Arthur Dignam

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 Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording. His son is the actor Nicholas Gledhill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Minder

The Flying Doctors

The New Avengers

Moulin Rouge!

Australia

Bodyline

Water Under the Bridge

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

All Movies (30)

• Gödel Incomplete2014 · as Old Kurt Gödel
• Australia2008 · as Father Benedict
• Moulin Rouge!2001 · as Christian's Father
• Gods and Monsters1998 · as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
• Paradise Road1997 · as Mr. Pike
• Warm Strangers1997 · as Old Man
• Dating the Enemy1996 · as Dr. Kamins
• The Nostradamus Kid1993 · as Pastor Anderson
• Isabelle Eberhardt1991 · as Cauvet
• Shadow of the Cobra1989
• The Dreaming1988 · as Professor Bernard Thornton
• The Everlasting Secret Family1988 · as Senator
• The Right Hand Man1987 · as Dr. Redbridge
• Comrades1987 · as Fop
• Those Dear Departed1987 · as Producer
• King Solomon's Mines1986 · as Allan Quatermain (voice)
• Burke & Wills1985 · as Sir William Stawell
• The Wild Duck1984 · as Gregory
• The Return of Captain Invincible1983 · as Lawyer
• We of the Never Never1982 · as Aeneas Gunn
• Duet for Four1982 · as Doug Quincey
• Strange Behavior1981 · as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
• Grendel Grendel Grendel1981 · as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
• The Hero1979
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith1978 · as Man in Butcher Shop
• The Devil's Playground1977 · as Brother Francine
• The Duellists1977 · as Captain with Eyepatch
• Summer of Secrets1976 · as Dr. Beverley Adams
• Jock Petersen1974 · as Prof. Charles Kent
• Libido1973

All TV Shows (7)

• Escape from Jupiter1994 · as Professor Ingessol
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths1991 · as Acrisius
• The Flying Doctors1986 · as Royce Phelan QC
• Bodyline1984 · as Mr. Jardine
• Water Under the Bridge1980 · as Maynard Dickens
• Minder1979 · as Geoffrey Evans
• The New Avengers1976 · as Dr. Graham