Nicol Williamson was a highly talented actor who was considered by some critics to be the finest actor of his generation in the late 1960s and 1970s, rivaled only by Albert Finney, whom Williamson bested in the classics.
Personal Details
BornSep 14, 1936 Hamilton, Scotland, UK
Biography
Career
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1997

Spawn as Cogliostro
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1996

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride as Badger
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1993

The Advocate as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
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1990

The Exorcist III as Father Morning
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Chillers as Dr. Stephen McCullough
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1987

Passion Flower as Albert Coskin
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Black Widow as William McCrory
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1986

Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy as Lord Louis Mountbatten
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1985

Return to Oz as Dr. Worley / Nome King
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Christopher Columbus as Re Ferdinando
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1984

Sakharov as Malyarov
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1983

Macbeth as Macbeth
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1982

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Derek Bauer
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1981

Venom as Cmdr. William Bulloch
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Excalibur as Merlin
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1979

The Human Factor as Maurice Castle
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1978

The Cheap Detective as Colonel Schlissel
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The Word as Maertin de Vroome
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1977

The Goodbye Girl as Oliver Fry (uncredited)
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Columbo as Eric Mason
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1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Sherlock Holmes
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Robin and Marian as Little John
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1975

The Wilby Conspiracy as Major Horn
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1972

Le moine as The Duke of Talamur
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The Jerusalem File as Professor Lang
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1970

The Reckoning as Michael Marler
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1969

Laughter in the Dark as Sir Edward More
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Hamlet as Hamlet / King Hamlet
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1968

The Bofors Gun as Gunner O'Rourke
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Inadmissible Evidence as Bill Maitland
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1993