Nigel Davenport Movies and Career Information

Nigel Davenport (born 23 May 1928) is an English stage, television and film actor. Davenport was born in Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the son of Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn) and Arthur Henry Davenport. He grew up in an academic family. He was educated at St. Peter's Seaford, Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford, originally to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics but switching to English on the advice of his tutors. Davenport first appeared on stage at the Savoy Theatre, then with the Shakespeare Memorial Company, before joining the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre in the 1960s. He began to appear in British film and television productions in supporting roles, such as playing a theatre manager opposite Laurence Olivier in the film version of The Entertainer (1960). He made an impression as the Duke of Norfolk in 1966's A Man for All Seasons and had the major role of Lord Bothwell in Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1972, he appeared as George Adamson, opposite Susan Hampshire in Living Free, the sequel to Born Free, Davenport took the leading role in the off-beat Phase IV, which failed to find an audience. Since then he has continued to work