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Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson

Known for: Acting

Born: September 14, 1936

Died: December 16, 2011

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.

Known for

Hamlet
Hamlet
1969
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1979
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
1970
Macbeth
Macbeth
1983
Inadmissible Evidence
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972
The Bofors Gun
The Bofors Gun
1968
Laughter in the Dark
Laughter in the Dark
1969
I Know What I Meant
1974
Excalibur
Excalibur
1981
Return to Oz
Return to Oz
1985
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1968
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
The Jerusalem File
The Jerusalem File
1972
The Six-Sided Triangle
The Six-Sided Triangle
1963
Venom
Venom
1981
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
Passion Flower
Passion Flower
1987
The Monk
The Monk
1972
Sakharov
Sakharov
1984
Horror of Darkness
Horror of Darkness
1965
To Be Hamlet
To Be Hamlet
1985
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Day of Ragnarok
The Day of Ragnarok
1965
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie
The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie
1981
Spawn
Spawn
1997
Robin and Marian
Robin and Marian
1976
The Exorcist III
The Exorcist III
1990
Black Widow
Black Widow
1987
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig
1993
One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
2006
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective
1978
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Columbo
Columbo
1971
The Word
The Word
1978
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
1985
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Chillers
Chillers
1990
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Film '72
1971
Six
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl
1977
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