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Basil Dignam

Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, 1905-10-24

Died: 1979-01-31

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Maytime in Mayfair	Commissionaire (uncredited)	53
2	1951	Smart Alec	Defense Attorney	85
3	1951	Two on the Tiles	Ship’s Captain	55
4	1951	The Lady with a Lamp		61
5	1951	Appointment with Venus	R.A.M.C. Captain	51
6	1952	His Excellency	Security Officer	60
7	1952	Hammer the Toff	Superintendent	60
8	1955	The Quatermass Xperiment	Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)	66
9	1955	They Can't Hang Me	Wing Commander Riddle	60
10	1955	Touch and Go	Stevens	63
11	1956	The Narrowing Circle	George Pacey	55
12	1956	Port of Escape	Det. Sgt. Crawford	54
13	1956	Reach for the Sky	Air Ministry Doctor	68
14	1956	The Weapon		59
15	1957	The Counterfeit Plan	Police Commissioner	52
16	1957	You Pay Your Money	Currie	49
17	1957	Brothers in Law	Mr. Justice Emery	71
18	1957	Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst	Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China	72
19	1957	Three Sundays to Live	Davitt	50
20	1957	The Depraved	Tom Wilton	46
21	1958	The Nice Americans	Inspector Adams	0
22	1958	Son of a Stranger	Dr. Delaney	0
23	1958	Innocent Sinners	Dyson	70
24	1958	Up the Creek	Coombes	62
25	1958	Carry On Sergeant	Third Specialist	64
26	1958	Rockets Galore	R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)	60
27	1958	Further Up the Creek	Flagship Commander	60
28	1958	Corridors of Blood	Hospital Chairman	61
29	1958	Room at the Top	Priest (uncredited)	69
30	1959	Carlton-Browne of the F.O.	Security Officer	59
31	1959	I'm All Right Jack	Minister of Labour	67
32	1959	Sapphire	Doctor Burgess	70
33	1960	Sentenced for Life	Ralph Thompson	0
34	1960	A Touch of Larceny	Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)	58
35	1960	The Spider's Web	Hugo	61
36	1960	Suspect	Dr Childs	65
37	1960	The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's	Army Officer	62
38	1961	Gorgo	Admiral Brooks	54
39	1961	The Secret Partner	Lyle	58
40	1961	Victim	Barrister (uncredited)	75
41	1961	Fate Takes a Hand	Wheeler	60
42	1961	The Court Martial of Major Keller	Morrell	0
43	1962	Life for Ruth	Mapleton	64
44	1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)	80
45	1962	Seven Seas to Calais	Sir Francis Walsingham	52
46	1963	Heavens Above!	Prison Governor	63
47	1963	80,000 Suspects	Health Officer Boswell	69
48	1964	Ring of Spies	Second Member at Lords (uncredited)	69
49	1964	Master Spy	Richard Horton	60
50	1965	Rotten to the Core	The General	62
51	1966	Where the Spies Are	Major Harding	52
52	1966	Naked Evil	Jim Benson	50
53	1967	The Jokers	David's Bank Manager	60
54	1967	The Cuckoo Patrol	Snodgrass	38
55	1967	I'll Never Forget What's'isname		56
56	1968	Assignment K	Howlett	60
57	1968	Number Ten	Sebastian Fleming	0
58	1968	Twisted Nerve	Doctor	68
59	1969	Laughter in the Dark	Dealer	40
60	1969	Battle of Britain	Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)	69
61	1970	The Games	Sir Harold	71
62	1971	10 Rillington Place	Member of Medical Board	73
63	1971	A Lizard in a Woman's Skin	Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)	65
64	1972	Young Winston	Joseph Chamberlain	62
65	1972	I Spy a Stranger	Mr. Hufson	0
66	1974	Soft Beds, Hard Battles	Brigadier	44

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Sherlock Holmes		69
2	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Rich Merchant	61
3	1959	Interpol Calling	Insp. Hopkins	67
4	1959	No Hiding Place		37
5	1961	The Avengers		77
6	1961	Sir Francis Drake	Duke Of Alva	45
7	1962	The Saint	Cmdr. Richardson	73
8	1965	Gideon's Way	Commissioner Scott-Marle	68
9	1965	Londoners	Sir Edgar Bliss	0
10	1965	United!		0
11	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
12	1967	The Prisoner	Supervisor	77
13	1968	The Champions	Sir Frederick	61
14	1969	Judge Dee		50
15	1969	The Main Chance	Mr. Jory	77
16	1969	Department S	Howard Finch	49
17	1969	Department S	Henry Smith	49
18	1970	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	Bishop Gardiner	81
19	1970	UFO	Cabinet Minister	76
20	1971	Elizabeth R	Archbishop Gardiner	74
21	1971	Persuasion	Sir Walter Elliot	62
22	1971	Jason King		73
23	1971	The Persuaders!	Prime Minister Norman Russell	76
24	1971	Justice	Sir Jules Larsen	60
25	1971	Fathers and Sons		0
26	1972	War & Peace		71
27	1972	The Adventurer	John Ballard	55
28	1972	The Protectors	Charles Engleton	56
29	1972	Crown Court	Dr. Sissons	54
30	1975	The Sweeney	Moberly	77
31	1975	The Stars Look Down	Richard Barras	0
32	1976	The New Avengers	Hugh Rydercroft	70
33	1978	Life of Shakespeare	The Lord Chamberlain	0