Nicol Williamson

★ Acting #5,695

1936 - 2011 (age 75) • Acting

Born: 9/14/1936 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Died: 12/16/2011 (age 75)

Known for: Acting

Nicol Williamson

★ Acting #5,695

Thomas Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011) was a British actor. He was once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.

Known For

Spawn

55%

Cogliostro

1997

Excalibur

70%

Merlin

1981

Return to Oz

67%

Dr. Worley / Nome King

1985

The Exorcist III

63%

Father Morning

1990

Columbo

81%

Eric Mason

1971

Robin and Marian

63%

Little John

1976

Black Widow

62%

William

1987

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

62%

Sherlock Holmes

1976

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

80%

2006

Spawn

55%

Cogliostro

1997

The Wind in the Willows

57%

Badger

1996

The Hour of the Pig

62%

Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre

1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

76%

Self (archive footage)

1993

The Exorcist III

63%

Father Morning

1990

A Curious Suicide

Dr. Stephen McCullough

1990

Chillers

67%

Dr Stephen McCullough

1990

Passion Flower

43%

Albert Coskin

1987

Black Widow

62%

William

1987

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

75%

Lord Louis Mountbatten

1986

Return to Oz

67%

Dr. Worley / Nome King

1985

Christopher Columbus

62%

Re Ferdinando

1985

To Be Hamlet

Self

1985

Sakharov

75%

Malyarov

1984

Macbeth

64%

Macbeth

1983

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

70%

Derek Bauer

1982

Venom

57%

Cmdr. William Bulloch

1981

Excalibur

70%

Merlin

1981

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie

Self

1981

The Human Factor

58%

Maurice Castle

1979

The Word

48%

Maertin de Vroome

1978

The Cheap Detective

63%

Colonel Schlissel

1978

The Goodbye Girl

70%

Oliver Fry (uncredited)

1977

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

62%

Sherlock Holmes

1976

Robin and Marian

63%

Little John

1976

The Wilby Conspiracy

64%

Major Horn

1975

I Know What I Meant

Richard Nixon

1974