Arthur Dignam

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-09-09 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Dignam

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 Wi...

Acting

2001

Moulin Rouge!

as Christian's Father

1977

The Devil's Playground

as Brother Francine

1981

Strange Behavior

as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel

1982

We of the Never Never

as Aeneas Gunn

1976

Summer of Secrets

as Dr. Beverley Adams

1987

Comrades

as Fop

1974

Jock Petersen

as Prof. Charles Kent

1985

Burke & Wills

as Sir William Stawell

1987

The Right Hand Man

as Dr. Redbridge

1984

The Wild Duck

as Gregory

1987

1988

The Dreaming

as Professor Bernard Thornton

1993

The Nostradamus Kid

as Pastor Anderson

2008

Australia

as Father Benedict

1973

1997

Paradise Road

as Mr. Pike

1996

Dating the Enemy

as Dr. Kamins

1986

King Solomon's Mines

as Allan Quatermain (voice)

1978

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

as Man in Butcher Shop

1977

The Duellists

as Captain with Eyepatch

1998

Gods and Monsters

as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)

1981

Grendel Grendel Grendel

as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)

1997

Warm Strangers

as Old Man

2014

Gödel Incomplete

as Old Kurt Gödel

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