Nigel Davenport
Biography
Nigel Davenport was an English actor who built a career across theater, television and film. Born in 1928, he began on stage at the Savoy Theatre and with the Shakespeare Memorial Company before joining the English Stage Company at the Royal Court in 1956. He moved into British film and television in supporting parts, among them a walk-on in Look Back in Anger (1959), and later took a small role in Peeping Tom. His work as the Duke of Norfolk in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) brought him notice, and he went on to play Lord Birkenhead in Chariots of Fire (1981). He shared the screen with Michael Caine in the war film Play Dirty and took the part of Lord Bothwell in Mary, Queen of Scots. On television he appeared in The Saint and portrayed King George III in Prince Regent. He served as president of Equity from 1986 to 1992 and died in 2013.
85years old at death
- Born Cambridge
- Died Gloucestershire
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Arthur Nigel Davenport (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 29 years1959 to 1988
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First role
Davenport was one of the earliest members of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre, joining in 1956 after appearing at the Savoy Theatre and with the Shakespeare Memorial Company.
A role that slipped away
While Stanley Kubrick was making his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Davenport spoke HAL 9000's lines off-camera opposite Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Kubrick dismissed him after a few weeks, since the English accent struck him as too distracting.
A change of course
Davenport did National Service in the 1950s with the Royal Army Service Corps. He worked as a disc jockey for the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Hamburg.
Nigel Davenport movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hugh Hudson directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ian Holm's page
Susannah York's page
Burt Lancaster's page
Vernon Dobtcheff's page
Harry Andrews's page
Hugh HudsonDirector, 2 films, 1981 to 1984
All films by Hugh Hudson
Also two films together11 more actors
- Richard GriffithsGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Nicholas FarrellGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Robert ShawThe Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) and A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- Andrew KeirMary, Queen of Scots (1971) and The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
- Michael CraigThe Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) and Life at the Top (1965)
- Simon WardZulu Dawn (1979) and Dracula (1974)
- Lynne FrederickPhase IV (1974) and No Blade of Grass (1970)
- Cheryl CampbellGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Christian RobertsThe Last Valley (1971) and The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
- Ian CharlesonGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Dan JacksonThe Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) and A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Nigel Davenport's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$164 million
6 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$59M36.1% of the total
- 2$46M28.0% of the total
- 3$28M17.3% of the total
- 4$20M12.2% of the total
- 5$8.5M5.2% of the total
- 6$1.9M1.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.