Nigel Davenport

Personal Info

Birthday

May 23, 1928

Day of Death

2013-10-25

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Arthur Nigel Davenport

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Avengers

Minder

The Saint

Howards' Way

The Name of the Game

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Keeping Up Appearances

Filmography

2024
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
2001
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
1998
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
1997
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
1988
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
1986
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
1984
The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
1983
Strata
as Victor
1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
The Uppercrust
as Pigel
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
1980
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
1979
The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
1976
Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
1975
The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
1974
The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
Dracula
as Van Helsing
1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
1972
The Assassination
as CIA Official
Living Free
as George Adamson
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
Villain
as Bob Matthews
The Last Valley
as Gruber
1970
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
1969
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
Sinful Davey
as Wachtmeister Richardson
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
1968
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
1967
Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
1966
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
Shotgun
as Joshua
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
1965
Life at the Top
as Mottram
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
1964
The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
The Third Secret
as Lew Harding
The Verdict
as Larry Mason
1963
Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
1962
Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
1960
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
1959
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
1955
Othello
as Lodovico