Nigel Davenport

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-05-23 – 2013-10-25 (aged 85)

From: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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)

MOVIE
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
David Copperfield
2001
as Daniel Peggotty
TV
David Copperfield
2000
as Daniel Peggotty
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
as Major cowpat
MOVIE★ 7.4
Longitude
2000
as Sir Charles Pelham
TV★ 7.0
Longitude
2000
as Sir Charles Pelham
MOVIE★ 5.0
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
1998
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
MOVIE★ 7.0
La vuelta del Coyote
1998
as César de Echagüe
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mosley
1998
as Lord Rothermere
TV★ 4.5
Mosley
1998
as Lord Rothermere
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hotel Shanghai
1997
as Butler
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as William Smithers
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Lord Blackstock
MOVIE
The Circus Connection
1996
as Stadnicki
TV★ 6.9
The Detectives
1993
as Sir Arthur Andrews
MOVIE
The Cutter
1992
TV★ 6.0
Trainer
1991
as James Brant
TV★ 7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as The Commodore
TV★ 7.2
The Upper Hand
1990
as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
MOVIE★ 6.7
Without a Clue
1988
as Lord Smithwick
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
as Supt. Hannam
MOVIE★ 6.1
Caravaggio
1986
as Giustiniani
TV★ 6.5
Ladies in Charge
1986
as Count Litvinoff
TV★ 7.5
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
as Ismay
TV★ 5.9
Howards' Way
1985
as Sir Edward Frere
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Biko Inquest
1984
as Colonel Goosen
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Silas Scrooge
MOVIE★ 4.5
An Inspector Calls
1984
as Arthur Birling
MOVIE★ 6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Major Jack Downing
MOVIE★ 3.0
Strata
1983
as Victor
TV★ 7.0
An Inspector Calls
1982
as Arthur Birling
TV★ 7.3
Bird of Prey
1982
as Charles Bridgnorth
TV★ 5.0
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981
as Theseus
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Uppercrust
1981
as Pigel
MOVIE★ 6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Lord Birkenhead
TV★ 7.0
Masada
1981
as Senator Mucianus
MOVIE★ 6.4
Nighthawks
1981
as Peter Hartman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cry of the Innocent
1980
as Gray Harrison Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980
as Colonel George Grenfell
MOVIE★ 7.8
The London Connection
1979
as Arthur Minton
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Ray
TV★ 6.3
Prince Regent
1979
as King George III
MOVIE★ 6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Montgomery
MOVIE★ 4.6
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Driscoll
TV
Romance
1977
as Prince Zouroff
MOVIE★ 5.2
Black Trash
1976
as Lt. Ben Deel
TV★ 7.5
Oil Strike North
1975
MOVIE
The Apple Cart
1975
as King Magnus
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Regent's Wife
1974
as Álvaro Mesía
MOVIE
South Riding
1974
TV★ 9.0
South Riding
1974
as Robert Carne
MOVIE★ 6.3
Phase IV
1974
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
MOVIE★ 6.3
Dracula
1974
as Van Helsing
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973
as Sir Harry Wotton
MOVIE★ 5.0
Charley-One-Eye
1973
as The Bounty Hunter
TV
Away from It All
1973
as Eric
TV★ 6.3
The Edwardians
1972
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Assassination
1972
as CIA Official
MOVIE★ 6.6
Living Free
1972
as George Adamson
TV★ 6.0
Shirley's World
1972
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
as Lord Bothwell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Villain
1971
as Bob Matthews
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Valley
1971
as Gruber
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
as Dr. Maitland
MOVIE★ 5.3
No Blade of Grass
1970
as John Custance
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Sgt Driscoll
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
as De Soto
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sinful Davey
1969
as Richardson
TV★ 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Ed Sterling
MOVIE★ 6.3
Play Dirty
1969
as Capt. Cyril Leech
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as David Windom
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Strange Affair
1968
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sebastian
1968
as Gen. Phillips
MOVIE★ 9.5
The News-Benders
1968
as Robert Larkin
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dial M for Murder
1967
as Lesgate
TV
Mickey Dunne
1967
as Bruce Tavey
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as The Duke of Norfolk
MOVIE
Shotgun
1966
as Joshua
MOVIE★ 5.4
Where the Spies Are
1966
as Parkington
MOVIE★ 5.9
Life at the Top
1965
as Mottram
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sands of the Kalahari
1965
as Sturdevan
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as King Magnus
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Prisoner
MOVIE★ 6.3
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965
as Mr. Thornton
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Bone Yard
1964
as Inspector Potter
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Inspector Potter
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Donkin
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Third Secret
1964
as Lew Harding
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Verdict
1964
as Larry Mason
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ladies Who Do
1963
as Mr. Strang
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Frank Marston
MOVIE★ 5.8
In the Cool of the Day
1963
as Leonard Groves
MOVIE★ 6.2
Bitter Harvest
1963
as Police Inspector
MOVIE★ 4.1
Return to Sender
1963
as Dino Steffano
TV★ 7.4
The Saint
1962
as Aldo Petri
TV★ 7.2
Man of the World
1962
as Grabowsky
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lunch Hour
1962
as Personnel Manager
TV★ 5.1
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Don Miguel de Cervantes
TV★ 7.8
The Avengers
1961
as Lord Barnes
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Entertainer
1960
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Peeping Tom
1960
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Look Back in Anger
1959
as 1st Commercial Traveller
MOVIE★ 6.2
Desert Mice
1959
as Army Officer (uncredited)
TV
Mister Charlesworth
1957
as Sgt. Spence
TV★ 5.6
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
MOVIE★ 8.7
Othello
1955
as Lodovico
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Loud Lawrence
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Arthur Minton
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Jackson