Born
1928-05-23 (age 97)
Birthplace
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
1966
Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
1966
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
1986
Villain
as Bob Matthews
1971
No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
1970
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
1981
Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
1980
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
1981
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
1977
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
1969
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
1998
The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
1964
The Last Valley
as Gruber
1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
1971
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
2000
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
1959
Living Free
as George Adamson
1972
Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
1965
Charley One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
1973
TV Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances
as The Commodore
1990
Howards' Way
as Sir Edward Frere
1985
The Avengers
as Lord Barnes
1961
The Saint
as Aldo Petri
1962
Oil Strike North
1975
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence
1955
Shirley's World
1972
Sir Francis Drake
as Don Miguel de Cervantes
1961
The Saint
as Charles Voyson
1962
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James
1955