Birthday
1928/05/23
Day of death
2013/10/25 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also know as
Arthur 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.
(1966) A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
(1966) Where the Spies Are
as Parkington
(1986) Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
(1971) Villain
as Bob Matthews
(1970) No Blade of Grass
as John Custance
(1981) Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
(1980) Cry of the Innocent
as Gray Harrison Hunt
(1981) Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
(1977) The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
(1969) Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
(1998) El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
(1964) The Bone Yard
as Inspector Potter
(1971) The Last Valley
as Gruber
(1971) Mary, Queen of Scots
as Lord Bothwell
(2000) The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
(2000) Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
(1959) Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
(1972) Living Free
as George Adamson
(1965) Sands of the Kalahari
as Sturdevan
(1973) Charley-One-Eye
as The Bounty Hunter
(1974) Dracula
as Van Helsing
(1974) Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
(1976) Black Trash
as Lt. Ben Deel
(2001) David Copperfield
as Dan Peggotty
(1977) Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Driscoll
(1969) Sinful Davey
as Wachtmeister Richardson
(1965) Life at the Top
as Mottram
(1970) The Mind of Mr. Soames
as Dr. Maitland
(1963) In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
(1974) The Regent's Wife
as Álvaro Mesía
(1969) The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Driscoll
(1992) The Cutter
as ---
(1973) The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Sir Harry Wotton
(1984) An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
(1998) La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
(1968) Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
(1963) Ladies Who Do
as Mr. Strang
(1980) The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Colonel George Grenfell
(1983) Strata
as Victor
(1963) Return to Sender
as Dino Steffano
(1981) The Uppercrust
as Pigel
(1979) Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
(2024) Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Shotgun
as Joshua
(1984) A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
(1962) Lunch Hour
as Personnel Manager
(1974) South Riding
as ---
(1996) The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
(1988) Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
(1975) The Apple Cart
as King Magnus
(1964) The Verdict
as ---
(1984) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
(1955) Othello
as Lodovico
(1969) The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as De Soto
(1965) A High Wind in Jamaica
as Mr. Thornton
(1979) The London Connection
as Arthur Minton
(1997) The Opium War
as ---
(1998) Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
(1960) Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
(1968) The Strange Affair
as ---
(1963) Bitter Harvest
as Police Inspector
(1981) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
(1967) Dial M for Murder
as Lesgate
(1984) The Biko Inquest
as Colonel Goosen
(1964) The Third Secret
as Lew Harding
(1972) The Assassination
as CIA Official
(1996) The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
(1968) The News-Benders
as Robert Larkin
(1960) The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
(1997) Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
(1990) Keeping Up Appearances
as The Commodore
(1985) Howards' Way
as Sir Edward Frere
(1961) The Avengers
as Lord Barnes
(1962) The Saint
as Aldo Petri
(1982) Bird of Prey
as ---
(1975) Oil Strike North
as ---
(1962) Man of the World
as ---
(1956) The Count of Monte Cristo
as ---
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence
(1972) Shirley's World
as ---
(1981) Masada
as Mucianus
(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Don Miguel de Cervantes
(1962) The Saint
as Charles Voyson
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1977) Romance
as ---
(1982) Don't Rock The Boat
as ---
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Claude the Seneschal
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Barty
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Captain
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sentry
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Peter Marston
(1979) Minder
as Ray
(1986) Ladies in Charge
as ---
(1993) The Detectives
as Sir Arthur Andrews
(1998) Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
(1972) The Edwardians
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1968) The Name of the Game
as David Windom
(1986) Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as Ismay
(1990) The Upper Hand
as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
(1990) The Upper Hand
as Mr. Hamilton
(2000) Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
(1982) An Inspector Calls
as Arthur Birling
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as William Smithers
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Jackson