Acting
Nigel Davenport
Born 1928-05-23
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Department: 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.
Known For
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Midsomer Murders
1997
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Chariots of Fire
1981
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Peeping Tom
1960
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The Avengers
1961
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Nighthawks
1981
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A Man for All Seasons
1966
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
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A Christmas Carol
1984
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The Saint
1962
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Minder
1979
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (122 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | David Copperfield | Daniel Peggotty | Movie | 2001 |
 | David Copperfield | Daniel Peggotty | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Mumbo Jumbo | Major cowpat | Movie | 2000 |
 | Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham | Movie | 2000 |
 | Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham | TV Series | 2000 |
 | El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe | Don César de Echagüe, padre | Movie | 1998 |
 | La vuelta del Coyote | César de Echagüe | Movie | 1998 |
 | Mosley | Lord Rothermere | Movie | 1998 |
 | Mosley | Lord Rothermere | TV Series | 1998 |
| Hotel Shanghai | Butler | Movie | 1997 | |
 | Midsomer Murders | William Smithers | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Treasure Seekers | Lord Blackstock | Movie | 1996 |
| The Circus Connection | Stadnicki | Movie | 1996 | |
 | The Detectives | Sir Arthur Andrews | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Cutter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Trainer | James Brant | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Keeping Up Appearances | The Commodore | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Upper Hand | Mr. Douglas Hamilton | TV Series | 1990 |
| The Upper Hand | Mr. Hamilton | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Without a Clue | Lord Smithwick | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams | Supt. Hannam | Movie | 1986 |
 | Caravaggio | Giustiniani | Movie | 1986 |
 | Ladies in Charge | Count Litvinoff | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Ismay | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Howards' Way | Sir Edward Frere | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Biko Inquest | Colonel Goosen | Movie | 1984 |
 | A Christmas Carol | Silas Scrooge | Movie | 1984 |
| An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling | Movie | 1984 | |
 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Major Jack Downing | Movie | 1984 |
| Strata | Victor | Movie | 1983 | |
 | An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Bird of Prey | Charles Bridgnorth | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Don't Rock The Boat | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Uppercrust | Pigel | Movie | 1981 |
 | Chariots of Fire | Lord Birkenhead | Movie | 1981 |
 | Masada | Senator Mucianus | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Nighthawks | Peter Hartman | Movie | 1981 |
 | Cry of the Innocent | Gray Harrison Hunt | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Colonel George Grenfell | Movie | 1980 |
 | The London Connection | Arthur Minton | Movie | 1979 |
 | Minder | Ray | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Prince Regent | King George III | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Hamilton-Brown | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Montgomery | Movie | 1977 |
 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Driscoll | Movie | 1977 |
| Romance | Prince Zouroff | TV Series | 1977 | |
 | Black Trash | Lt. Ben Deel | Movie | 1976 |
 | Oil Strike North | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
| The Apple Cart | King Magnus | Movie | 1975 | |
 | The Regent's Wife | Álvaro Mesía | Movie | 1974 |
 | South Riding | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | South Riding | Robert Carne | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Phase IV | Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs | Movie | 1974 |
 | Dracula | Van Helsing | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sir Harry Wotton | Movie | 1973 |
 | Charley-One-Eye | The Bounty Hunter | Movie | 1973 |
| Away from It All | Eric | TV Series | 1973 | |
 | The Edwardians | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Assassination | CIA Official | Movie | 1972 |
 | Living Free | George Adamson | Movie | 1972 |
 | Shirley's World | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Lord Bothwell | Movie | 1971 |
 | Villain | Bob Matthews | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Last Valley | Gruber | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Mind of Mr. Soames | Dr. Maitland | Movie | 1970 |
 | No Blade of Grass | John Custance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Virgin Soldiers | Sgt Driscoll | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | De Soto | Movie | 1969 |
 | Sinful Davey | Richardson | Movie | 1969 |
 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Ed Sterling | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Play Dirty | Capt. Cyril Leech | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Name of the Game | David Windom | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Strange Affair | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Sebastian | Gen. Phillips | Movie | 1968 |
 | The News-Benders | Robert Larkin | Movie | 1968 |
 | Dial M for Murder | Lesgate | Movie | 1967 |
 | Mickey Dunne | Bruce Tavey | TV Series | 1967 |
 | A Man for All Seasons | The Duke of Norfolk | Movie | 1966 |
| Shotgun | Joshua | Movie | 1966 | |
| Five More | Joshua | TV Series | 1966 | |
 | Where the Spies Are | Parkington | Movie | 1966 |
 | Life at the Top | Mottram | Movie | 1965 |
 | Sands of the Kalahari | Sturdevan | Movie | 1965 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | King Magnus | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Prisoner | TV Series | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Robert Larkin | TV Series | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Major Bartholomew | TV Series | 1965 |
 | A High Wind in Jamaica | Mr. Thornton | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Bone Yard | Inspector Potter | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Wednesday Play | Inspector Potter | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Theatre 625 | Donkin | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Third Secret | Lew Harding | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Verdict | Larry Mason | Movie | 1964 |
 | Ladies Who Do | Mr. Strang | Movie | 1963 |
 | Espionage | Frank Marston | TV Series | 1963 |
 | In the Cool of the Day | Leonard Groves | Movie | 1963 |
 | Bitter Harvest | Police Inspector | Movie | 1963 |
 | Return to Sender | Dino Steffano | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Saint | Aldo Petri | TV Series | 1962 |
| The Saint | Charles Voyson | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Man of the World | Grabowsky | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Lunch Hour | Personnel Manager | Movie | 1962 |
 | Sir Francis Drake | Don Miguel de Cervantes | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Avengers | Lord Barnes | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Entertainer | Theatre Manager (uncredited) | Movie | 1960 |
 | Peeping Tom | Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited) | Movie | 1960 |
 | Look Back in Anger | 1st Commercial Traveller | Movie | 1959 |
 | Desert Mice | Army Officer (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
| Mister Charlesworth | Sgt. Spence | TV Series | 1957 | |
 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Othello | Lodovico | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Loud Lawrence | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir James | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Captain | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Barty | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Claude the Seneschal | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sentry | TV Series | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Peter Marston | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Arthur Minton | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Sunday Night Theatre | Jackson | TV Series | 1950 |