Nicol Williamson
Acting
Biography
Thomas Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011) was a British actor. He was once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.
Filmography 45
Movies (35)
- One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll2006
Spawn1997Cogliostro
The Wind in the Willows1996Badger
The Hour of the Pig1993Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist III1990Father Morning
Passion Flower1987Albert Coskin
Black Widow1987William McCrory
Return to Oz1985Dr. Worley / Nome King
To Be Hamlet1985Self
Sakharov1984Malyarov
Macbeth1983Macbeth
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982Derek Bauer
Venom1981Cmdr. William Bulloch
Excalibur1981Merlin
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie1981Self
The Human Factor1979Maurice Castle
The Cheap Detective1978Colonel Schlissel
The Goodbye Girl1977Oliver Fry (uncredited)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1976Sherlock Holmes
Robin and Marian1976Little John
The Wilby Conspiracy1975Major Horn- I Know What I Meant1974Richard Nixon
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui1972Arturo Ui
The Monk1972The Duke of Talamur
The Jerusalem File1972Professor Lang
The Reckoning1970Michael Marler
Hamlet1969Hamlet / King Hamlet
Laughter in the Dark1969Sir Edward More
Inadmissible Evidence1968Bill Maitland
Shows (10)
Chillers1990Dr Stephen McCullough
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy1986Lord Louis Mountbatten
Christopher Columbus1985Re Ferdinando
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978Macbeth
The Word1978Maertin de Vroome- Film '721971Self
Columbo1971Eric Mason
The Dick Cavett Show1968Self - Guest
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965Jim Fitch- Six1964