Nigel Davenport

Actor 1950–2024 (74 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

The News-Benders

1968 · as Robert Larkin

9.0

Othello

1955 · as Lodovico

8.5

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · as Arthur Minton

7.9

Known For

Film

Peeping Tom

Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

Film

Chariots of Fire

Lord Birkenhead

Film

A Man for All Seasons

The Duke of Norfolk

Film

A Christmas Carol

Silas Scrooge

Film

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Major Jack Downing

Film

Nighthawks

Peter Hartman

Film

Without a Clue

Lord Smithwick

Film

Phase IV

Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (72)

Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

2024

as Self (archive footage)

David Copperfield

2001

as Daniel Peggotty

6.2

The Mumbo Jumbo

2000

as Major cowpat

Longitude

2000

as Sir Charles Pelham

7.4

El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe

1998

as Don César de Echagüe, padre

Mosley

as Lord Rothermere

La vuelta del Coyote

as César de Echagüe

The Opium War

Hotel Shanghai

as Butler

The Circus Connection

1996

as Stadnicki

The Treasure Seekers

as Lord Blackstock

The Cutter

Without a Clue

as Lord Smithwick

Caravaggio

as Giustiniani

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

as Supt. Hannam

5.3

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

as Major Jack Downing

A Christmas Carol

as Silas Scrooge

An Inspector Calls

as Arthur Birling

The Biko Inquest

as Colonel Goosen

Strata

as Victor

Chariots of Fire

as Lord Birkenhead

Nighthawks

as Peter Hartman

The Uppercrust

as Pigel

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1981

as Theseus

5.5

Cry of the Innocent

1980

as Gray Harrison Hunt

5.0

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980

as Colonel George Grenfell

4.6

Zulu Dawn

1979

as Col. Hamilton-Brown

6.1

The London Connection

1979

as Arthur Minton

7.8

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

as Montgomery

5.7

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as Driscoll

Black Trash

as Lt. Ben Deel

The Apple Cart

as King Magnus

Phase IV

1974

as Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs

Dracula

as Van Helsing

South Riding

The Regent's Wife

as Álvaro Mesía

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Sir Harry Wotton

Charley-One-Eye

as The Bounty Hunter

Living Free

as George Adamson

The Assassination

as CIA Official

The Last Valley

as Gruber

Mary, Queen of Scots

as Lord Bothwell

Villain

as Bob Matthews

No Blade of Grass

as John Custance

The Mind of Mr. Soames

as Dr. Maitland

Play Dirty

as Capt. Cyril Leech

Sinful Davey

as Richardson

The Virgin Soldiers

as Sgt Driscoll

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

as De Soto

Sebastian

as Gen. Phillips

The Strange Affair

The News-Benders

as Robert Larkin

Dial M for Murder

as Lesgate

A Man for All Seasons

1966

as The Duke of Norfolk

Where the Spies Are

as Parkington

Shotgun

as Joshua

Sands of the Kalahari

1965

as Sturdevan

6.2

A High Wind in Jamaica

as Mr. Thornton

Life at the Top

as Mottram

The Bone Yard

as Inspector Potter

The Third Secret

as Lew Harding

The Verdict

as Larry Mason

Bitter Harvest

as Police Inspector

In the Cool of the Day

as Leonard Groves

Ladies Who Do

as Mr. Strang

Return to Sender

as Dino Steffano

Lunch Hour

as Personnel Manager

Peeping Tom

as Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)

7.5

The Entertainer

1960

as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

6.2

Look Back in Anger

1959

as 1st Commercial Traveller

6.7

Desert Mice

1959

as Army Officer (uncredited)

6.0

Othello

1955

as Lodovico

8.5

Television (38)

Longitude

2000

as Sir Charles Pelham

Mosley

as Lord Rothermere

Midsomer Murders

as William Smithers

The Detectives

as Sir Arthur Andrews

Trainer

as James Brant

The Upper Hand

as Mr. Douglas Hamilton

7.0

Keeping Up Appearances

as The Commodore

Ladies in Charge

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

as Ismay

Howards' Way

as Sir Edward Frere

Howards' Way

as Sir Edward Frere

Bird of Prey

as Charles Bridgnorth

Don't Rock The Boat

An Inspector Calls

as Arthur Birling

Masada

as Senator Mucianus

Minder

as Ray

Prince Regent

as King George III

Romance

as Prince Zouroff

Oil Strike North

1975

5.0

South Riding

1974

as Robert Carne

Away from It All

1973

as Eric

Shirley's World

1972

6.0

The Edwardians

1972

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

6.3

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Ed Sterling

The Name of the Game

as David Windom

Mickey Dunne

as Bruce Tavey

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as King Magnus

5.3

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Robert Larkin

Theatre 625

as Donkin

The Saint

as Aldo Petri

Man of the World

as Grabowsky

The Avengers

as Lord Barnes

Sir Francis Drake

as Don Miguel de Cervantes

4.5

Mister Charlesworth

1957

as Sgt. Spence

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

4.4

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Loud Lawrence

6.4

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Arthur Minton

Sunday Night Theatre

as Jackson