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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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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Dignam, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Arthur Dignam's Filmography
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Gödel Incomplete
as Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
as Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
as Mr. Pike
No Poster
Warm Strangers
as Old Man
Dating the Enemy
as Dr. Kamins
The Nostradamus Kid
as Pastor Anderson
The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
as Acrisius
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra
The Dreaming
as Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
as Senator
The Right Hand Man
as Dr. Redbridge
Comrades
as Fop
Those Dear Departed
as Producer
King Solomon's Mines
as Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
as Sir William Stawell
The Wild Duck
as Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
as Lawyer
We of the Never Never
as Aeneas Gunn
Duet for Four
as Doug Quincey
Strange Behavior
as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
The Hero
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
as Man in Butcher Shop
The Devil's Playground
as Brother Francine
The Duellists
as Captain with Eyepatch
Summer of Secrets
as Dr. Beverley Adams
Petersen
as Prof. Charles Kent
