Arthur Dignam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 9, 1939 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
- Credits
- 38
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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.
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Known for
Moulin Rouge!
2001Movie
Christian's Father
Australia
2008Movie
Father Benedict
The Duellists
1977Movie
Captain with Eyepatch
Gods and Monsters
1998Movie
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991TV
Acrisius
Paradise Road
1997Movie
Mr. Pike
Filmography
Gödel Incomplete
2014Movie
Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
2008Movie
Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
2001Movie
Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
1998Movie
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
1997Movie
Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
1997Movie
Old Man
Dating the Enemy
1996Movie
Dr. Kamins
Escape from Jupiter
1994TV
Professor Ingessol
The Nostradamus Kid
1993Movie
Pastor Anderson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
1991Movie
Acrisius
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991TV
Acrisius
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991Movie
Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra
1989Movie
The Dreaming
1988Movie
Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988Movie
Senator
The Right Hand Man
1987Movie
Dr. Redbridge
Comrades
1987Movie
Fop
Those Dear Departed
1987Movie
Producer
The Flying Doctors
1986TV
Royce Phelan QC
King Solomon's Mines
1986Movie
Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
1985Movie
Sir William Stawell
Bodyline
1984TV
Mr. Jardine
The Wild Duck
1984Movie
Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983Movie
Lawyer
We of the Never Never
1982Movie
Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four
1982Movie
Doug Quincey
Strange Behavior
1981Movie
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981Movie
The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Water Under the Bridge
1980TV
Maynard Dickens
Minder
1979TV
Geoffrey Evans
The Hero
1979Movie
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978Movie
Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground
1977Movie
Brother Francine
The Duellists
1977Movie
Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
1976Movie
Dr. Beverley Adams
The New Avengers
1976TV
Dr. Graham
Petersen
1974Movie
Prof. Charles Kent
Libido
1973Movie