Nigel Davenport

Known for

Acting

Born

May 23, 1928

Birthplace

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Died

October 25, 2013 (aged 85)

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.

Best known work

Chariots of Fire

1981

Peeping Tom

1960

A Man for All Seasons

1966

Nighthawks

1981

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

A Christmas Carol

1984

Midsomer Murders

1997

Phase IV

1974

Without a Clue

1988

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

Filmography

2024
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
as Self (archive footage)
2001
David Copperfield
as Daniel Peggotty
2000
David CopperfieldTV
as Daniel Peggotty (2 episodes)
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
as Major cowpat
2000
Longitude
as Sir Charles Pelham
2000
LongitudeTV
as Sir Charles Pelham (1 episode)
1998
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
as Don César de Echagüe, padre
1998
La vuelta del Coyote
as César de Echagüe
1998
Mosley
as Lord Rothermere
1998
MosleyTV
as Lord Rothermere (1 episode)
1997
Hotel Shanghai
as Butler
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
as William Smithers (1 episode)
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Lord Blackstock
1996
The Circus Connection
as Stadnicki
1993
The DetectivesTV
as Sir Arthur Andrews (1 episode)
1992
The Cutter
1991
TrainerTV
as James Brant (13 episodes)
1990
Keeping Up AppearancesTV
as The Commodore (1 episode)
1990
The Upper HandTV
as Mr. Douglas Hamilton (1 episode), as Mr. Hamilton (1 episode)
1988
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
1986
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Supt. Hannam
1986
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
1986
Ladies in ChargeTV
as Count Litvinoff (1 episode)
1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last ViceroyTV
as Ismay (6 episodes)
1985
Howards' WayTV
as Sir Edward Frere (29 episodes)