Person
Nicol Williamson
Acting · 1936–2011 · Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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
Columbo
Eric Mason
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Film '72
Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Jim Fitch
Excalibur
Merlin
Chillers
Dr Stephen McCullough
Spawn
Cogliostro
Christopher Columbus
Re Ferdinando
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Macbeth
The Exorcist III
Father Morning
Filmography
- 2006One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
- 1997SpawnCogliostro
- 1996The Wind in the WillowsBadger
- 1993The Hour of the PigSeigneur Jehan d'Auferre
- 1993Audrey Hepburn: RememberedSelf (archive footage)
- 1990The Exorcist IIIFather Morning
- 1990ChillersDr Stephen McCullough
- 1987Passion FlowerAlbert Coskin
- 1987Black WidowWilliam McCrory
- 1986Lord Mountbatten: The Last ViceroyLord Louis Mountbatten
- 1985Return to OzDr. Worley / Nome King
- 1985Christopher ColumbusRe Ferdinando
- 1985To Be HamletSelf
- 1984SakharovMalyarov
- 1983MacbethMacbeth
- 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I CanDerek Bauer
- 1981VenomCmdr. William Bulloch
- 1981ExcaliburMerlin
- 1981The Making of Excalibur: Myth into MovieSelf
- 1979The Human FactorMaurice Castle
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareMacbeth
- 1978The WordMaertin de Vroome
- 1978The Cheap DetectiveColonel Schlissel
- 1977The Goodbye GirlOliver Fry (uncredited)
- 1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionSherlock Holmes
- 1976Robin and MarianLittle John
- 1975The Wilby ConspiracyMajor Horn
- 1974I Know What I MeantRichard Nixon
- 1972The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiArturo Ui
- 1972The MonkThe Duke of Talamur
- 1972The Jerusalem FileProfessor Lang
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971ColumboEric Mason
- 1970The ReckoningMichael Marler
- 1969HamletHamlet / King Hamlet
- 1969Laughter in the DarkSir Edward More
- 1968Inadmissible EvidenceBill Maitland
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968The Bofors GunGunner O'Rourke
- 1968Of Mice and MenLennie
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreJim Fitch
- 1965Horror of DarknessRobin
- 1965The Day of Ragnarok
- 1964Six
- 1963The Six-Sided TriangleThe Lover
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