Nigel Davenport

★ Acting #9,769

1928 - 2013 (age 85) • Acting

Born: 5/23/1928 in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Died: 10/25/2013 (age 85)

Known for: Acting

Nigel Davenport

★ Acting #9,769

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

A Man for All Seasons

73%

The Duke of Norfolk

1966

Nighthawks

64%

Peter Hartman

1981

Midsomer Murders

75%

William Smithers

1997

Phase IV

63%

Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

1974

Without a Clue

67%

Lord Smithwick

1988

Keeping Up Appearances

77%

The Commodore

1990

The Island of Dr. Moreau

57%

Montgomery

1977

Caravaggio

61%

Giustiniani

1986

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Self (archive footage)

2024

David Copperfield

63%

Daniel Peggotty

2001

The Mumbo Jumbo

70%

Major cowpat

2000

Longitude

74%

Sir Charles Pelham

2000

Longitude

70%

Sir Charles Pelham

2000

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

50%

Don César de Echagüe, padre

1998

La vuelta del Coyote

70%

César de Echagüe

1998

Mosley

60%

Lord Rothermere

1998

Mosley

45%

Lord Rothermere

1998

Hotel Shanghai

80%

Butler

1997

Midsomer Murders

75%

William Smithers

1997

The Treasure Seekers

56%

Lord Blackstock

1996

The Circus Connection

Stadnicki

1996

The Detectives

69%

Sir Arthur Andrews

1993

The Cutter

1992

Keeping Up Appearances

77%

The Commodore

1990

The Upper Hand

72%

Mr. Hamilton / Mr. Douglas Hamilton

1990

Without a Clue

67%

Lord Smithwick

1988

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

58%

Supt. Hannam

1986

Caravaggio

61%

Giustiniani

1986

Ladies in Charge

65%

Unknown

1986

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

75%

Ismay

1986

Howards' Way

59%

Sir Edward Frere

1985

The Biko Inquest

70%

Colonel Goosen

1984

A Christmas Carol

75%

Silas Scrooge

1984

An Inspector Calls

45%

Arthur Birling

1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

64%

Major Jack Downing

1984

Strata

30%

Victor

1983