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
- Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington as Mr. Hallam
- The Stars Look Down as Richard Barras
1974
- Churchill's People as Lord Henry Howard
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles as Brigadier
1972
- Crown Court as Dr. Sissons
- The Protectors as Charles Engleton
- The Adventurer as John Ballard
- Young Winston as Joseph Chamberlain
- The Moonstone as Gabriel Betteredge
- I Spy a Stranger as Mr. Hufson
1971
- The Persuaders! as Prime Minister Norman Russell
- Justice as Sir Jules Larsen
- Jason King
- 10 Rillington Place as Member of Medical Board
- Elizabeth R as Archbishop Gardiner
- A Lizard in a Woman's Skin as Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)
- Persuasion as Sir Walter Elliot
- Fathers and Sons
1970
- UFO as Cabinet Minister
- The Games as Sir Harold
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Bishop Gardiner
1969
- The Main Chance as Mr. Jory
- Department S as Howard Finch
- Battle of Britain as Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)
- Laughter in the Dark as Dealer
- Judge Dee
1968
- The Champions as Sir Frederick
- Number Ten as Sebastian Fleming
- Assignment K as Howlett
- Twisted Nerve as Doctor
1967
- The Prisoner as Supervisor
- The Jokers as David's Bank Manager
- Man in a Suitcase
- The Cuckoo Patrol as Snodgrass
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1966
- Naked Evil as Jim Benson
- Where the Spies Are as Major Harding
1965
- Gideon's Way as Commissioner Scott-Marle
- United!
- Rotten to the Core as The General
- Londoners as Sir Edgar Bliss
1964
- Theatre 625 as Uncle Peregrine
- Master Spy as Richard Horton
- Ring of Spies as Second Member at Lords (uncredited)
1963
- Heavens Above! as Prison Governor
- Corridors of Blood as Hospital Chairman
- 80,000 Suspects as Health Officer Boswell
1962
- The Saint as Cmdr. Richardson
- Lawrence of Arabia as Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
- Seven Seas to Calais as Sir Francis Walsingham
- Life for Ruth as Mapleton
1961
- The Avengers
- Victim as Barrister (uncredited)
- Gorgo as Admiral Brooks
- Sir Francis Drake as Duke Of Alva
- Fate Takes a Hand as Wheeler
- The Fourth Square as Inspector Forbes
- The Secret Partner as Lyle
- The Court Martial of Major Keller as Morrell
1960
- Suspect as Dr Childs
- The Spider's Web as Hugo
- Sentenced for Life as Ralph Thompson
- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as Army Officer
- A Touch of Larceny as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
1959
- No Hiding Place
- Sapphire as Doctor Burgess
- Interpol Calling as Insp. Hopkins
- 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)
- Innocent Sinners as Dyson
- Carry On Sergeant as Third Specialist
- The Nice Americans as Inspector Adams
- Son of a Stranger as Dr. Delaney
- Further Up the Creek as Flagship Commander
- Up the Creek as Coombes
- Rockets Galore as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
1957
- The Depraved as Tom Wilton
- 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
- Three Sundays to Live as Davitt
- The Counterfeit Plan as Police Commissioner
- You Pay Your Money as Currie
1956
- Reach for the Sky as Air Ministry Doctor
- Port of Escape as Det. Sgt. Crawford
- The Weapon
- The Narrowing Circle as George Pacey
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Rich Merchant
- The Quatermass Xperiment as Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
- They Can't Hang Me as Wing Commander Riddle
- Touch and Go as Stevens
1952
- His Excellency as Security Officer
- Hammer the Toff as Superintendent
1951
- Smart Alec as Defense Attorney
- The Lady with a Lamp
- Two on the Tiles as Ship’s Captain
- Appointment with Venus as R.A.M.C. Captain
1949
- Maytime in Mayfair as Commissionaire (uncredited)