
Nicol Williamson
Acting
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
1997Spawn
Cogliostro
1996The Wind in the Willows
Badger
1993The Hour of the Pig
Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1990The Exorcist III
Father Morning
1987Black Widow
William McCrory
1987Passion Flower
Albert Coskin
1985To Be Hamlet
Self
1985Return to Oz
Dr. Worley / Nome King
1984Sakharov
Malyarov
1983Macbeth
Macbeth
1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Derek Bauer
1981Excalibur
Merlin
1981Venom
Cmdr. William Bulloch
1981The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie
Self
1979The Human Factor
Maurice Castle
1978The Cheap Detective
Colonel Schlissel
1977The Goodbye Girl
Oliver Fry (uncredited)
1976Robin and Marian
Little John
1976The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Sherlock Holmes
1975The Wilby Conspiracy
Major Horn
1972The Jerusalem File
Professor Lang
1972The Monk
The Duke of Talamur
1972The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Arturo Ui