Actor

Nigel Davenport

Birthday: May 23, 1928

Born in: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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.

Movie Credits

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV (2024) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 95
David Copperfield (2001) as Daniel Peggotty
Age: 73
The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) as Major cowpat
Age: 72
Longitude (2000) as Sir Charles Pelham
Age: 71
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe (1998) as Don César de Echagüe, padre
Age: 70
La vuelta del Coyote (1998) as César de Echagüe
Age: 70
Mosley (1998) as Lord Rothermere
Age: 69
Hotel Shanghai (1997) as Butler
Age: 69
The Opium War (1997)
Age: 69
The Treasure Seekers (1996) as Lord Blackstock
Age: 68
The Circus Connection (1996) as Stadnicki
Age: 68
The Cutter (1992)
Age: 64
Without a Clue (1988) as Lord Smithwick
Age: 59
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams (1986) as Supt. Hannam
Age: 58
Caravaggio (1986) as Giustiniani
Age: 58
The Biko Inquest (1984) as Colonel Goosen
Age: 56
A Christmas Carol (1984) as Silas Scrooge
Age: 56
An Inspector Calls (1984) as Arthur Birling
Age: 56
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as Major Jack Downing
Age: 55
Strata (1983) as Victor
Age: 55
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) as Theseus
Age: 53
The Uppercrust (1981) as Pigel
Age: 53
Chariots of Fire (1981) as Lord Birkenhead
Age: 52
Nighthawks (1981) as Peter Hartman
Age: 52
Cry of the Innocent (1980) as Gray Harrison Hunt
Age: 52
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980) as Colonel George Grenfell
Age: 51
The London Connection (1979) as Arthur Minton
Age: 51
Zulu Dawn (1979) as Col. Hamilton-Brown
Age: 50
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) as Montgomery
Age: 49
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) as Driscoll
Age: 48
Black Trash (1976) as Lt. Ben Deel
Age: 48
The Apple Cart (1975) as King Magnus
Age: 46
The Regent's Wife (1974) as Álvaro Mesía
Age: 46
South Riding (1974)
Age: 46
Phase IV (1974) as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
Age: 46
Dracula (1974) as Van Helsing
Age: 46
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) as Sir Harry Wotton
Age: 44
Charley One-Eye (1973) as The Bounty Hunter
Age: 44
The Assassination (1972) as CIA Official
Age: 44
Living Free (1972) as George Adamson
Age: 43
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) as Lord Bothwell
Age: 43
Villain (1971) as Bob Matthews
Age: 43
The Last Valley (1971) as Gruber
Age: 42
The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) as Dr. Maitland
Age: 42
No Blade of Grass (1970) as John Custance
Age: 42
The Virgin Soldiers (1969) as Sgt Driscoll
Age: 41
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) as De Soto
Age: 41
Sinful Davey (1969) as Richardson
Age: 40
Play Dirty (1969) as Capt. Cyril Leech
Age: 40
The Strange Affair (1968)
Age: 40
Sebastian (1968) as Gen. Phillips
Age: 39
The News-Benders (1968) as Robert Larkin
Age: 39
Dial M for Murder (1967) as Lesgate
Age: 39
A Man for All Seasons (1966) as The Duke of Norfolk
Age: 38
Shotgun (1966) as Joshua
Age: 38
Where the Spies Are (1966) as Parkington
Age: 37
Life at the Top (1965) as Mottram
Age: 37
Sands of the Kalahari (1965) as Sturdevan
Age: 37
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) as Mr. Thornton
Age: 36
The Bone Yard (1964) as Inspector Potter
Age: 36
The Third Secret (1964) as Lew Harding
Age: 35
The Verdict (1964) as Larry Mason
Age: 35
Ladies Who Do (1963) as Mr. Strang
Age: 35
In the Cool of the Day (1963) as Leonard Groves
Age: 35
Bitter Harvest (1963) as Police Inspector
Age: 34
Return to Sender (1963) as Dino Steffano
Age: 34
Lunch Hour (1962) as Personnel Manager
Age: 33
The Entertainer (1960) as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Age: 32
Peeping Tom (1960) as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
Age: 31
Look Back in Anger (1959) as 1st Commercial Traveller
Age: 31
Desert Mice (1959) as Army Officer (uncredited)
Age: 30
Othello (1955) as Lodovico
Age: 27