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Acting
Birthday
September 9, 1939
Place of Birth
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Arthur Dignam
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Old Kurt Gödel
Gödel Incomplete
2014
6.6
Father Benedict
Australia
2008
7.5
Christian's Father
Moulin Rouge!
2001
6.9
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Gods and Monsters
1998
6.4
Mr. Pike
Paradise Road
1997
🎬
0.0
Old Man
Warm Strangers
1997
6.3
Dr. Kamins
Dating the Enemy
1996
4.2
Professor Ingessol
Escape from Jupiter
1994
4.2
Pastor Anderson
The Nostradamus Kid
1993
8.2
Acrisius
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
Credits
Gödel Incomplete
as Old Kurt Gödel
2014
6.0
Australia
as Father Benedict
2008
6.6
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian's Father
2001
7.5
Gods and Monsters
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
1998
6.9
Paradise Road
as Mr. Pike
1997
6.4
🎬
Warm Strangers
as Old Man
1997
0.0
Dating the Enemy
as Dr. Kamins
1996
6.3
Escape from Jupiter
as Professor Ingessol
1994
4.2
The Nostradamus Kid
as Pastor Anderson
1993
4.2
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
as Acrisius
1991
8.2
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Cauvet
1991
4.5
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
7.0
The Dreaming
as Professor Bernard Thornton
1988
5.0
The Everlasting Secret Family
as Senator
1988
4.6
The Right Hand Man
as Dr. Redbridge
1987
2.5
Comrades
as Fop
1987
6.8
Those Dear Departed
as Producer
1987
4.0
The Flying Doctors
as Royce Phelan QC
1986
6.3
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
1986
5.7
Burke & Wills
as Sir William Stawell
1985
4.5
Bodyline
as Mr. Jardine
1984
7.7
The Wild Duck
as Gregory
1984
6.7
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Lawyer
1983
6.1
We of the Never Never
as Aeneas Gunn
1982
5.6
Duet for Four
as Doug Quincey
1982
1.0
Strange Behavior
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
1981
5.5
Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
1981
3.9
Water Under the Bridge
as Maynard Dickens
1980
0.0
Minder
as Geoffrey Evans
1979
6.8
The Hero
1979
10.0
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Man in Butcher Shop
1978
6.7
The Devil's Playground
as Brother Francine
1977
6.5
The Duellists
as Captain with Eyepatch
1977
7.2
Summer of Secrets
as Dr. Beverley Adams
1976
5.0
The New Avengers
as Dr. Graham
1976
7.0
Jock Petersen
as Prof. Charles Kent
1974
2.8
Libido
1973
3.8