
Nigel Davenport
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

A Man for All Seasons
1966

Where the Spies Are
1966

Caravaggio
1986

Villain
1971

No Blade of Grass
1970

Nighthawks
1981

Cry of the Innocent
1980

Chariots of Fire
1981

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977

Play Dirty
1969

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
1998

The Bone Yard
1964

The Last Valley
1971

Mary, Queen of Scots
1971

The Mumbo Jumbo
2000

Longitude
2000

Look Back in Anger
1959

Living Free
1972

Sands of the Kalahari
1965

Charley One-Eye
1973

Dracula
1974

Phase IV
1974

Black Trash
1976

David Copperfield
2001

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977

Sinful Davey
1969

Life at the Top
1965

The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970

In the Cool of the Day
1963

The Regent's Wife
1974

The Virgin Soldiers
1969

The Cutter
1992

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973

An Inspector Calls
1984

La vuelta del Coyote
1998

Sebastian
1968

Ladies Who Do
1963

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980

Strata
1983

Return to Sender
1963

The Uppercrust
1981

Zulu Dawn
1979

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
2024

Shotgun
1966

A Christmas Carol
1984

Lunch Hour
1962

South Riding
1974

The Circus Connection
1996

Without a Clue
1988

The Apple Cart
1975

The Verdict
1964

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984

Othello
1955

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969

A High Wind in Jamaica
1965

The London Connection
1979

Mosley
1998

Peeping Tom
1960

The Strange Affair
1968

Bitter Harvest
1963

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981

Dial M for Murder
1967

The Biko Inquest
1984

The Third Secret
1964

The Assassination
1972

The Treasure Seekers
1996

The News-Benders
1968

The Entertainer
1960

Hotel Shanghai
1997

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986

Desert Mice
1959

Keeping Up Appearances
1990

Howards' Way
1985

The Avengers
1961

The Saint
1962

Oil Strike North
1975

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

Shirley's World
1972

Sir Francis Drake
1961

The Saint
1962

Don't Rock The Boat
1982

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

Minder
1979

The Detectives
1993

Mosley
1998

The Name of the Game
1968

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986

The Upper Hand
1990

The Upper Hand
1990

An Inspector Calls
1982

Midsomer Murders
1997

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Prince Regent
1979

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Longitude
2000

Man of the World
1962

The Edwardians
1972

Bird of Prey
1982

Masada
1981

Theatre 625
1964

South Riding
1974

Romance
1977

Ladies in Charge
1986

Mister Charlesworth
1957

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

David Copperfield
2000