Birthday:
May 23, 1928
Place of Birth: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Place of Birth: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Nigel Davenport
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Man for All Seasons | The Duke of Norfolk | 1966 |
| Where the Spies Are | Parkington | 1966 |
| Caravaggio | Giustiniani | 1986 |
| Villain | Bob Matthews | 1971 |
| No Blade of Grass | John Custance | 1970 |
| Nighthawks | Peter Hartman | 1981 |
| Cry of the Innocent | Gray Harrison Hunt | 1980 |
| Chariots of Fire | Lord Birkenhead | 1981 |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | Montgomery | 1977 |
| Play Dirty | Capt. Cyril Leech | 1969 |
| El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe | Don César de Echagüe, padre | 1998 |
| The Bone Yard | Inspector Potter | 1964 |
| The Last Valley | Gruber | 1971 |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | Lord Bothwell | 1971 |
| The Mumbo Jumbo | Major cowpat | 2000 |
| Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham | 2000 |
| Look Back in Anger | 1st Commercial Traveller | 1959 |
| Living Free | George Adamson | 1972 |
| Sands of the Kalahari | Sturdevan | 1965 |
| Charley-One-Eye | The Bounty Hunter | 1973 |
| Dracula | Van Helsing | 1974 |
| Phase IV | Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs | 1974 |
| Black Trash | Lt. Ben Deel | 1976 |
| David Copperfield | Dan Peggotty | 2001 |
| Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Driscoll | 1977 |
| Sinful Davey | Wachtmeister Richardson | 1969 |
| Life at the Top | Mottram | 1965 |
| The Mind of Mr. Soames | Dr. Maitland | 1970 |
| In the Cool of the Day | Leonard Groves | 1963 |
| The Regent's Wife | Álvaro Mesía | 1974 |
| The Virgin Soldiers | Sgt Driscoll | 1969 |
| The Cutter | 1992 | |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sir Harry Wotton | 1973 |
| An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling | 1982 |
| La vuelta del Coyote | Félix de Echagüe | 1998 |
| Sebastian | Gen. Phillips | 1968 |
| Ladies Who Do | Mr. Strang | 1963 |
| The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Colonel George Grenfell | 1980 |
| Strata | Victor | 1983 |
| Return to Sender | Dino Steffano | 1963 |
| The Uppercrust | Pigel | 1981 |
| Zulu Dawn | Col. Hamilton-Brown | 1979 |
| Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV | Self (archive footage) | 2024 |
| Shotgun | Joshua | 1966 |
| A Christmas Carol | Silas Scrooge | 1984 |
| Lunch Hour | Personnel Manager | 1962 |
| South Riding | 1974 | |
| The Circus Connection | Stadnicki | 1996 |
| Without a Clue | Lord Smithwick | 1988 |
| The Apple Cart | King Magnus | 1975 |
| The Verdict | 1964 | |
| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Major Jack Downing | 1984 |
| Othello | Lodovico | 1955 |
| The Royal Hunt of the Sun | De Soto | 1969 |
| A High Wind in Jamaica | Mr. Thornton | 1965 |
| The London Connection | Arthur Minton | 1979 |
| The Opium War | 1997 | |
| Mosley | Lord Rothermere | 1998 |
| Peeping Tom | Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited) | 1960 |
| The Strange Affair | 1968 | |
| Bitter Harvest | Police Inspector | 1963 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus | 1981 |
| Dial M for Murder | Lesgate | 1967 |
| The Biko Inquest | Colonel Goosen | 1984 |
| The Third Secret | Lew Harding | 1964 |
| The Assassination | CIA Official | 1972 |
| The Treasure Seekers | Lord Blackstock | 1996 |
| The News-Benders | Robert Larkin | 1968 |
| The Entertainer | Theatre Manager (uncredited) | 1960 |
| Hotel Shanghai | Butler | 1997 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Keeping Up Appearances | The Commodore | 1990 |
| Howards' Way | Sir Edward Frere | 1985 |
| The Avengers | Lord Barnes | 1961 |
| The Saint | Aldo Petri | 1962 |
| Bird of Prey | 1982 | |
| Oil Strike North | 1975 | |
| Man of the World | 1962 | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 1956 | |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Loud Lawrence | 1955 |
| Shirley's World | 1972 | |
| Masada | Mucianus | 1981 |
| Sir Francis Drake | Don Miguel de Cervantes | 1961 |
| The Saint | Charles Voyson | 1962 |
| BBC Television Shakespeare | 1978 | |
| Romance (UK) | 1977 | |
| Don't Rock The Boat | 1982 | |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Captain | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir James | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sentry | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Barty | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Claude the Seneschal | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Peter Marston | 1955 |
| Minder | Ray | 1979 |
| Ladies in Charge | 1986 | |
| The Detectives | Sir Arthur Andrews | 1993 |
| Mosley | Lord Rothermere | 1998 |
| The Edwardians | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 1972 |
| The Name of the Game | David Windom | 1968 |
| Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Ismay | 1986 |
| The Upper Hand | Mr. Douglas Hamilton | 1990 |
| The Upper Hand | Mr. Hamilton | 1990 |
| Longitude | Sir Charles Pelham | 2000 |
| An Inspector Calls | Arthur Birling | 1982 |
| Midsomer Murders | William Smithers | 1997 |
