Nigel Davenport

Highest Rated: 96% Peeping Tom (1960)

Lowest Rated: 20% Life at the Top (1965)

Birthday: May 23, 1928

Birthplace: Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

A character player even in youth, British actor Nigel Davenport spent nearly fifty years in briskly businesslike stage, screen and TV roles. He made his film debut as the police sergeant in Michael Powell's notorious Peeping Tom (1959). Among his many colorful screen characterizations were the Duke of Norfolk in A Man For All Seasons (1966), Bothwell in Mary Queen of Scots (1971), Van Helsing in the 1973 Frank Langella version of Dracula and Lord Birkenbed in the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire. Nigel Davenport's TV credits include the miniseries Prince Regent (1979, as King George III), and Masada (1981). Towards the end of his career, he made appearances in popular British TV series such as Keeping Up Appearances and Midsomer Murders, and played Dan Peggotty in a TV movie version of David Copperfield (2000). Davenport died in 2013 at age 85.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Yapian zhanzheng (The Opium War)	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Charley One-Eye	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Treasure Seekers	Actor	—	1996
No Score Yet	Born Free: A New Adventure	George Adamson	—	1996
64%	Without a Clue	Lord Smithwick	—	1988
80%	Caravaggio	Marchese Giustiniani	—	1986
No Score Yet	Death by Prescription	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	A Christmas Carol	Silas	—	1984
73%	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Downing	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Biko Inquest	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Upper Crust	Journalist Pigel	—	1982
82%	Chariots of Fire	Lord Birkenhead	—	1981
70%	Nighthawks	Peter Hartman	—	1981
No Score Yet	Cry of the Innocent	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd	Actor	—	1980
50%	Zulu Dawn	Col. Hamilton-Brown	—	1979
No Score Yet	Soul Patrol	Lt. Ben Deel	—	1978
54%	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Montgomery	—	1977
No Score Yet	Stand Up Virgin Soldiers	Sgt. Driscoll	—	1977
53%	Phase IV	Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Edwardians	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	La Regenta	Alvaro Mesia	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Lord Henry Wotton	—	1973
No Score Yet	Charley-One-Eye	The Bounty Hunter	—	1973
60%	Dracula	Doctor Van Helsing	—	1973
80%	Mary, Queen of Scots	Lord Bothwell	—	1972
No Score Yet	Living Free	George Adamson	—	1972
No Score Yet	Black Trash	Actor	—	1972
67%	Villain	Bob Matthews	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Last Valley	Gruber	—	1971
40%	No Blade of Grass	John Custance	—	1970
No Score Yet	The Mind of Mr. Soames	Dr. Maitland	—	1970
No Score Yet	The Virgin Soldiers	Sgt. Driscoll	—	1969
43%	Sinful Davey	Constable	—	1969
No Score Yet	Royal Hunt of the Sun	Hernando de Soto	—	1969
33%	Sebastian	Phillips	—	1969
No Score Yet	Play Dirty	Cyril Leech Director	—	1969
84%	A Man for All Seasons	Norfolk	—	1966
No Score Yet	Where the Spies Are	Parkington	—	1965
No Score Yet	Sands of the Kalahari	Sturdevant	—	1965
20%	Life at the Top	Mottram	—	1965
No Score Yet	The Third Secret	Lew Harding	—	1964
No Score Yet	A High Wind in Jamaica	Frederick Thornton	—	1964
No Score Yet	In the Cool of the Day	Leonard	—	1963
No Score Yet	Lunch Hour	Manager	—	1961
96%	Peeping Tom	Sgt. Miller	—	1960
92%	Look Back in Anger	1st Commercial Traveller	—	1958

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Midsomer Murders 2021	William Smithers	2006 2001
No Score Yet	The Avengers (1961) 1969	Lord Barnes Maj. Robertson	1966

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Nigel Davenport

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