Arthur Dignam
Date of birth: 1939-09-09
Place of birth: Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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 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.
Movie Credits
Moulin Rouge!
2001-05-18
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari
The Devil's Playground
1977-12-23
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the
Strange Behavior
1981-10-16
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connect
We of the Never Never
1982-11-04
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of
Summer of Secrets
1976-12-24
A scientist on a secluded island uses revolutionary brain surgery to revive his dead wife.
Comrades
1987-08-23
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one
Jock Petersen
1974-01-01
Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Peterse
Burke & Wills
1985-10-30
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on fo
The Right Hand Man
1987-10-02
A stagecoach driver goes to work for a dying, one-armed aristocrat in 1860s Australia.
The Wild Duck
1984-03-05
Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitima
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983-01-28
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But whe
Those Dear Departed
1987-08-13
A disturbed woman murders her husband, and others, so that she can be haunted by their "wronged" spi
The Dreaming
1988-05-13
When a group of Indigenous activists attempt to repatriate ancestral artifacts found in a cave on Au
The Nostradamus Kid
1993-10-14
When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the girl
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988-03-10
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The
Australia
2008-11-18
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991-11-21
The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. S
Libido
1973-04-06
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and
Paradise Road
1997-02-11
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri
Dating the Enemy
1996-09-19
Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that they wi
The Hero
1979-03-20
Australian ABC TV children's educational program shows how a TV show actor is cast and works to crea
King Solomon's Mines
1986-01-01
Deep within a remote mountain somewhere in Africa lies the fold and endless riches of the legendary
Shadow of the Cobra
1989-07-18
Dramatisation of the story of notorious Indian serial killer Charles Sobhraj (b. 1944), who preyed o
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolera
The Duellists
1977-08-31
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel
Gods and Monsters
1998-09-12
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "
Grendel Grendel Grendel
1981-08-01
This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated by Grendel himself, th
Warm Strangers
1997-01-01
A man tries to reconnect with his father who works at a laundrette.
Gödel Incomplete
2014-03-04
A time-travel romance between one of the great minds of the 20th Century, Kurt Gödel, and a lonely p
Duet for Four
1982-02-26
A middle aged man, Ray Martin, faces a series of problems – his wife is cheating on him, his mistres