Basil Dignam
Born: 1905-10-24 in Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1979-01-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.
Filmography
1978
- Scorpion Tales as Clem Laidlaw
- Life of Shakespeare as The Lord Chamberlain
1977
- Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Lawyer Scorpe
1976
- The New Avengers as Hugh Rydercroft
1975
- The Sweeney as Moberly
- The Stars Look Down as Richard Barras
- Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington as Mr. Hallam
1974
- Churchill's People as Lord Henry Howard
- The Pallisers as Sir Orlando Drought
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles as Brigadier
1972
- Crown Court as Dr. Sissons
- The Protectors as Charles Engleton
- The Adventurer as John Ballard
- The Moonstone as Gabriel Betteredge
- Young Winston as Joseph Chamberlain
- I Spy a Stranger as Mr. Hufson
1971
- The Persuaders! as Prime Minister Norman Russell
- Justice as Sir Jules Larsen
- Jason King
- Elizabeth R as Archbishop Gardiner
- Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot
- 10 Rillington Place as Member of Medical Board
- A Lizard in a Woman's Skin as Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)
1970
- UFO as Cabinet Minister
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Bishop Gardiner
- The Games as Sir Harold
1969
- Department S as Howard Finch
- The Main Chance as Mr. Jory
- Battle of Britain as Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)
- Judge Dee
- Laughter in the Dark as Dealer
1968
- The Champions as Sir Frederick
- Twisted Nerve as Doctor
- Assignment K as Howlett
- Number Ten as Sebastian Fleming
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Chief Supt. Elliott
- The Prisoner as Supervisor
- Man in a Suitcase
- The Jokers as David's Bank Manager
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname
- The Cuckoo Patrol as Snodgrass
1966
- Where the Spies Are as Major Harding
- Naked Evil as Jim Benson
1965
- United!
- Gideon's Way as Commissioner Scott-Marle
- Londoners as Sir Edgar Bliss
- Rotten to the Core as The General
1964
- Theatre 625 as Uncle Peregrine
- Ring of Spies as Second Member at Lords (uncredited)
- Master Spy as Richard Horton
1963
- Espionage as Senior Civil Servant
- Heavens Above! as Prison Governor
- 80,000 Suspects as Health Officer Boswell
1962
- The Saint as Cmdr. Richardson
- Lawrence of Arabia as Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
- Life for Ruth as Mapleton
- Seven Seas to Calais as Sir Francis Walsingham
1961
- The Avengers
- Sir Francis Drake as Duke Of Alva
- Kraft Mystery Theatre as Hugo
- Gorgo as Admiral Brooks
- Victim as Barrister (uncredited)
- The Court Martial of Major Keller as Morrell
- The Fourth Square as Inspector Forbes
- Fate Takes a Hand as Wheeler
- The Secret Partner as Lyle
1960
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as Army Officer
- Suspect as Dr Childs
- The Spider's Web as Hugo
- A Touch of Larceny as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
- Sentenced for Life as Ralph Thompson
1959
- No Hiding Place
- Interpol Calling as Insp. Hopkins
- The Four Just Men as Judge Advocate
- Sapphire as Doctor Burgess
- I'm All Right Jack as Minister of Labour
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Security Officer
1958
- Room at the Top as Priest (uncredited)
- Corridors of Blood as Hospital Chairman
- Carry On Sergeant as Third Specialist
- Rockets Galore as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
- Up the Creek as Coombes
- Innocent Sinners as Dyson
- Further Up the Creek as Flagship Commander
- Son of a Stranger as Dr. Delaney
- The Nice Americans as Inspector Adams
1957
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China
- Brothers in Law as Mr. Justice Emery
- The Counterfeit Plan as Police Commissioner
- The Depraved as Tom Wilton
- You Pay Your Money as Currie
- Three Sundays to Live as Davitt
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Detective Inspector
- Reach for the Sky as Air Ministry Doctor
- The Weapon
- Port of Escape as Det. Sgt. Crawford
- The Narrowing Circle as George Pacey
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Rich Merchant
- The Quatermass Xperiment as Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
- Touch and Go as Stevens
- They Can't Hang Me as Wing Commander Riddle
1952
- Hammer the Toff as Superintendent
- His Excellency as Security Officer
1951
- Appointment with Venus as R.A.M.C. Captain
- Two on the Tiles as Ship’s Captain
- The Lady with a Lamp
- Smart Alec as Defense Attorney
1949
- Maytime in Mayfair as Commissionaire (uncredited)