Arthur Dignam
Birthday
1939/09/09 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Also know as
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Dignam (born 9 September 1939) is an Australian character actor, born on Lord Howe Island. He attended Newington College (1955–1956) as a boarder. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground (1976). While he has worked mainly in film and television, he has also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Chris...Read more
Acting
(2001) Moulin Rouge!
as Christian's Father
(1976) The Devil's Playground
as Brother Francine
(1981) Strange Behavior
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
(1982) We of the Never Never
as Aeneas Gunn
(1976) Summer of Secrets
as Dr. Beverley Adams
(1987) Comrades
as Fop
(1974) Jock Petersen
as Prof. Charles Kent
(1985) Burke & Wills
as Sir William Stawell
(1987) The Right Hand Man
as Dr. Redbridge
(1984) The Wild Duck
as Gregory
(1983) The Return of Captain Invincible
as Lawyer
(1987) Those Dear Departed
as Producer
(1988) The Dreaming
as Professor Bernard Thornton
(1993) The Nostradamus Kid
as Pastor Anderson
(1988) The Everlasting Secret Family
as Senator
(2008) Australia
as Father Benedict
(1991) Isabelle Eberhardt
as ---
(1973) Libido
as ---
(1997) Paradise Road
as Mr. Pike
(1996) Dating the Enemy
as Dr. Kamins
(1979) The Hero
as ---
(1986) King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
(1989) Shadow of the Cobra
as ---
(1978) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Man in Butcher Shop
(1977) The Duellists
as Captain with Eyepatch
(1998) Gods and Monsters
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
(1981) Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
(1997) Warm Strangers
as Old Man
(1976) The New Avengers
as ---
(1994) Escape from Jupiter
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Geoffrey Evans
(1986) The Flying Doctors
as Royce Phelan QC
(1984) Bodyline
as Mr. Jardine
(1991) The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Acrisius
(1980) Water Under the Bridge
as Maynard Dickens