Nicol Williamson
Actor
Known for
Careers this long are unusual: Nicol Williamson is a British actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. Playing Cogliostro in 'Spawn' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. The list also holds 'Excalibur'. If the filmography has a home genre, it is fantasy. 31 credits across 63 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Nicol Williamson
Actor
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Sep 14, 1936 – Dec 16, 2011
Age75years
Movies24
Series7
Careers this long are unusual: Nicol Williamson is a British actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. Playing Cogliostro in 'Spawn' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. The list also holds 'Excalibur'. If the filmography has a home genre, it is fantasy. 31 credits across 63 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Movies
Plays Father Morning
The Exorcist III
1990
Plays Merlin
Excalibur
1981
Plays Cogliostro
Spawn
1997
Plays Dr. Worley / Nome King
Return to Oz
1985
Plays William
Black Widow
1987
Plays Little John
Robin and Marian
1976
Plays Major Horn
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
Plays Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
The Hour of the Pig
1993
Plays Sherlock Holmes
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
Plays The Duke of Talamur
The Monk
1972
Plays Cmdr. William Bulloch
Venom
1981
Plays Colonel Schlissel
The Cheap Detective
1978
Plays Badger
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Plays Derek Bauer
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Plays Sir Edward More
Laughter in the Dark
1969
Plays Hamlet / King Hamlet
Hamlet
1969
Plays Michael Marler
The Reckoning
1970
Plays Professor Lang
The Jerusalem File
1972
Plays Gunner O'Rourke
The Bofors Gun
1968
Plays Macbeth
Macbeth
1983
Plays Bill Maitland
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
TV Shows
Plays Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
Plays Re Ferdinando
Christopher Columbus
1985
Plays Maertin de Vroome
The Word
1978
Plays Dr Stephen McCullough
Chillers
1990
Plays Eric Mason
Columbo
1971
Plays Macbeth
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Plays Jim Fitch
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Latest Trailers
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Spawn
Full Filmography 31
Spawn
Cogliostro
1997
The Wind in the Willows
Badger
1996
The Hour of the Pig
Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
1993
The Exorcist III
Father Morning
1990
Chillers
Dr Stephen McCullough
1990Season 1
Black Widow
William
1987
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Lord Louis Mountbatten · 6 episodes
1986–
Return to Oz
Dr. Worley / Nome King
1985
Christopher Columbus
Re Ferdinando · 4 episodes
1985–
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Nicol Williamson still alive?
Nicol Williamson passed away on December 16, 2011 at age 75.
What are the most famous roles of Nicol Williamson?
Nicol Williamson is best known for roles in Spawn, Excalibur, Return to Oz.
How many movies has Nicol Williamson been in?
Over a 48-year career (since 1963), Nicol Williamson has appeared in 24 movies and 7 TV shows.
What was Nicol Williamson's first movie?
The career of Nicol Williamson began with The Six-Sided Triangle (1963).
What is Nicol Williamson's most recent movie or series?
Nicol Williamson's most recent release is One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll, which premiered on January 10, 2006.
What TV shows has Nicol Williamson appeared in?
On television, Nicol Williamson has appeared in Columbo, The Dick Cavett Show, Film '72, Thirty-Minute Theatre.
Nicol Williamson
1936-09-14 · Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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.