
Nigel Davenport
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(72 total)
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead

Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

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

A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk

Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman

A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge

Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick

The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery

Caravaggio
as Giustiniani

Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown

Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller

Dracula
as Van Helsing

Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell

The Last Valley
as Gruber

The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech

Villain
as Bob Matthews

A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton

No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
TV Shows
(40 total)
Midsomer Murders
as William Smithers

Keeping Up Appearances
as The Commodore

The Avengers
as Lord Barnes

The Saint
as Aldo Petri

The Saint
as Charles Voyson

Masada
as Senator Mucianus

The Wonderful World of Disney
as Arthur Minton

Minder
as Ray

The Detectives
as Sir Arthur Andrews

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Captain

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Claude the Seneschal

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sentry

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Peter Marston

The Name of the Game
as David Windom

Howards' Way
as Sir Edward Frere

BBC Play of the Month
as King Magnus

Sir Francis Drake
as Don Miguel de Cervantes