooge
South Riding
Robert Carne
The Last Valley
Gruber
Without a Clue
Lord Smithwick
Oil Strike North
The Assassination
CIA Official
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Ismay
Mosley
Lord Rothermere
The Virgin Soldiers
Sgt Driscoll
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Montgomery
Zulu Dawn
Col. Hamilton-Brown
Longitude
Sir Charles Pelham
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lord Bothwell
Villain
Bob Matthews
Phase IV
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
The Entertainer
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
The London Connection
Arthur Minton
Caravaggio
Giustiniani
Living Free
George Adamson
The Third Secret
Lew Harding
Prince Regent
King George III
Where the Spies Are
Parkington
A High Wind in Jamaica
Mr. Thornton
Sinful Davey
Richardson
In the Cool of the Day
Leonard Groves
An Inspector Calls
Arthur Birling
The Strange Affair
David Copperfield
Daniel Peggotty
Sebastian
Gen. Phillips
South Riding
The Treasure Seekers
Lord Blackstock
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Dr. Maitland
Lunch Hour
Personnel Manager
Cry of the Innocent
Gray Harrison Hunt
Charley One-Eye
The Bounty Hunter
Othello
Lodovico
Look Back in Anger
1st Commercial Traveller
Ladies Who Do
Mr. Strang
Desert Mice
Army Officer (uncredited)
Romance
Prince Zouroff
Dial M for Murder
Lesgate
Play Dirty
Capt. Cyril Leech
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
De Soto
Bitter Harvest
Police Inspector
No Blade of Grass
John Custance
The Cutter
Life at the Top
Mottram
Hotel Shanghai
Butler
The News-Benders
Robert Larkin
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Driscoll
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sir Harry Wotton
The Apple Cart
King Magnus
The Bone Yard
Inspector Potter
Sands of the Kalahari
Sturdevan
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Colonel George Grenfell
The Uppercrust
Pigel
The Mumbo Jumbo
Major cowpat
The Biko Inquest
Colonel Goosen
Strata
Victor
La vuelta del Coyote
César de Echagüe
Don't Rock The Boat
Mister Charlesworth
Sgt. Spence
An Inspector Calls
Arthur Birling
The Circus Connection
Stadnicki
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
Black Trash
Lt. Ben Deel
Return to Sender
Dino Steffano
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Supt. Hannam
Shotgun
Joshua
The Verdict
Larry Mason
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
Don César de Echagüe, padre
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
Self (archive footage)
The Regent's Wife
Álvaro Mesía
David Copperfield
Daniel Peggotty