Cast & creator
Nigel Davenport
Best known for Midsomer Murders, The Avengers, The Wednesday Play
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.
Also known as: Arthur Nigel Davenport
71
film credits
51
television credits
122
1950–2024 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (122)
Showing 122 of 122 credits
Midsomer Murders
William Smithers
1997
The Avengers
Lord Barnes
1961
The Wednesday Play
Inspector Potter
1964
Minder
Ray
1979
The Saint
Aldo Petri
1962The Saint
Charles Voyson
1962
BBC Play of the Month
King Magnus
1965
The Name of the Game
David Windom
1968
Theatre 625
Donkin
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Prisoner
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Robert Larkin
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Major Bartholomew
1965
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Loud Lawrence
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir James
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Captain
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Barty
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Claude the Seneschal
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sentry
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sir Peter Marston
1955
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Ed Sterling
1969
Sunday Night Theatre
Jackson
1950
Keeping Up Appearances
The Commodore
1990
Howards' Way
Sir Edward Frere
1985
The Upper Hand
Mr. Douglas Hamilton
1990The Upper Hand
Mr. Hamilton
1990
Espionage
Frank Marston
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
Arthur Minton
1954
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
The Detectives
Sir Arthur Andrews
1993
Sir Francis Drake
Don Miguel de Cervantes
1961
Man of the World
Grabowsky
1962
A Man for All Seasons
The Duke of Norfolk
1966
Masada
Senator Mucianus
1981
Chariots of Fire
Lord Birkenhead
1981
Longitude
Sir Charles Pelham
2000
The Edwardians
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1972
Nighthawks
Peter Hartman
1981
David Copperfield
Daniel Peggotty
2000
Shirley's World
1972Romance
Prince Zouroff
1977
Ladies in Charge
Count Litvinoff
1986
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Major Jack Downing
1984
Peeping Tom
Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
1960
South Riding
Robert Carne
1974Away from It All
Eric
1973
Oil Strike North
1975
Bird of Prey
Charles Bridgnorth
1982
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Montgomery
1977
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Ismay
1986
Mickey Dunne
Bruce Tavey
1967
Prince Regent
King George III
1979
A Christmas Carol
Silas Scrooge
1984
Where the Spies Are
Parkington
1966
Without a Clue
Lord Smithwick
1988
Mary, Queen of Scots
Lord Bothwell
1971
Zulu Dawn
Col. Hamilton-Brown
1979
Play Dirty
Capt. Cyril Leech
1969
An Inspector Calls
Arthur Birling
1982Five More
Joshua
1966
Phase IV
Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
1974
Look Back in Anger
1st Commercial Traveller
1959
Caravaggio
Giustiniani
1986
Mosley
Lord Rothermere
1998
The Assassination
CIA Official
1972
No Blade of Grass
John Custance
1970
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Dr. Maitland
1970
The Last Valley
Gruber
1971
Trainer
James Brant
1991
Don't Rock The Boat
1982
A High Wind in Jamaica
Mr. Thornton
1965Hotel Shanghai
Butler
1997
Life at the Top
Mottram
1965
Dracula
Van Helsing
1974
Cry of the Innocent
Gray Harrison Hunt
1980
Longitude
Sir Charles Pelham
2000
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
De Soto
1969
Sands of the Kalahari
Sturdevan
1965
Villain
Bob Matthews
1971
Living Free
George Adamson
1972
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sir Harry Wotton
1973
The Third Secret
Lew Harding
1964Mister Charlesworth
Sgt. Spence
1957
Dial M for Murder
Lesgate
1967
David Copperfield
Daniel Peggotty
2001
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
1981
The Cutter
1992
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Driscoll
1977
The Biko Inquest
Colonel Goosen
1984
The Treasure Seekers
Lord Blackstock
1996
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Colonel George Grenfell
1980An Inspector Calls
Arthur Birling
1984The Circus Connection
Stadnicki
1996
The Entertainer
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1960
Black Trash
Lt. Ben Deel
1976
Ladies Who Do
Mr. Strang
1963
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Supt. Hannam
1986
The Uppercrust
Pigel
1981
El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe
Don César de Echagüe, padre
1998
In the Cool of the Day
Leonard Groves
1963
La vuelta del Coyote
César de Echagüe
1998
Lunch Hour
Personnel Manager
1962
The Mumbo Jumbo
Major cowpat
2000
Sinful Davey
Richardson
1969
Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV
Self (archive footage)
2024
Charley-One-Eye
The Bounty Hunter
1973
The Virgin Soldiers
Sgt Driscoll
1969
Mosley
Lord Rothermere
1998
Sebastian
Gen. Phillips
1968
The London Connection
Arthur Minton
1979
The Strange Affair
1968
Desert Mice
Army Officer (uncredited)
1959
South Riding
1974The Apple Cart
King Magnus
1975
Return to Sender
Dino Steffano
1963
Bitter Harvest
Police Inspector
1963
The News-Benders
Robert Larkin
1968
Othello
Lodovico
1955
The Bone Yard
Inspector Potter
1964
The Verdict
Larry Mason
1964Strata
Victor
1983Shotgun
Joshua
1966
The Regent's Wife
Álvaro Mesía
1974