Nicol Williamson

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Nicol Williamson

Born 14 September 1936 Died 16 December 2011, aged 75 Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
27age in their first credit on record (1963)
43years on screen and counting
3credits in 1978, their busiest year
40dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
No poster
Age: 69

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll

2006
Spawn poster Age: 60

Spawn

1997
as Cogliostro
The Wind in the Willows poster Age: 60

The Wind in the Willows

1996
as Badger
The Hour of the Pig poster Age: 57

The Hour of the Pig

1993
as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
The Exorcist III poster Age: 53

The Exorcist III

1990
as Father Morning
Passion Flower poster Age: 50

Passion Flower

1987
as Albert Coskin
Black Widow poster Age: 50

Black Widow

1987
as William McCrory
Return to Oz poster Age: 48

Return to Oz

1985
as Dr. Worley / Nome King
Sakharov poster Age: 47

Sakharov

1984
as Malyarov
Macbeth poster Age: 47

Macbeth

1983
as Macbeth
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can poster Age: 45

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982
as Derek Bauer
Venom poster Age: 45

Venom

1981
as Cmdr. William Bulloch
Excalibur poster Age: 44

Excalibur

1981
as Merlin
The Human Factor poster Age: 43

The Human Factor

1979
as Maurice Castle
The Cheap Detective poster Age: 41

The Cheap Detective

1978
as Colonel Schlissel
The Goodbye Girl poster Age: 41

The Goodbye Girl

1977
as Oliver Fry (uncredited)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster Age: 40

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976
as Sherlock Holmes
Robin and Marian poster Age: 39

Robin and Marian

1976
as Little John
The Wilby Conspiracy poster Age: 38

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975
as Major Horn
No poster
Age: 37

I Know What I Meant

1974
as Richard Nixon
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui poster Age: 36

The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

1972
as Arturo Ui
The Monk poster Age: 36

The Monk

1972
as The Duke of Talamur
The Jerusalem File poster Age: 35

The Jerusalem File

1972
as Professor Lang
The Reckoning poster Age: 33

The Reckoning

1970
as Michael Marler
Hamlet poster Age: 33

Hamlet

1969
as Hamlet / King Hamlet
Laughter in the Dark poster Age: 32

Laughter in the Dark

1969
as Sir Edward More
Inadmissible Evidence poster Age: 31

Inadmissible Evidence

1968
as Bill Maitland
The Bofors Gun poster Age: 31

The Bofors Gun

1968
as Gunner O'Rourke
Of Mice and Men poster Age: 31

Of Mice and Men

1968
as Lennie
Horror of Darkness poster Age: 28

Horror of Darkness

1965
as Robin
The Day of Ragnarok poster Age: 28

The Day of Ragnarok

1965
The Six-Sided Triangle poster Age: 27

The Six-Sided Triangle

1963
as The Lover
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TV credits

Newest first
Chillers poster Age: 53

Chillers

1990
as Dr Stephen McCullough
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy poster Age: 49

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986
as Lord Louis Mountbatten
Christopher Columbus poster Age: 48

Christopher Columbus

1985
as Re Ferdinando
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster Age: 42

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978
as Macbeth
The Word poster Age: 42

The Word

1978
as Maertin de Vroome
Columbo poster Age: 35

Columbo

1971
as Eric Mason
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 29

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Jim Fitch
No poster
Age: 28

Six

1964
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