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Nigel Davenport

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Born: May 23, 1928
Died: October 25, 2013
From: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also known as

Arthur 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

Chariots of Fire

A Man for All Seasons

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Peeping Tom

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Without a Clue

Filmography

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2024

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Acting (Self (archive footage))

2001

David Copperfield

Acting (Daniel Peggotty)

2000

David Copperfield

Acting (Daniel Peggotty) 2 EP

The Mumbo Jumbo

Acting (Major cowpat)

Acting (Sir Charles Pelham)

Acting (Sir Charles Pelham) 1 EP

1998

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

Acting (Don César de Echagüe, padre)

La vuelta del Coyote

Acting (César de Echagüe)

Acting (Lord Rothermere)

Acting (Lord Rothermere) 1 EP

1997

Hotel Shanghai

Acting (Butler)

Midsomer Murders

Acting (William Smithers) 1 EP

1996

The Treasure Seekers

Acting (Lord Blackstock)

The Circus Connection

Acting (Stadnicki)

1993

The Detectives

Acting (Sir Arthur Andrews) 1 EP

1992

1991

Acting (James Brant) 13 EP

1990

Keeping Up Appearances

Acting (The Commodore) 1 EP

The Upper Hand

Acting (Mr. Douglas Hamilton) 1 EPActing (Mr. Hamilton) 1 EP

1988

Without a Clue

Acting (Lord Smithwick)

1986

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

Acting (Supt. Hannam)

Acting (Giustiniani)

Ladies in Charge

Acting (Count Litvinoff) 1 EP

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Acting (Ismay) 6 EP

1985

Howards' Way

Acting (Sir Edward Frere) 29 EP

1984

The Biko Inquest

Acting (Colonel Goosen)

A Christmas Carol

Acting (Silas Scrooge)

An Inspector Calls

Acting (Arthur Birling)

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Acting (Major Jack Downing)

1983

Acting (Victor)

1982

An Inspector Calls

Acting (Arthur Birling) 3 EP

Bird of Prey

Acting (Charles Bridgnorth) 3 EP