Nigel Davenport

Acting

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 111

Movies (71)

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024
Self (archive footage)
David Copperfield
2001
Daniel Peggotty
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
Major cowpat
Longitude
2000
Sir Charles Pelham
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
1998
Don César de Echagüe, padre
La vuelta del Coyote
1998
César de Echagüe
Mosley
1998
Lord Rothermere
Hotel Shanghai
1997
Butler
The Treasure Seekers
1996
Lord Blackstock
The Circus Connection
1996
Stadnicki
The Cutter
1992
Without a Clue
1988
Lord Smithwick
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
Supt. Hannam
Caravaggio
1986
Giustiniani
The Biko Inquest
1984
Colonel Goosen
A Christmas Carol
1984
Silas Scrooge
An Inspector Calls
1984
Arthur Birling
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
Major Jack Downing
Strata
1983
Victor
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
Theseus
The Uppercrust
1981
Pigel
Chariots of Fire
1981
Lord Birkenhead
Nighthawks
1981
Peter Hartman
Cry of the Innocent
1980
Gray Harrison Hunt
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980
Colonel George Grenfell
The London Connection
1979
Arthur Minton
Zulu Dawn
1979
Col. Hamilton-Brown
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
Montgomery
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
Driscoll
Black Trash
1976
Lt. Ben Deel

Shows (40)

David Copperfield
2000
Daniel Peggotty
Longitude
2000
Sir Charles Pelham
Mosley
1998
Lord Rothermere
Midsomer Murders
1997
William Smithers
The Detectives
1993
Sir Arthur Andrews
Trainer
1991
James Brant
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
The Commodore
The Upper Hand
1990
Mr. Douglas Hamilton
Ladies in Charge
1986
Count Litvinoff
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
Ismay
Howards' Way
1985
Sir Edward Frere
An Inspector Calls
1982
Arthur Birling
Bird of Prey
1982
Charles Bridgnorth
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
Masada
1981
Senator Mucianus
Minder
1979
Ray
Prince Regent
1979
King George III
Romance
1977
Prince Zouroff
Oil Strike North
1975
South Riding
1974
Robert Carne
Away from It All
1973
Eric
The Edwardians
1972
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Shirley's World
1972
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Ed Sterling
The Name of the Game
1968
David Windom
Mickey Dunne
1967
Bruce Tavey
BBC Play of the Month
1965
King Magnus
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Prisoner
The Wednesday Play
1964
Inspector Potter
Theatre 625
1964
Donkin