Nigel Davenport
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 23 May 1928 · Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- 25 October 2013
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
Acting 72
- 2024Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV as Self (archive footage)
- 2001David Copperfield as Daniel Peggotty
- 2000The Mumbo Jumbo as Major cowpat
- 2000Longitude as Sir Charles Pelham
- 1998El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe as Don César de Echagüe, padre
- 1998La vuelta del Coyote as César de Echagüe
- 1998Mosley as Lord Rothermere
- 1997Hotel Shanghai as Butler
- 1997The Opium War
- 1996The Treasure Seekers as Lord Blackstock
- 1996The Circus Connection as Stadnicki
- 1992The Cutter
- 1988Without a Clue as Lord Smithwick
- 1986The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams as Supt. Hannam
- 1986Caravaggio as Giustiniani
- 1984The Biko Inquest as Colonel Goosen
- 1984A Christmas Carol as Silas Scrooge
- 1984An Inspector Calls as Arthur Birling
- 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Major Jack Downing
- 1983Strata as Victor
- 1981A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1981The Uppercrust as Pigel
- 1981Chariots of Fire as Lord Birkenhead
- 1981Nighthawks as Peter Hartman
- 1980Cry of the Innocent as Gray Harrison Hunt
- 1980The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Colonel George Grenfell
- 1979The London Connection as Arthur Minton
- 1979Zulu Dawn as Col. Hamilton-Brown
- 1977The Island of Dr. Moreau as Montgomery
- 1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Driscoll
- 1976Black Trash as Lt. Ben Deel
- 1975The Apple Cart as King Magnus
- 1974The Regent's Wife as Álvaro Mesía
- 1974South Riding
- 1974Phase IV as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
- 1974Dracula as Van Helsing
- 1973The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sir Harry Wotton
- 1973Charley-One-Eye as The Bounty Hunter
- 1972The Assassination as CIA Official
- 1972Living Free as George Adamson
- 1971Mary, Queen of Scots as Lord Bothwell
- 1971Villain as Bob Matthews
- 1971The Last Valley as Gruber
- 1970The Mind of Mr. Soames as Dr. Maitland
- 1970No Blade of Grass as John Custance
- 1969The Virgin Soldiers as Sgt Driscoll
- 1969The Royal Hunt of the Sun as De Soto
- 1969Sinful Davey as Richardson
- 1969Play Dirty as Capt. Cyril Leech
- 1968The Strange Affair
- 1968Sebastian as Gen. Phillips
- 1968The News-Benders as Robert Larkin
- 1967Dial M for Murder as Lesgate
- 1966A Man for All Seasons as The Duke of Norfolk
- 1966Shotgun as Joshua
- 1966Where the Spies Are as Parkington
- 1965Life at the Top as Mottram
- 1965Sands of the Kalahari as Sturdevan
- 1965A High Wind in Jamaica as Mr. Thornton
- 1964The Bone Yard as Inspector Potter
- 1964The Third Secret as Lew Harding
- 1964The Verdict as Larry Mason
- 1963Ladies Who Do as Mr. Strang
- 1963In the Cool of the Day as Leonard Groves
- 1963Bitter Harvest as Police Inspector
- 1963Return to Sender as Dino Steffano
- 1962Lunch Hour as Personnel Manager
- 1960The Entertainer as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- 1960Peeping Tom as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
- 1959Look Back in Anger as 1st Commercial Traveller
- 1959Desert Mice as Army Officer (uncredited)
- 1955Othello as Lodovico