Nigel Davenport

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1928-05-23

Day of Death

2013-10-25

Place of Birth

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Nigel Davenport

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.

Filmography (71)

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

⭐ 6.3 Role: Daniel Peggotty

David Copperfield

⭐ 7.0 Role: Major cowpat

The Mumbo Jumbo

⭐ 7.4 Role: Sir Charles Pelham

Longitude

⭐ 5.0 Role: Don César de Echagüe, padre

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

⭐ 7.0 Role: César de Echagüe

La vuelta del Coyote

⭐ 6.0 Role: Lord Rothermere

Mosley

⭐ 8.0 Role: Butler

Hotel Shanghai

⭐ 5.6 Role: Lord Blackstock

The Treasure Seekers

⭐ 0 Role: Stadnicki

The Circus Connection

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Cutter

⭐ 6.7 Role: Lord Smithwick

Without a Clue

⭐ 5.8 Role: Supt. Hannam

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

⭐ 6.1 Role: Giustiniani

Caravaggio

⭐ 7.0 Role: Colonel Goosen

The Biko Inquest

⭐ 7.5 Role: Silas Scrooge

A Christmas Carol

⭐ 4.5 Role: Arthur Birling

An Inspector Calls

⭐ 6.4 Role: Major Jack Downing

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

⭐ 3.0 Role: Victor

Strata

⭐ 5.5 Role: Theseus

A Midsummer Night's Dream

⭐ 5.3 Role: Pigel

The Uppercrust

⭐ 6.8 Role: Lord Birkenhead

Chariots of Fire

⭐ 6.4 Role: Peter Hartman

Nighthawks

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gray Harrison Hunt

Cry of the Innocent

⭐ 5.0 Role: Colonel George Grenfell

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

⭐ 7.8 Role: Arthur Minton

The London Connection

⭐ 6.1 Role: Col. Hamilton-Brown

Zulu Dawn

⭐ 5.7 Role: Montgomery

The Island of Dr. Moreau

⭐ 4.6 Role: Driscoll

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

⭐ 5.2 Role: Lt. Ben Deel

Black Trash

⭐ 0 Role: King Magnus

The Apple Cart

⭐ 4.8 Role: Álvaro Mesía

The Regent's Wife

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

South Riding

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Phase IV

⭐ 6.3 Role: Van Helsing

Dracula

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sir Harry Wotton

The Picture of Dorian Gray

⭐ 5.0 Role: The Bounty Hunter

Charley One-Eye

⭐ 6.8 Role: CIA Official

The Assassination

⭐ 6.6 Role: George Adamson

Living Free

⭐ 6.7 Role: Lord Bothwell

Mary, Queen of Scots

⭐ 6.2 Role: Bob Matthews

Villain

⭐ 6.5 Role: Gruber

The Last Valley

⭐ 5.5 Role: Dr. Maitland

The Mind of Mr. Soames

⭐ 5.3 Role: John Custance

No Blade of Grass

⭐ 6.8 Role: Sgt Driscoll

The Virgin Soldiers

⭐ 6.1 Role: De Soto

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

⭐ 5.3 Role: Richardson

Sinful Davey

⭐ 6.3 Role: Capt. Cyril Leech

Play Dirty

⭐ 5.1 Role: Unknown

The Strange Affair

⭐ 6.4 Role: Gen. Phillips

Sebastian

⭐ 9.5 Role: Robert Larkin

The News-Benders

⭐ 7.5 Role: Lesgate

Dial M for Murder

⭐ 7.3 Role: The Duke of Norfolk

A Man for All Seasons

⭐ 0 Role: Joshua

Shotgun

⭐ 5.4 Role: Parkington

Where the Spies Are

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mottram

Life at the Top

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sturdevan

Sands of the Kalahari

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Thornton

A High Wind in Jamaica

⭐ 9.0 Role: Inspector Potter

The Bone Yard

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lew Harding

The Third Secret

⭐ 7.0 Role: Larry Mason

The Verdict

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Strang

Ladies Who Do

⭐ 5.8 Role: Leonard Groves

In the Cool of the Day

⭐ 6.2 Role: Police Inspector

Bitter Harvest

⭐ 4.1 Role: Dino Steffano

Return to Sender

⭐ 6.8 Role: Personnel Manager

Lunch Hour

⭐ 6.2 Role: Theatre Manager (uncredited)

The Entertainer

⭐ 7.4 Role: Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

Peeping Tom

⭐ 6.7 Role: 1st Commercial Traveller

Look Back in Anger

⭐ 6.2 Role: Army Officer (uncredited)

Desert Mice

⭐ 8.7 Role: Lodovico

Othello