
Arthur Dignam
Biography
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 Chris…
Known For
Moulin Rouge!
Christian's Father
Australia
Father Benedict
The Duellists
Captain with Eyepatch
Gods and Monsters
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
Mr. Pike
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Man in Butcher Shop
Strange Behavior
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
The Devil's Playground
Brother Francine
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Filmography
Acting (37)
Movies (30)
Gödel Incomplete
2014as Old Kurt Gödel
Australia
2008as Father Benedict
Moulin Rouge!
2001as Christian's Father
Gods and Monsters
1998as Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Paradise Road
1997as Mr. Pike
Warm Strangers
1997as Old Man
Dating the Enemy
1996as Dr. Kamins
The Nostradamus Kid
1993as Pastor Anderson
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991as Cauvet
Shadow of the Cobra
1989
The Dreaming
1988as Professor Bernard Thornton
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988as Senator
The Right Hand Man
1987as Dr. Redbridge
Those Dear Departed
1987as Producer
Comrades
1987as Fop
King Solomon's Mines
1986as Allan Quatermain (voice)
Burke & Wills
1985as Sir William Stawell
The Wild Duck
1984as Gregory
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983as Lawyer
Duet for Four
1982as Doug Quincey
We of the Never Never
1982as Aeneas Gunn
Strange Behavior
1981as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981as The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
The Hero
1979
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978as Man in Butcher Shop
The Duellists
1977as Captain with Eyepatch
The Devil's Playground
1977as Brother Francine
Summer of Secrets
1976as Dr. Beverley Adams
Jock Petersen
1974as Prof. Charles Kent
Libido
1973Television (7)
Escape from Jupiter
1994as Professor Ingessol
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991as Acrisius
The Flying Doctors
1986as Royce Phelan QC
Bodyline
1984as Mr. Jardine
Water Under the Bridge
1980as Maynard Dickens
Minder
1979as Geoffrey Evans
The New Avengers
1976as Dr. Graham
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