
Nigel Davenport
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Hotel Shanghai (1997)
as Butler

Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Lord Birkenhead

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as The Duke of Norfolk

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Major Jack Downing

Peeping Tom (1960)
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

Nighthawks (1981)
as Peter Hartman

A Christmas Carol (1984)
as Silas Scrooge

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Montgomery

The London Connection (1979)
as Arthur Minton

The Cutter (1992)
Actor

Without a Clue (1988)
as Lord Smithwick

Dracula (1974)
as Van Helsing

Phase IV (1974)
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Hamilton-Brown

Living Free (1972)
as George Adamson

Play Dirty (1969)
as Capt. Cyril Leech

Caravaggio (1986)
as Giustiniani

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
as Dr. Maitland

Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Parkington

Dial M for Murder (1967)
as Lesgate

The Assassination (1972)
as CIA Official

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
as Lord Bothwell

Look Back in Anger (1959)
as 1st Commercial Traveller

Longitude (2000)
as Sir Charles Pelham

The Last Valley (1971)
as Gruber

Sinful Davey (1969)
as Richardson

Ladies Who Do (1963)
as Mr. Strang
The Apple Cart (1975)
as King Magnus

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
as Theseus

The Third Secret (1964)
as Lew Harding

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Mr. Thornton

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Lord Blackstock

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
as Sgt Driscoll

Life at the Top (1965)
as Mottram

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
as Colonel George Grenfell

Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
as Sturdevan

Cry of the Innocent (1980)
as Gray Harrison Hunt

David Copperfield (2001)
as Daniel Peggotty

The Entertainer (1960)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Villain (1971)
as Bob Matthews

Lunch Hour (1962)
as Personnel Manager

Charley-One-Eye (1973)
as The Bounty Hunter

No Blade of Grass (1970)
as John Custance
An Inspector Calls (1984)
as Arthur Birling

In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Leonard Groves

The Biko Inquest (1984)
as Colonel Goosen

Sebastian (1968)
as Gen. Phillips

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Driscoll

The Strange Affair (1968)
Actor

La vuelta del Coyote (1998)
as César de Echagüe
The Circus Connection (1996)
as Stadnicki

The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
as De Soto

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (1986)
as Supt. Hannam

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)
as Sir Harry Wotton

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
as Major cowpat

Mosley (1998)
as Lord Rothermere

Desert Mice (1959)
as Army Officer (uncredited)

South Riding (1974)
Actor

Black Trash (1976)
as Lt. Ben Deel

Othello (1955)
as Lodovico

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

The Uppercrust (1981)
as Pigel

The Verdict (1964)
as Larry Mason

The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Álvaro Mesía
Shotgun (1966)
as Joshua

The News-Benders (1968)
as Robert Larkin

Bitter Harvest (1963)
as Police Inspector

Return to Sender (1963)
as Dino Steffano

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe (1998)
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
Strata (1983)
as Victor

The Bone Yard (1964)
as Inspector Potter




