Nigel Davenport
Arthur Nigel Davenport (born May 23, 1928 in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , † October 25, 2013 in Gloucester , Gloucestershire ) was a British actor .
Life
Davenport came from a family of academics and wanted to study philosophy, politics and economics after his school days, but changed his enrollment to English on the advice of his tutors. As a student in Oxford he was a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society with Tony Richardson , John Schlesinger and Kenneth Tynan and then went to the theater as an actor. First he performed at the “Savoy Theater” and then with the “Shakespeare Memorial Company” before joining the ensemble at the Royal Court Theater in the early 1960s . After a few television appearances, he made his cinema debut in 1959 with a very small role in Looking Back in Anger . Other supporting roles such as in The Entertainer or Eyes of Fear followed. His breakthrough as a film actor in 1966 with A Man for All Seasons by Fred Zinnemann . He played the Duke of Norfolk in this period film . Davenport was of large stature and therefore often featured in numerous films as a typically British nobleman, police inspector or military officer, often with a wink charm. Other notable portrayals include Lord Bothwell in Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland , the 1972 animal film Living Free, and the unusual phase IV that failed at the box office . In 1986 he appeared in the television classic The Last Viceroy as General Lord Ismay alongside Nicol Williamson . At the beginning of the new millennium, Davenport withdrew from active acting when he encountered difficulties memorizing texts.
Nigel Davenport is the father of actors Jack Davenport and Laura Davenport .
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Look Back in Anger (Look Back in Anger)
- 1960: Eyes of Fear (Peeping Tom)
- 1964: The Third Secret
- 1965: Sands of the Kalahari
- 1965: Daggers in the Kasbah (Where the Spies Are)
- 1966: A Man for All Seasons (A Man for All Seasons)
- 1968: Play Dirty (Play Dirty)
- 1968: The mysterious Mr. Sebastian ( Sebastian )
- 1969: The Fall of the Sun (The Royal Hunt of the Sun)
- 1971: The Last Valley (The Last Valley)
- 1971: Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (Mary, Queen of Scots)
- 1972: The assassination (L'attentat)
- 1973: Under the Deadly Sun (Charley One-Eye)
- 1973: Count Dracula (Dan Curtis' Dracula)
- 1974: Phase IV (Phase IV)
- 1977: The island of Dr. Moreau (The Island of Dr. Moreau)
- 1979: James Jr. Strikes (The London Connection)
- 1981: The Victory's Hour (Chariots of Fire)
- 1981: Nighthawks (Nighthawks)
- 1981: Masada (Masada)
- 1984: Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- 1984: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
- 1986: Caravaggio (Caravaggio)
- 1988: Genie und Schnauze (Without a Clue)
- 1997: La vuelta de El Coyote
- 2000: Inspector Barnaby: Three dead old ladies
Web links
- Nigel Davenport in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Catalog raisonné at Film Reference
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davenport, Nigel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davenport, Arthur Nigel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , Cambridgeshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2013 |
| Place of death | Gloucester , Gloucestershire |