Portrait of Basil Dignam

Acting

Basil Dignam

Titles
64movies47TV shows
Career

Active from 1951 to 1976, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Persuasion
Persuasion
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Basil Dignam Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 2.9
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.8
  • Family Dynamics
    3.6, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
TypeAllTV shows22Movies7
RoleAnyActing29
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s11950s351960s461970s29
GenreAnyDrama19Action & Adventure7Crime5Mystery4Comedy3Thriller2War & Politics1Action1Adventure1War1Horror1Sci-Fi & Fantasy1
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DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1970s

29 titles · average score 70
Poster for Scorpion Tales

TV show · as Clem Laidlaw

Poster for Life of Shakespeare

TV show · as The Lord Chamberlain

GoodWatch72
Poster for The New Avengers

TV show · as Hugh Rydercroft

Poster for John Macnab

TV show · as Colonel Raden

Poster for The Stars Look Down

TV show · as Richard Barras

GoodWatch80
Poster for The Sweeney

TV show · as Moberly

GoodWatch73
Poster for The Pallisers

TV show · as Sir Orlando Drought

Poster for Churchill's People

TV show · as Lord Henry Howard

Poster for Happy Ever After

TV show · as Judge

Poster for The Moonstone

TV show · as Gabriel Betteredge

GoodWatch65
Poster for Crown Court

TV show · as Dr. Sissons

GoodWatch64
Poster for The Protectors

TV show · as Charles Engleton

Poster for The Adventurer

TV show · as John Ballard

GoodWatch57
Poster for Young Winston

as Joseph Chamberlain

GoodWatch65
Poster for Persuasion

TV show · as Sir Walter Elliot

GoodWatch78
Poster for The Persuaders!

TV show · as Prime Minister Norman Russell

GoodWatch80
Poster for Elizabeth R

TV show · as Archbishop Gardiner

Poster for Justice

TV show · as Sir Jules Larsen

GoodWatch70
Poster for 10 Rillington Place

as Member of Medical Board

GoodWatch66
Poster for A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

as Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)

GoodWatch81
Poster for UFO

TV show · as Cabinet Minister

GoodWatch82
Poster for The Six Wives of Henry VIII

TV show · as Bishop Gardiner

GoodWatch66
Poster for The Games

as Sir Harold

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