Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 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 - Movies
Dracula
as Van Helsing
Peeping Tom
as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
Nighthawks
as Peter Hartman
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Major Jack Downing
A Man for All Seasons
as The Duke of Norfolk
A Christmas Carol
as Silas Scrooge
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Hamilton-Brown
Without a Clue
as Lord Smithwick
Caravaggio
as Giustiniani
Play Dirty
as Capt. Cyril Leech
Known For - TV Shows
Midsomer Murders
as William Smithers
Minder
as Ray
The Avengers
as Lord Barnes
BBC Play of the Month
as King Magnus
The Saint
as Aldo Petri
The Saint
as Charles Voyson
The Name of the Game
as David Windom
Theatre 625
as Donkin
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Loud Lawrence
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir James