Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/23/1928
Place of Birth
Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Arthur Nigel Davenport
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
Sebastian
as Gen. Phillips
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
Phase IV
as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
The Entertainer
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
The Assassination
as CIA Official
In the Cool of the Day
as Leonard Groves
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Montgomery
Desert Mice
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Dracula
as Van Helsing
Villain
as Bob Matthews
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
Chariots of Fire
as Lord Birkenhead
Life at the Top
as Mottram
Sinful Davey
as Richardson
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger
as 1st Commercial Traveller
Career Timeline
2000
1998
1990
1986
1984
1982
1981
1980
1979
1977
1974
1972
1971
1969
1968
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1960
1955
Othello
as Lodovico
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Captain
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sentry
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Barty
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Claude the Seneschal
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Peter Marston