Nicol Williamson
Known for
Acting
Life
1936 – 2011 (aged 75)
Born in
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Credits
View on IMDb41 acting credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Spawn
31 Jul 1997
Excalibur
10 Apr 1981
Return to Oz
21 Jun 1985
The Exorcist III
17 Aug 1990
Columbo
15 Sep 1971
Robin and Marian
11 Mar 1976
Black Widow
06 Feb 1987
The Goodbye Girl
27 Nov 1977
Filmography
1997
- Spawnas Cogliostro
1996
- The Wind in the Willowsas Badger
1993
- The Hour of the Pigas Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
1990
- The Exorcist IIIas Father Morning
- A Curious Suicideas Dr. Stephen McCullough
- Chillersas Dr Stephen McCullough1 episode
1987
- Passion Floweras Albert Coskin
- Black Widowas William
1986
- Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroyas Lord Louis Mountbatten6 episodes
1985
- Return to Ozas Dr. Worley
- Christopher Columbusas Re Ferdinando4 episodes
1984
- Sakharovas Malyarov
1983
- Macbethas Macbeth
1982
- I'm Dancing as Fast as I Canas Derek Bauer
1979
- The Human Factoras Maurice Castle
1978
- The BBC Television Shakespeareas Macbeth1 episode
- The Wordas Maertin de Vroome4 episodes
- The Cheap Detectiveas Colonel Schlissel
1977
- The Goodbye Girlas Oliver Fry (uncredited)
1976
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solutionas Sherlock Holmes
- Robin and Marianas Little John
1975
- The Wilby Conspiracyas Major Horn
1974
- I Know What I Meantas Richard Nixon
1972
- The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Uias Arturo Ui
- The Monkas The Duke of Talamur
- The Jerusalem Fileas Professor Lang
1971
- Columboas Eric Mason1 episode
1970
- The Reckoningas Michael Marler
1969
- Hamletas Hamlet
- Laughter in the Darkas Sir Edward More
1968
- Inadmissible Evidenceas Bill Maitland
- The Bofors Gunas Gunner O'Rourke
- Of Mice and Menas Lennie
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatreas Jim Fitch1 episode
- Horror of Darknessas Robin
- The Day of Ragnarok
1964
- Six1 episode
1963
- The Six-Sided Triangleas The Lover