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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 23, 1928
Died
October 25, 2013
Place of Birth
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Arthur Nigel Davenport
Nigel Davenport
0.2 Popularity
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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Self (archive footage)
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024
6.3
Dan Peggotty
David Copperfield
2001
0.0
Major cowpat
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
7.0
Sir Charles Pelham
Longitude
2000
7.3
Sir Charles Pelham
Longitude
2000
5.0
Don César de Echagüe, padre
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
1998
5.0
César de Echagüe
La vuelta del Coyote
1998
6.0
Lord Rothermere
Mosley
1998
4.0
Lord Rothermere
Mosley
1998
🎬
0.0
Butler
Hotel Shanghai
1997
Credits
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
2024
0.0
David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
2001
6.3
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
2000
0.0
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
7.0
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
7.3
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
1998
5.0
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
1998
5.0
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
1998
6.0
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
1998
4.0
🎬
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
1997
0.0
The Opium War
1997
6.6
Midsomer Murders
as William Smithers
1997
7.5
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
1996
5.3
🎬
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
1996
0.0
The Detectives
as Sir Arthur Andrews
1993
6.7
The Cutter
1992
0.0
Keeping Up Appearances
as The Commodore
1990
7.6
The Upper Hand
as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
1990
7.0
The Upper Hand
as Mr. Hamilton
1990
7.0
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
1988
6.6
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
1986
6.1
Ladies in Charge
1986
5.0
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as Ismay
1986
5.0
Howards' Way
as Sir Edward Frere
1985
5.6
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
1984
0.0
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
1984
7.5
🎬
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
1984
4.5
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
1984
6.4
🎬
Strata
as Victor
1983
3.0
An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
1982
5.0
Bird of Prey
1982
5.5
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
5.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1981
5.0
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
1981
5.0
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
1981
6.8
Masada
as Mucianus
1981
7.1
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
1981
6.4
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
1980
5.0
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
1980
6.0
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
1979
7.8
Minder
as Ray
1979
6.8
Prince Regent
as King George III
1979
4.5
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
1979
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Theseus
1978
6.0
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
1977
5.6
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
1977
4.8
🎬
Romance
1977
0.0
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
1976
4.8
Oil Strike North
1975
5.0
🎬
The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
1975
0.0
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
1974
4.3
South Riding
1974
0.0
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
1974
6.3
Dracula
as Van Helsing
1974
6.3
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
1973
5.8
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
1973
4.8
The Edwardians
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1972
5.7
The Assassination
as CIA Official
1972
6.7
Living Free
as George Adamson
1972
6.8
Shirley's World
1972
5.0
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
1971
6.7
Villain
as Bob Matthews
1971
6.3
The Last Valley
as Gruber
1971
6.5
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
1970
5.7
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
1970
5.3
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
1969
6.9
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
1969
5.9
Sinful Davey
as Wachtmeister Richardson
1969
5.5
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
1969
6.2
The Name of the Game
as David Windom
1968
6.8
The Strange Affair
1968
4.4
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
1968
6.0
The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
1968
0.0
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
1967
6.0
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
1966
7.3
🎬
Shotgun
as Joshua
1966
0.0
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
1966
5.2
Life at the Top
as Mottram
1965
6.2
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
1965
6.1
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
1965
6.3
The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
1964
0.0
The Third Secret
as Lew Harding
1964
6.1
The Verdict
as Larry Mason
1964
0.0
Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
1963
7.0
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
1963
5.4
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
1963
6.2
Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
1963
4.1
The Saint
as Aldo Petri
1962
7.3
The Saint
as Charles Voyson
1962
7.3
Man of the World
1962
7.0
Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
1962
6.8
Sir Francis Drake
as Don Miguel de Cervantes
1961
4.5
The Avengers
as Lord Barnes
1961
7.7
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1960
6.2
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
1960
7.4
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
1959
6.7
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
Othello
as Lodovico
1955
8.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Captain
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Barty
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Claude the Seneschal
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sentry
1955
6.1
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Peter Marston
1955
6.1
Sunday Night Theatre
as Jackson
1950
3.5