Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Arthur Dignam
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 7
TMDB ID: 108924
IMDb ID: nm0226583
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1939
Age: 86
Place of birth: Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2014
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q4798462
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Arthur Dignam.
6.0
Gödel Incomplete
as Old Kurt Gödel
2014 Movie
6.6
Australia
as Father Benedict
2008 Movie
7.5
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian's Father
2001 Movie
6.9
Gods and Monsters
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
1998 Movie
6.4
Paradise Road
as Mr. Pike
1997 Movie
6.3
Dating the Enemy
as Dr. Kamins
1996 Movie
4.2
The Nostradamus Kid
as Pastor Anderson
1993 Movie
4.5
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Cauvet
1991 Movie
7.0
Shadow of the Cobra
1989 Movie
5.0
The Dreaming
as Professor Bernard Thornton
1988 Movie
4.6
The Everlasting Secret Family
as Senator
1988 Movie
2.5
The Right Hand Man
as Dr. Redbridge
1987 Movie
6.8
Comrades
as Fop
1987 Movie
4.0
Those Dear Departed
as Producer
1987 Movie
5.7
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
1986 Movie
4.5
Burke & Wills
as Sir William Stawell
1985 Movie
6.7
The Wild Duck
as Gregory
1984 Movie
6.1
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Lawyer
1983 Movie
5.6
We of the Never Never
as Aeneas Gunn
1982 Movie
1.0
Duet for Four
as Doug Quincey
1982 Movie
5.5
Strange Behavior
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
1981 Movie
3.9
Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
1981 Movie
10.0
The Hero
1979 Movie
6.7
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Man in Butcher Shop
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Arthur Dignam.
4.2
Escape from Jupiter
as Professor Ingessol • 13 eps
1994 Series
8.2
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Acrisius • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.6
The Flying Doctors
as Royce Phelan QC • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.7
Bodyline
as Mr. Jardine • 7 eps
1984 Series
Water Under the Bridge
as Maynard Dickens • 9 eps
1980 Series
6.8
Minder
as Geoffrey Evans • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.0
The New Avengers
as Dr. Graham • 1 eps
1976 Series