Nigel Davenport

Born

May 23, 1928

Died

October 25, 2013 (85 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

IMDb

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

6.8

Nighthawks

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2024

David Copperfield

Daniel Peggotty

6.2

2001

The Mumbo Jumbo

Major cowpat

0.0

2000

Longitude

Sir Charles Pelham

7.3

2000

Longitude

Sir Charles Pelham · (2 episodes)

7.0

2000

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

Don César de Echagüe, padre

5.0

1998

La vuelta del Coyote

César de Echagüe

5.0

1998

Mosley

Lord Rothermere

6.0

1998

Mosley

Lord Rothermere · (1 episode)

4.0

1998

Hotel Shanghai

Butler

0.0

1997

The Opium War

6.6

1997

Midsomer Murders

William Smithers · (1 episode)

7.5

1997

The Treasure Seekers

Lord Blackstock

5.3

1996

The Circus Connection

Stadnicki

0.0

1996

The Detectives

Sir Arthur Andrews · (1 episode)

6.7

1993

The Cutter

0.0

1992

Keeping Up Appearances

The Commodore · (1 episode)

7.6

1990

The Upper Hand

Mr. Douglas Hamilton · (1 episode)

7.0

1990

The Upper Hand

Mr. Hamilton · (1 episode)

7.0

1990

Without a Clue

Lord Smithwick

6.6

1988

Caravaggio

Giustiniani

6.1

1986

Ladies in Charge

(1 episode)

5.0

1986

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Ismay · (6 episodes)

5.0

1986

Howards' Way

Sir Edward Frere · (29 episodes)

5.6

1985

The Biko Inquest

Colonel Goosen

0.0

1984

A Christmas Carol

Silas Scrooge

7.5

1984

An Inspector Calls

Arthur Birling

4.5

1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Major Jack Downing

6.4

1984

Strata

Victor

3.0

1983

An Inspector Calls

Arthur Birling · (3 episodes)

5.0

1982

Bird of Prey

(8 episodes)

5.5

1982

Don't Rock The Boat

(12 episodes)

5.0

1982

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Theseus

5.0

1981

The Uppercrust

Pigel

5.0

1981

Chariots of Fire

Lord Birkenhead

6.8

1981

Masada

Mucianus · (4 episodes)

7.1

1981

Nighthawks

Peter Hartman

6.4

1981

Cry of the Innocent

Gray Harrison Hunt

5.0

1980

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

Colonel George Grenfell

4.0

1980

The London Connection

Arthur Minton

7.8

1979

Minder

Ray · (1 episode)

6.8

1979

Prince Regent

King George III · (8 episodes)

4.5

1979

Zulu Dawn

Col. Hamilton-Brown

6.0

1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Theseus · (1 episode)

6.0

1978

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Montgomery

5.6

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Driscoll

4.8

1977

Romance

(1 episode)

0.0

1977

Black Trash

Lt. Ben Deel

4.8

1976

Oil Strike North

(13 episodes)

5.0

1975

The Apple Cart

King Magnus

0.0

1975

The Regent's Wife

Álvaro Mesía

4.3

1974

South Riding

0.0

1974

Phase IV

Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

6.3

1974

Dracula

Van Helsing

6.3

1974

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sir Harry Wotton

5.8

1973

Charley-One-Eye

The Bounty Hunter

4.8

1973

The Edwardians

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · (1 episode)

5.7

1972

The Assassination

CIA Official

6.7

1972

Living Free

George Adamson

6.8

1972

Shirley's World

(1 episode)

5.0

1972

Mary, Queen of Scots

Lord Bothwell

6.7

1971

Villain

Bob Matthews

6.3

1971

The Last Valley

Gruber

6.5

1971

The Mind of Mr. Soames

Dr. Maitland

5.7

1970

No Blade of Grass

John Custance

5.3

1970

The Virgin Soldiers

Sgt Driscoll

6.9

1969

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

De Soto

5.9

1969

Sinful Davey

Wachtmeister Richardson

5.5

1969

Play Dirty

Capt. Cyril Leech

6.2

1969

The Name of the Game

David Windom · (1 episode)

6.8

1968

The Strange Affair

4.4

1968

Sebastian

Gen. Phillips

6.0

1968

The News-Benders

Robert Larkin

0.0

1968

Dial M for Murder

Lesgate

6.0

1967

A Man for All Seasons

The Duke of Norfolk

7.3

1966

Shotgun

Joshua

0.0

1966

Where the Spies Are

Parkington

5.2

1966

Life at the Top

Mottram

6.2

1965

Sands of the Kalahari

Sturdevan

6.1

1965

BBC Play of the Month

King Magnus · (1 episode)

5.0

1965

A High Wind in Jamaica

Mr. Thornton

6.3

1965

The Bone Yard

Inspector Potter

0.0

1964

The Third Secret

Lew Harding

6.1

1964

The Verdict

Larry Mason

0.0

1964

Ladies Who Do

Mr. Strang

7.0

1963

In the Cool of the Day

Leonard Groves

5.4

1963

Bitter Harvest

Police Inspector

6.2

1963

Return to Sender

Dino Steffano

4.1

1963

The Saint

Aldo Petri · (1 episode)

7.3

1962

The Saint

Charles Voyson · (1 episode)

7.3

1962

Man of the World

(1 episode)

7.0

1962

Lunch Hour

Personnel Manager

6.8

1962

Sir Francis Drake

Don Miguel de Cervantes · (1 episode)

4.5

1961

The Avengers

Lord Barnes · (2 episodes)

7.7

1961

The Entertainer

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

6.2

1960

Peeping Tom

Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

7.4

1960

Look Back in Anger

1st Commercial Traveller

6.7

1959

The Count of Monte Cristo

(1 episode)

4.4

1956

Othello

Lodovico

8.5

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Loud Lawrence · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Captain · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sir James · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sentry · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Barty · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Claude the Seneschal · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sir Peter Marston · (1 episode)

6.1

1955

Sunday Night Theatre

Jackson · (1 episode)

3.5

1950