Actors - Nigel Davenport

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Nigel Davenport (born 1928) is a British actor. Born in Cambridge, he grew up in an academic family and went to Trinity College, Oxford, originally to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics but switching to English on the advice of his tutors. Davenport joined 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. He made an impression as the Duke of Norfolk in 1967's A Man for All Seasons
and had the major role of Lord Bothwell in Mary, Queen of Scots
. Davenport's only leading role in an American production was in the off-beat Phase IV
, which failed to find an audience. Since then he has continued to work in supporting roles in film and television as a succession of lords, police inspectors and military officers.

Davenport's second wife was the actress Maria Aitken, and their son Jack Davenport is also an actor.

Trivia

For the production of 2001:A Space Odyssey, Davenport read the dialogue of HAL on set for the other actors.

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