Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 09, 1939
Place of Birth
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
37 titles
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 Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Gödel Incomplete
Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
Old Man
Dating the Enemy
Dr. Kamins
Escape from Jupiter
Professor Ingessol
The Nostradamus Kid
Pastor Anderson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Acrisius
Isabelle Eberhardt
Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra
The Dreaming
Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
Senator
The Right Hand Man
Dr. Redbridge
Comrades
Fop
Those Dear Departed
Producer
The Flying Doctors
Royce Phelan QC
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
Sir William Stawell
Bodyline
Mr. Jardine
The Wild Duck
Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
Lawyer
We of the Never Never
Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four
Doug Quincey
Strange Behavior
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Water Under the Bridge
Maynard Dickens
Minder
Geoffrey Evans
The Hero
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground
Brother Francine
The Duellists
Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
Dr. Beverley Adams
The New Avengers
Dr. Graham
Jock Petersen
Prof. Charles Kent
Libido