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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Avengers

Minder

The Saint

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

All Movies (71)

• Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• David Copperfield2001 · as Daniel Peggotty
• The Mumbo Jumbo2000 · as Major cowpat
• Longitude2000 · as Sir Charles Pelham
• El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe1998 · as Don César de Echagüe, padre
• La vuelta del Coyote1998 · as César de Echagüe
• Mosley1998 · as Lord Rothermere
• Hotel Shanghai1997 · as Butler
• The Treasure Seekers1996 · as Lord Blackstock
• The Circus Connection1996 · as Stadnicki
• The Cutter1992
• Without a Clue1988 · as Lord Smithwick
• The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams1986 · as Supt. Hannam
• Caravaggio1986 · as Giustiniani
• The Biko Inquest1984 · as Colonel Goosen
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Silas Scrooge
• An Inspector Calls1984 · as Arthur Birling
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes1984 · as Major Jack Downing
• Strata1983 · as Victor
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1981 · as Theseus
• The Uppercrust1981 · as Pigel
• Chariots of Fire1981 · as Lord Birkenhead
• Nighthawks1981 · as Peter Hartman
• Cry of the Innocent1980 · as Gray Harrison Hunt
• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd1980 · as Colonel George Grenfell
• The London Connection1979 · as Arthur Minton
• Zulu Dawn1979 · as Col. Hamilton-Brown
• The Island of Dr. Moreau1977 · as Montgomery
• Stand up, Virgin Soldiers1977 · as Driscoll
• Black Trash1976 · as Lt. Ben Deel
• The Apple Cart1975 · as King Magnus
• The Regent's Wife1974 · as Álvaro Mesía
• South Riding1974
• Phase IV1974 · as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
• Dracula1974 · as Van Helsing
• The Picture of Dorian Gray1973 · as Sir Harry Wotton
• Charley-One-Eye1973 · as The Bounty Hunter
• The Assassination1972 · as CIA Official
• Living Free1972 · as George Adamson
• Mary, Queen of Scots1971 · as Lord Bothwell
• Villain1971 · as Bob Matthews
• The Last Valley1971 · as Gruber
• The Mind of Mr. Soames1970 · as Dr. Maitland
• No Blade of Grass1970 · as John Custance
• The Virgin Soldiers1969 · as Sgt Driscoll
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun1969 · as De Soto
• Sinful Davey1969 · as Richardson
• Play Dirty1969 · as Capt. Cyril Leech
• The Strange Affair1968
• Sebastian1968 · as Gen. Phillips
• The News-Benders1968 · as Robert Larkin
• Dial M for Murder1967 · as Lesgate
• A Man for All Seasons1966 · as The Duke of Norfolk
• Shotgun1966 · as Joshua
• Where the Spies Are1966 · as Parkington
• Life at the Top1965 · as Mottram
• Sands of the Kalahari1965 · as Sturdevan
• A High Wind in Jamaica1965 · as Mr. Thornton
• The Bone Yard1964 · as Inspector Potter
• The Third Secret1964 · as Lew Harding
• The Verdict1964 · as Larry Mason
• Ladies Who Do1963 · as Mr. Strang
• In the Cool of the Day1963 · as Leonard Groves
• Bitter Harvest1963 · as Police Inspector
• Return to Sender1963 · as Dino Steffano
• Lunch Hour1962 · as Personnel Manager
• The Entertainer1960 · as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
• Peeping Tom1960 · as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
• Look Back in Anger1959 · as 1st Commercial Traveller
• Desert Mice1959 · as Army Officer (uncredited)
• Othello1955 · as Lodovico

All TV Shows (48)

• David Copperfield2000 · as Daniel Peggotty
• Longitude2000 · as Sir Charles Pelham
• Mosley1998 · as Lord Rothermere
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as William Smithers
• The Detectives1993 · as Sir Arthur Andrews
• Keeping Up Appearances1990 · as The Commodore
• The Upper Hand1990 · as Mr. Douglas Hamilton
• The Upper Hand1990 · as Mr. Hamilton
• Ladies in Charge1986 · as Count Litvinoff
• Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy1986 · as Ismay
• Howards' Way1985 · as Sir Edward Frere
• An Inspector Calls1982 · as Arthur Birling
• Bird of Prey1982 · as Charles Bridgnorth
• Don't Rock The Boat1982
• Masada1981 · as Senator Mucianus
• Minder1979 · as Ray
• Prince Regent1979 · as King George III
• Romance1977 · as Prince Zouroff
• Oil Strike North1975
• South Riding1974 · as Robert Carne
• Away from It All1973 · as Eric
• The Edwardians1972 · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Shirley's World1972
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Ed Sterling
• The Name of the Game1968 · as David Windom
• Mickey Dunne1967 · as Bruce Tavey
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as King Magnus
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as The Prisoner
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Robert Larkin
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Inspector Potter
• Theatre 6251964 · as Donkin
• Espionage1963 · as Frank Marston
• The Saint1962 · as Aldo Petri
• The Saint1962 · as Charles Voyson
• Man of the World1962 · as Grabowsky
• Sir Francis Drake1961 · as Don Miguel de Cervantes
• The Avengers1961 · as Lord Barnes
• Mister Charlesworth1957 · as Sgt. Spence
• The Count of Monte Cristo1956
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Loud Lawrence
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Claude the Seneschal
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Sir James
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Barty
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Captain
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Sentry
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Sir Peter Marston
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Arthur Minton
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Jackson