Arthur Dignam
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday9 September 1939 (87 years old)
Place of birthLord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Known credits38
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…
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2014 · Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
2008 · Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
1998 · Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
1997 · Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
1997 · Old Man
Dating the Enemy
1996 · Dr. Kamins
Escape from Jupiter
1994 · Professor Ingessol
The Nostradamus Kid
1993 · Pastor Anderson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
1991 · Acrisius
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991 · Acrisius
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991 · Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Dreaming
1988 · Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988 · Senator
The Right Hand Man
1987 · Dr. Redbridge
Comrades
1987 · Fop
Those Dear Departed
1987 · Producer
The Flying Doctors
1986 · Royce Phelan QC
King Solomon's Mines
1986 · Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
1985 · Sir William Stawell
Bodyline
1984 · Mr. Jardine
The Wild Duck
1984 · Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983 · Lawyer
We of the Never Never
1982 · Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four
1982 · Doug Quincey
Strange Behavior
1981 · Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981 · The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Water Under the Bridge
1980 · Maynard Dickens
Minder
1979 · Geoffrey Evans
The Hero
1979
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978 · Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground
1977 · Brother Francine
The Duellists
1977 · Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
1976 · Dr. Beverley Adams
The New Avengers
1976 · Dr. Graham
Petersen
1974 · Prof. Charles Kent
Libido
1973
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