Arthur Dignam

Acting

Born September 9, 1939, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Dignam (born 9 September 1939) is an Australian character actor, born on Lord Howe Island. He attended Newington College (1955–1956) as a boarder. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground (1976). While he has worked mainly in film and television, he has also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording. His son is the actor Nicholas Gledhill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2014Gödel Incomplete — Old Kurt Gödel
• 2008Australia — Father Benedict
• 2001Moulin Rouge! — Christian's Father
• 1998Gods and Monsters — Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
• 1997Paradise Road — Mr. Pike
• 1997Warm Strangers — Old Man
• 1996Dating the Enemy — Dr. Kamins
• Escape from Jupiter — Professor Ingessol
• 1993The Nostradamus Kid — Pastor Anderson
• 1991Isabelle Eberhardt — Cauvet
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths — Acrisius
• 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon — Acrisius
• 1989Shadow of the Cobra
• 1988The Dreaming — Professor Bernard Thornton
• 1988The Everlasting Secret Family — Senator
• 1987Comrades — Fop
• 1987The Right Hand Man — Dr. Redbridge
• 1987Those Dear Departed — Producer
• 1986King Solomon's Mines — Allan Quatermain (voice)
• The Flying Doctors — Royce Phelan QC
• 1985Burke & Wills — Sir William Stawell
• Bodyline — Mr. Jardine
• 1984The Wild Duck — Gregory
• 1983The Return of Captain Invincible — Lawyer
• 1982Duet for Four — Doug Quincey
• 1982We of the Never Never — Aeneas Gunn
• 1981Grendel Grendel Grendel — The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
• 1981Strange Behavior — Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
• Water Under the Bridge — Maynard Dickens
• Minder — Geoffrey Evans
• 1979The Hero
• 1978The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith — Man in Butcher Shop
• 1977The Devil's Playground — Brother Francine
• 1977The Duellists — Captain with Eyepatch
• 1976Summer of Secrets — Dr. Beverley Adams
• The New Avengers — Dr. Graham
• 1974Petersen — Prof. Charles Kent
• 1973Libido