Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson

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

Excalibur

as Merlin

Spawn

as Cogliostro

Return to Oz

as Dr. Worley / Nome King

Cast Credits

Spawn

as Cogliostro

The Hour of the Pig

as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre

The Exorcist III

as Father Morning

Passion Flower

as Albert Coskin

Black Widow

as William McCrory

Return to Oz

as Dr. Worley / Nome King

Sakharov

as Malyarov

Macbeth

as Macbeth

Venom

as Cmdr. William Bulloch

Excalibur

as Merlin

The Human Factor

as Maurice Castle

The Cheap Detective

as Colonel Schlissel

The Goodbye Girl

as Oliver Fry (uncredited)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Sherlock Holmes

Robin and Marian

as Little John

I Know What I Meant

as Richard Nixon

The Monk

as The Duke of Talamur

The Jerusalem File

as Professor Lang

The Reckoning

as Michael Marler

Hamlet

as Hamlet / King Hamlet

Laughter in the Dark

as Sir Edward More

Inadmissible Evidence

as Bill Maitland

The Bofors Gun

as Gunner O'Rourke