Arthur Dignam
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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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Acted in
Australia
2008
as Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
2001
as Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
1998
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
1997
as Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
1997
as Old Man
Dating the Enemy
1996
as Dr. Kamins
Escape from Jupiter
1994
The Nostradamus Kid
1993
as Pastor Anderson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Acrisius
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Dreaming
1988
as Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988
as Senator
The Right Hand Man
1987
as Dr. Redbridge
Comrades
1987
as Fop
Those Dear Departed
1987
as Producer
The Flying Doctors
1986
as Royce Phelan QC
King Solomon's Mines
1986
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
1985
as Sir William Stawell
Bodyline
1984
as Mr. Jardine
The Wild Duck
1984
as Gregory
The Dismissal
1983
as Eric Robinson
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
as Lawyer
We of the Never Never
1982
as Aeneas Gunn
Strange Behavior
1981
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Water Under the Bridge
1980
as Maynard Dickens
Minder
1979
as Geoffrey Evans
The Hero
1979
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
as Man in Butcher Shop
The Duellists
1977
as Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
1976
as Dr. Beverley Adams
The New Avengers
1976
The Devil's Playground
1976
as Brother Francine
Jock Petersen
1974
as Prof. Charles Kent
Libido
1973