Arthur Dignam
Born: 1939-09-09 in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Dignam (born 9 September 1939) is an Australian character actor, born on Lord Howe Island. He attended Newington College (1955–1956) as a boarder. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground (1976). While he has worked mainly in film and television, he has also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played Pontius Pilate in the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972–73, and appears on the original Australian cast recording. His son is the actor Nicholas Gledhill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2014
- Gödel Incomplete as Old Kurt Gödel
2008
- Australia as Father Benedict
2001
- Moulin Rouge! as Christian's Father
1998
- Gods and Monsters as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
1997
- Paradise Road as Mr. Pike
- Warm Strangers as Old Man
1996
- Dating the Enemy as Dr. Kamins
1994
- Escape from Jupiter as Professor Ingessol
1993
- The Nostradamus Kid as Pastor Anderson
1991
- Isabelle Eberhardt as Cauvet
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Acrisius
1989
1988
- The Everlasting Secret Family as Senator
- The Dreaming as Professor Bernard Thornton
1987
- Comrades as Fop
- The Right Hand Man as Dr. Redbridge
- Those Dear Departed as Producer
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Royce Phelan QC
- King Solomon's Mines as Allan Quatermain (voice)
1985
- Burke & Wills as Sir William Stawell
1984
- The Wild Duck as Gregory
- Bodyline as Mr. Jardine
1983
- The Return of Captain Invincible as Lawyer
1982
- We of the Never Never as Aeneas Gunn
- Duet for Four as Doug Quincey
1981
- Strange Behavior as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
- Grendel Grendel Grendel as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
1980
- Water Under the Bridge as Maynard Dickens
1978
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith as Man in Butcher Shop
1977
- The Duellists as Captain with Eyepatch
- The Devil's Playground as Brother Francine
1976
- The New Avengers as Dr. Graham
- Summer of Secrets as Dr. Beverley Adams
1974
- Jock Petersen as Prof. Charles Kent