Arthur Dignam
Biography
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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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Movies 31
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian's Father
2001
Australia
as Father Benedict
2008
The Duellists
as Captain with Eyepatch
1977
Gods and Monsters
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
1998
Paradise Road
as Mr. Pike
1997
Dead Kids
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
1981
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Man in Butcher Shop
1978
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Lawyer
1983
Comrades
as Fop
1987
Dating the Enemy
as Dr. Kamins
1996
The Everlasting Secret Family
as Senator
1988
The Devil's Playground
as Brother Francine
1977
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Cauvet
1991
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Right Hand Man
as Dr. Redbridge
1987
We of the Never Never
as Aeneas Gunn
1982
The Wild Duck
as Gregory
1984
Burke & Wills
as Sir William Stawell
1985
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
1986
Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
1981
The Nostradamus Kid
as Pastor Anderson
1993
The Dreaming
as Professor Bernard Thornton
1988
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
as Acrisius
1991
The Hero
1979
Libido
1973
Those Dear Departed
as Producer
1987
Petersen
as Prof. Charles Kent
1974
Duet for Four
as Doug Quincey
1982
Gödel Incomplete
as Old Kurt Gödel
2014
Summer of Secrets
as Dr. Beverley Adams
1976
Warm Strangers
as Old Man
1997
