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Nigel Davenport Biography (1928-)

Born May 23, 1928, in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; son of Arthur Henry and Katherine Lucy (maiden name, Meiklejohn) Davenport; married Helena Margaret White (died); married Maria Aitken (divorced); children: Jack (an actor).

Nigel Davenport has expressed a special fondness for his role of Bro Paradockin the play A Resounding Tinkle which he helped develop with the English Stage Company. Among classic repertory, he has expressed a personal penchant for the roles of Othello and Verskinin.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

May 23, 1928

Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (London debut) Hon. Peter Ingleton, Relative Values (had been understudy), Savoy Theatre, 1952
• Horner, The Country Wife, Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1955
• Captain Walcott, The Mulberry Bush, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1956
• Thomas Putnam, The Crucible, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1956
• Sculptor/Alfredo, Don Juan, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1956
• Anthony Lissenden, The Death of Satan, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1956
• Jellicoe, Cards of Identity, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1956
• Policeman, The Good Woman of Setzuan, English Stage Company, RoyalCourt Theatre, 1956
• Quack, The Country Wife, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1956
• Bro Paradock, A Resounding Tinkle (trial production), English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1957
• Barney Evans, Epitaph for George Dillon, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1958
• Bro Paradock, A Resounding Tinkle, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1958
• Mr. Jackson, Live Like Pigs, English Stage Company, Royal Court Theatre, 1958
• Peter, A Taste of Honey, Theatre Royal, then Wyndham's Theatre, London, later Criterion Theatre, London, all 1959
• Mr. Marango, The Kitchen (trial production), 1959
• King of Frankland, One Leg Over the Wrong Wall (trial production),1960
• Peter, A Taste of Honey, Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles, then (NewYork debut) Lyceum Theatre, both 1960
• Pittakos, Sappho, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, 1961
• Odilon, Bonne Soupe, Comedy Theatre, London, 1961 , then Wyndham's Theatre, 1962
• Charles, The Perils of Scobie Prilt, New Theatre, Oxford, England,1963
• A Taste of Honey, Broadway production, 1963
• Monceau, Incident at Vichy, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1966
• C. J. Shine, Breakdown, Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 1966
• Jim North, Notes on a Love Affair, Globe Theatre, London, 1972
• Verskinin, The Three Sisters, Cambridge Theatre, 1976
• Made stage debut as Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, OUDS, Oxford; also appeared as Cardinal, The Duchess of Malfi, OUDS, Oxford.
• Film Appearances
• First commercial traveler, Look Back in Anger, 1958
• Desert Mice, 1959
• Sergeant Miller, Peeping Tom (also known as Face of Fear and The Fotographer of Panic), 1959
• Manager, Lunch Hour, 1961
• Dino Steffano, Return to Sender (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Return to Sender), 1962
• Leonard Groves, In the Cool of the Day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Mr. Strang, Ladies Who Do, 1963
• The Verdict (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Verdict), 1964
• Lew Harding, The Third Secret, 1964
• Frederick Thornton, A High Wind in Jamaica, Twentieth Century-Fox,1965
• Sturdevan, Sands of the Kalahari, Paramount, 1965
• Mottram, Life at the Top, 1965
• Parkington, Where the Spies Are, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• The Duke of Norfolk, A Man for All Seasons, Columbia, 1966
• Chief Constable Richardson, Sinful Davey, United Artists, 1967
• Sergeant Driscoll, The Virgin Soldiers, Columbia, 1968
• Defense attorney, The Strange Affair, 1968
• General Phillips, Sebastian (also known as Mr. Sebastian),1968
• Hernando De Soto, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, National General, 1968
• Cyril Leech, Play Dirty, United Artists, 1968
• John Custance, No Blade of Grass, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Dr. Maitland, The Mind of Mr. Soames, 1970
• Gruber, The Last Valley, 1970
• Bob Matthews, Villain, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
• Lord Bothwell, Mary, Queen of Scots, Universal, 1971
• George Adamson, Living Free, Columbia, 1972
• The bounty hunter, Charley One-Eye, 1972
• L'Attentat (also known as Das Attentat, L'attentato, The French Conspiracy, and Plot), 1972
• Dr. Ernest D. Hobbs, Phase IV, 1973
• Alvaro Mesia, La regenta (also known as The Regent's Wife), 1974
• Sergeant Driscoll, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers, Columbia, 1977
• Montgomery, The Island of Dr. Moreau, American International, 1977
• Colonel Hamilton-Brown, Zulu Dawn, 1979
• Arthur Minton, The London Connection (also known as The Omega Connection), 1979
• Soul Patrol, 1980
• Inspector Peter Hartman, Nighthawks (also known as Hawks),Universal, 1981
• Lord Birkenhead, Chariots of Fire, Warner Bros., 1981
• Den Tuchtigen Gehort Die Welt, 1981
• Victor, Strata, 1983
• Major Jack Downing, Greystoke, the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros., 1984
• Marchese Giustiniani, Caravaggio, British Film Institute, 1986
• Lord Smithwick, Without a Clue (also known as Sherlock and Me), 1988
• Butler, Shanghai 1937 (also known as Hotel Shanghai), 1997
• The Opium War, 1997
• Felix de Echague, La vuelta de El Coyote (also known as El Coyote), 1998
• Major Cowpat, Mumbo Jumbo, Vine International Pictures, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Robert Carne, South Riding, 1974
• Oil Strike North, 1975
• Don't Rock the Boat, 1982
• Ladies in Charge, 1986
• James Brant, Trainer, 1991
• Miniseries
• Lord Henry Wotton, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1973
• George III, Prince Regent, 1978
• Mucianus, Masada, 1981
• Sir Charles Pelham, Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Movies
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (title role), Conan Doyle (also known as Edwardians: Conan Doyle), 1972
• On Such a Night (also known as Away from It All: On Such a Night), 1973
• Doctor Van Helsing, Dracula, 1973
• Count Zouroff, Moths, 1977
• Don Pedro, Much Ado About Nothing, 1978
• Colonel George Grenfall, The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, 1980
• Gray Harrison Hunt, Cry of the Innocent, 1980
• Charles Bridgenorth, Bird of Prey, 1982
• Silas Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, CBS, 1984
• Colonel Goosen, The Biko Inquest, 1984
• Treasure Seekers, 1996
• Dan Peggotty, David Copperfield, 2000
• Specials
• The Boneyard (also known as Wednesday Play: The Bone Yard),1966
• Robert Larkin, The News-Benders (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: The News-Benders), 1968
• To See How Far It Is (also known as Theatre 625: To See How FarIt Is), 1968
• From Chekhov with Love, 1968
• Murphy's Law, 1968
• The Curse of the Donkins, 1968
• The Year of the Crow (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: TheYear of the Crow), 1970
• An Affair of Honour (also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: An Affair of Honour), 1972
• The Applecart (also known as Play of the Month: The Apple Cart), 1975
• Theseus, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream), 1981
• Lord Ismay, Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy, PBS, 1986
• Episodic
• Grabowsky, "Double Exposure," Man of the World, 1963
• Major Robertson, "The Danger Makers," The Avengers, 1966
• Lord Barnes, "Split!," The Avengers, 1968
• Mr. Douglas Hamilton, "Duck Soup," The Upper Hand, 1993
• Mr. Hamilton, "Hard Times," The Upper Hand, 1995
• William Smithers, "Blue Herring," Midsomer Murders, 2000
• Also appeared as the commodore, "The Commodore," Keeping Up Appearances.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Rum Tum Tugger, T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Penguin Audiobooks, 1997
• Notre-Dame de Paris, Penguin Books, 1998
• Gerald Durrell's Three Singles to Adventure, Chivers, 1998