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Nicol Williamson

British actor (1936-2011) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 75

Thomas Nicol Williamson was a British actor. He was described as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando" and "touched by genius" by John Osborne and Samuel Beckett, respectively.

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2011Died16 December 20112006One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & RollFilm1996The Wind in the WillowsFilm, Badger1993Audrey Hepburn: RememberedFilm1990ChillersSeries, Dr Stephen McCullough1987Black WidowFilm, William1986Lord Mountbatten: The Last ViceroySeries, Lord Louis Mountbatten1985Christopher ColumbusSeries, Re Ferdinando1984SakharovFilm, Malyarov1983MacbethFilm, Macbeth1981ExcaliburFilm, Merlin1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries, MacbethThe WordSeries, 1978Maertin de VroomeThe Cheap DetectiveFilm, 1978Colonel Schlissel1976Robin and MarianFilm, Little John1975The Wilby ConspiracyFilm, Major Horn1972The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiFilm, Arturo Ui1971ColumboSeries, Eric MasonFilm '72Series1969Silver Shell for Best ActorAwardHamletFilm, 1969Hamlet / King Hamlet1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesInadmissible EvidenceFilm, 1968Bill Maitland1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries, Jim Fitch1964SixSeries1963The Six-Sided TriangleFilm, The Lover1936Born14 September 1936

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Known for

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  • Excalibur 1981
  • The Goodbye Girl 1977
  • Return to Oz 1985
  • The Cheap Detective 1978
  • The Exorcist III 1990

Also in Deutsch Français

Filmography 36

46 credits on file

Television 10

Media & music

Awards

Silver Shell for Best Actor1969

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2011 · aged 75

In the same film or series as Nicol

John SteinbeckAlso in Of Mice and Men (1968)Sidney PoitierAlso in The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)Joe PesciAlso in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)Luis BuñuelAlso in The Monk (1972)Tom StoppardAlso in The Human Factor (1979)Eric IdleAlso in The Wind in the Willows (1996)