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Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson

Known for: Acting

Born 14/09/1936
Died 2011-12-16
Place of birth Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Thomas Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011) was a British actor. He was once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.

Filmography

Columbo Series ★ 8,1

Columbo

Eric Mason

1971

The Dick Cavett Show Series ★ 6,8

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

1968

Series ★ 4,7

Film '72

Self

1971

Thirty-Minute Theatre Series ★ 4,3

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Jim Fitch

1965

Excalibur Film ★ 7,0

Excalibur

Merlin

1981

The BBC Television Shakespeare Series ★ 6,0

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Macbeth

1978

Christopher Columbus Series ★ 6,2

Christopher Columbus

Re Ferdinando

1985

Return to Oz Film ★ 6,7

Return to Oz

Dr. Worley / Nome King

1985

The Exorcist III Film ★ 6,3

The Exorcist III

Father Morning

1990

Spawn Film ★ 5,5

Spawn

Cogliostro

1997

Chillers Series ★ 6,7

Chillers

Dr Stephen McCullough

1990

Black Widow Film ★ 6,2

Black Widow

William

1987

The Word Series ★ 4,8

The Word

Maertin de Vroome

1978

The Cheap Detective Film ★ 6,4

The Cheap Detective

Colonel Schlissel

1978

The Goodbye Girl Film ★ 7,0

The Goodbye Girl

Oliver Fry (uncredited)

1977

Robin and Marian Film ★ 6,3

Robin and Marian

Little John

1976

Venom Film ★ 5,7

Venom

Cmdr. William Bulloch

1981

The Wilby Conspiracy Film ★ 6,4

The Wilby Conspiracy

Major Horn

1975

The Wind in the Willows Film ★ 5,8

The Wind in the Willows

Badger

1996

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Film ★ 6,2

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Sherlock Holmes

1976

Series

Six

1964

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy Series ★ 7,5

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Lord Louis Mountbatten

1986

The Monk Film ★ 5,8

The Monk

The Duke of Talamur

1972

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Film ★ 7,0

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Derek Bauer

1982

The Hour of the Pig Film ★ 6,2

The Hour of the Pig

Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre

1993

The Human Factor Film ★ 5,8

The Human Factor

Maurice Castle

1979

To Be Hamlet Film

To Be Hamlet

Self

1985

Passion Flower Film ★ 4,3

Passion Flower

Albert Coskin

1987

The Reckoning Film ★ 7,5

The Reckoning

Michael Marler

1970

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Film ★ 7,6

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Self (archive footage)

1993

Inadmissible Evidence Film ★ 7,0

Inadmissible Evidence

Bill Maitland

1968

Hamlet Film ★ 5,8

Hamlet

Hamlet / King Hamlet

1969

Sakharov Film ★ 7,5

Sakharov

Malyarov

1984

The Jerusalem File Film ★ 4,0

The Jerusalem File

Professor Lang

1972

Macbeth Film ★ 6,4

Macbeth

Macbeth

1983

Of Mice and Men Film ★ 9,0

Of Mice and Men

Lennie

1968

Horror of Darkness Film

Horror of Darkness

Robin

1965

Film

I Know What I Meant

Richard Nixon

1974

The Bofors Gun Film ★ 6,5

The Bofors Gun

Gunner O'Rourke

1968

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Film

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Arturo Ui

1972

Film ★ 8,0

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

2006

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie Film

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie

Self

1981

Laughter in the Dark Film ★ 4,3

Laughter in the Dark

Sir Edward More

1969

The Six-Sided Triangle Film ★ 10,0

The Six-Sided Triangle

The Lover

1963

The Day of Ragnarok Film

The Day of Ragnarok

1965