Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire, respectively.

Filmography

• 2001David Copperfield — Daniel Peggotty
• David Copperfield — Daniel Peggotty
• 2000Longitude — Sir Charles Pelham
• Longitude — Sir Charles Pelham
• 2000The Mumbo Jumbo — Major cowpat
• 1998El Coyote: Don César de Echagüe — Don César de Echagüe, padre
• 1998La vuelta del Coyote — César de Echagüe
• 1998Mosley — Lord Rothermere
• Mosley — Lord Rothermere
• 1997Hotel Shanghai — Butler
• Midsomer Murders — William Smithers
• 1996The Circus Connection — Stadnicki
• 1996The Treasure Seekers — Lord Blackstock
• The Detectives — Sir Arthur Andrews
• 1992The Cutter
• Trainer — James Brant
• Keeping Up Appearances — The Commodore
• The Upper Hand — Mr. Douglas Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton
• 1988Without a Clue — Lord Smithwick
• 1986Caravaggio — Giustiniani
• Ladies in Charge — Count Litvinoff
• Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy — Ismay
• 1986The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams — Supt. Hannam
• Howards' Way — Sir Edward Frere
• 1984A Christmas Carol — Silas Scrooge
• 1984An Inspector Calls — Arthur Birling
• 1984Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes — Major Jack Downing
• 1984The Biko Inquest — Colonel Goosen
• 1983Strata — Victor
• An Inspector Calls — Arthur Birling
• Bird of Prey — Charles Bridgnorth
• Don't Rock The Boat
• 1981A Midsummer Night's Dream — Theseus
• 1981Chariots of Fire — Lord Birkenhead
• Masada — Senator Mucianus
• 1981Nighthawks — Peter Hartman
• 1981The Uppercrust — Pigel
• 1980Cry of the Innocent — Gray Harrison Hunt
• 1980The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd — Colonel George Grenfell
• Minder — Ray
• Prince Regent — King George III
• 1979The London Connection — Arthur Minton
• 1979Zulu Dawn — Col. Hamilton-Brown
• Romance — Prince Zouroff
• 1977Stand up, Virgin Soldiers — Driscoll
• 1977The Island of Dr. Moreau — Montgomery
• 1976Black Trash — Lt. Ben Deel
• Oil Strike North
• 1975The Apple Cart — King Magnus
• 1974Dracula — Van Helsing
• 1974Phase IV — Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs
• 1974South Riding
• South Riding — Robert Carne
• 1974The Regent's Wife — Álvaro Mesía
• Away from It All — Eric
• 1973Charley-One-Eye — The Bounty Hunter
• 1973The Picture of Dorian Gray — Sir Harry Wotton
• 1972Living Free — George Adamson
• Shirley's World
• 1972The Assassination — CIA Official
• The Edwardians — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1971Mary, Queen of Scots — Lord Bothwell
• 1971The Last Valley — Gruber
• 1971Villain — Bob Matthews
• 1970No Blade of Grass — John Custance
• 1970The Mind of Mr. Soames — Dr. Maitland
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Ed Sterling
• 1969Play Dirty — Capt. Cyril Leech
• 1969Sinful Davey — Richardson
• 1969The Royal Hunt of the Sun — De Soto
• 1969The Virgin Soldiers — Sgt Driscoll
• 1968Sebastian — Gen. Phillips
• The Name of the Game — David Windom
• 1968The News-Benders — Robert Larkin
• 1968The Strange Affair
• 1967Dial M for Murder — Lesgate
• Mickey Dunne — Bruce Tavey
• 1966A Man for All Seasons — The Duke of Norfolk
• Five More — Joshua
• 1966Shotgun — Joshua
• 1966Where the Spies Are — Parkington
• 1965A High Wind in Jamaica — Mr. Thornton
• BBC Play of the Month — King Magnus
• 1965Life at the Top — Mottram
• 1965Sands of the Kalahari — Sturdevan
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — The Prisoner, Robert Larkin, Major Bartholomew
• 1964The Bone Yard — Inspector Potter
• 1964The Third Secret — Lew Harding
• 1964The Verdict — Larry Mason
• The Wednesday Play — Inspector Potter
• Theatre 625 — Donkin
• 1963Bitter Harvest — Police Inspector
• Espionage — Frank Marston
• 1963In the Cool of the Day — Leonard Groves
• 1963Ladies Who Do — Mr. Strang
• 1963Return to Sender — Dino Steffano
• 1962Lunch Hour — Personnel Manager
• Man of the World — Grabowsky
• The Saint — Aldo Petri, Charles Voyson
• Sir Francis Drake — Don Miguel de Cervantes
• The Avengers — Lord Barnes
• 1960Peeping Tom — Det. Sgt. Miller (uncredited)
• 1960The Entertainer — Theatre Manager (uncredited)
• 1959Desert Mice — Army Officer (uncredited)
• 1959Look Back in Anger — 1st Commercial Traveller
• Mister Charlesworth — Sgt. Spence
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1955Othello — Lodovico
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Loud Lawrence, Sir James, Captain, Barty, Claude the Seneschal, Sentry, Sir Peter Marston
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Arthur Minton
• Sunday Night Theatre — Jackson

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2024Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV — Self (archive footage)