Nicol Williamson
Date of birth: 1936-09-14
Place of birth: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
To Be Hamlet
1985-01-19
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the par
Spawn
1997-07-31
After being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons makes a pact wi
Robin and Marian
1976-03-11
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Maria
The Six-Sided Triangle
1963-11-27
The Six-Sided Triangle is a 1963 short film directed by Christopher Miles, starring his younger sist
Excalibur
1981-04-10
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conce
Venom
1981-11-28
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, howev
The Exorcist III
1990-08-17
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieuten
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975-02-01
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released
Return to Oz
1985-06-21
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976-10-24
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienn
Hamlet
1969-12-21
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse
The Wind in the Willows
1996-10-16
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved To
The Human Factor
1979-12-18
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security
Black Widow
1987-02-06
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich
Of Mice and Men
1968-01-31
Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depressio
The Hour of the Pig
1993-09-25
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country.
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982-03-05
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
The Reckoning
1970-01-31
Michael Marler, a successful businessman in London, is about to make his way to the top. After 37 ye
Macbeth
1983-11-05
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there,
Passion Flower
1987-03-04
The movers and shakers in Singapore get involved in behind-the-scenes political and business activit
Inadmissible Evidence
1968-06-23
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becom
The Jerusalem File
1972-02-02
An American student starts working with his Arab colleague while putting all politics aside. However
The Monk
1972-11-02
Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes
Sakharov
1984-06-20
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil ri
Horror of Darkness
1965-03-10
A studio-based drama by John Hopkins focusing on a trio of people at the point of crisis, with an un
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993-08-11
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant soph
The Day of Ragnarok
1965-01-02
“Fantasy of the end of civilization. Lesbians commit mayhem during a nuclear war in a wood.” - BFI.
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972-11-07
The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking r
The Bofors Gun
1968-04-04
A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Will
The Cheap Detective
1978-06-23
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accu
The Goodbye Girl
1977-11-27
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are r
Laughter in the Dark
1969-05-11
Swinging London in the 1960s. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman,
I Know What I Meant
1974-07-10
A reconstruction from the audio tapes recorded in the US White House after the Watergate break in.
One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
2006-01-10
For many music fans, history is divided into the long, dull centuries before rock 'n' roll was born