Arthur Dignam
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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.
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Known for
The Flying Doctors
Royce Phelan QC
Minder
Geoffrey Evans
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Acrisius
Bodyline
Mr. Jardine
Moulin Rouge!
Christian's Father
The New Avengers
Australia
Father Benedict
The Duellists
Captain with Eyepatch
Gods and Monsters
Ernest Thesiger (uncredited)
Escape from Jupiter
Professor Ingessol
Water Under the Bridge
Maynard Dickens
Paradise Road
Mr. Pike
We of the Never Never
Aeneas Gunn
Dating the Enemy
Dr. Kamins
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Man in Butcher Shop
The Return of Captain Invincible
Lawyer
Comrades
Fop
Burke & Wills
Sir William Stawell
Strange Behavior
Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
The Devil's Playground
Brother Francine
Isabelle Eberhardt
Shadow of the Cobra
The Wild Duck
Gregory
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain (voice)
Libido
The Right Hand Man
Dr. Redbridge
The Nostradamus Kid
Pastor Anderson
The Dreaming
Professor Bernard Thornton
Grendel Grendel Grendel
The Dragon / Beowulf (voice)
Jock Petersen
Prof. Charles Kent
The Everlasting Secret Family
Senator
The Hero
Those Dear Departed
Producer
Gödel Incomplete
Old Kurt Gödel
Warm Strangers
Old Man
Summer of Secrets
Dr. Beverley Adams