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|birth_place= [[Lord Howe Island]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
|death_date= {{death date and age|2020|05|09|1939|9|9|df=yes}}
|death_place= Sydney, Australia
|education= [[Newington College]]<br>[[University of Sydney]]
|occupation= Actor
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|children= [[Nicholas Gledhill]]
|nationality= [[Australia]]nAustralian
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'''Arthur Dignam''' (9 September 1939 – 9 May 2020) was an Australian stage and screen actor.
 
==BiographyEarly life==
Dignam was born on [[Lord Howe Island]].<ref>{{IMDb name|0226583}}</ref> He attended [[Newington College]] in [[Sydney]] as a boarder in 1955 and 1956<ref>Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp. 52</ref> and then the [[University of Sydney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/alumni-giving.html|title=Alumni & giving|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>
 
==Career==
He has been best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in [[Fred Schepisi]]'s ''[[The Devil's Playground (1976 film)|The Devil's Playground]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/30/movies/the-devil-s-playground.html|title='The Devil's Playground'|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1981-10-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> While he has worked mainly in film and television, he also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played [[Pontius Pilate]] in the Australian production of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' in 1972–73, and appears on the [[Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording)|original Australian cast recording]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
He was best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in [[Fred Schepisi]]'s ''[[The Devil's Playground (1976 film)|The Devil's Playground]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/30/movies/the-devil-s-playground.html|title='The Devil's Playground'|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1981-10-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> While he worked mainly in film and television, he also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played [[Pontius Pilate]] in the Australian production of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' in 1972–73, and appears on the [[Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording)|original Australian cast recording]].<ref name="Original Program">Original Program</ref>
 
During 1980, Dignam was part of ''A Shakespeare Company'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCpEhrdarIMC&dq=Arthur+Dignam+Shakespeare+Company&pg=PA157|title=Theatre Australia (un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s|last=Milne|first=Geoffrey|date=2004|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=9789042009301|language=en}}</ref> funded by a one-off grant from the [[Australia Council]], and worked with actors [[Ruth Cracknell]], [[Ron Haddrick]] and others on two texts for six months and then presented them at the [[Seymour Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19801111&id=Sv9jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3975,4511798|title=The Sydney Morning Herald -– Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Dignam died on 9 May 2020, at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vale: Arthur Dignam {{!}} TV Tonight|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/05/vale-arthur-dignam.html/|last=Knox|first=David|date=2020-05-12|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref>
His son together with Bobbie Gledhill – actor [[Nicholas Gledhill]] was born in Sydney in 1975.
 
==FamilyDeath==
Dignam died of a heart attack on 9 May 2020, in Sydney at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vale: Arthur Dignam {{!}} TV Tonight|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/05/vale-arthur-dignam.html/|last=Knox|first=David|date=2020-05-12|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref>
His son is actor [[Nicholas Gledhill]].
 
==Theatre credits==
 
*''[[The Trojan Women|The Women of Troy]]'', [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Merlyn Theatre]], Southbank, VIC, 6 November 2008
===As actor===
*''The Women of Troy'', [[The Wharf Theatre|Wharf 1]], Sydney, NSW, 16 September 2008
{|class="wikitable"
*''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', Wharf 1, Sydney, NSW, 28 June 2005
! Year
*''The Governor's Family'', [[Belvoir St Theatre]] Surry Hills, NSW, 1 May 1997
! Title
*''Sixteen Words for Water'', [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Subiaco Theatre Centre]], Subiaco, WA, 27 July 1994
! Role
*''Mesmerized'', [[Griffin Theatre Company|Stables Theatre]], Darlinghurst, NSW, 8 April 1993
! Venue / Company
*''[[Life of Galileo]]'', [[Nimrod Theatre Company|Nimrod Upstairs]], Surry Hills, NSW, 27 June 1979
|-
*''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', [[SGIO Theatre]], Brisbane, QLD, 18 April 1979
| 1961 || ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' || || [[University of Sydney]]
*''Pandora's Cross'', Paris Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 29 July 1978
|-
*''[[Ned Kelly (musical)|Ned Kelly]]'', [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney|Her Majesty's Theatre (1960-2001)]], Sydney, NSW, 4 February 1978
| 1962 || ''[[The Dumb Waiter]]'' and ''[[A Slight Ache]]'' || Gus / Edward || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Old Dolphin Theatre, Perth]] & [[University of Sydney]]
*''Ned Kelly'', [[Adelaide Festival Centre|Festival Theatre]], Adelaide, SA, 30 December 1977
|-
*''[[Big Toys]]'', [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Parade Theatre]], Kensington, NSW, 27 July 1977
| 1962 || ''[[Coriolanus]]'' || || [[University of Sydney]]
*''[[Waiting For Godot]]'', Octagon Theatre, Crawley, WA, 13 November 1975
|-
*''Scapin'', Recording Hall, Sydney, NSW, 7 March 1975
| 1963 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' || [[Romeo]] || [[University of Sydney]]
*''[[Berenice (play)|Berenice]]'', Recording Hall, Sydney, NSW, 1975
|-
*''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', New Art Cinema, Glebe, NSW, 19 April 1974
| 1966 || ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]''|| || [[University of Adelaide]]
*''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', [[Sydney Opera House|Drama Theatre]], Sydney, NSW, 25 September 1973
|-
*''[[Kabul]]'', Parade Theatre, Kensington, NSW, 31 May 1973
*| 1968 || ''[[HamletWar and Peace]]'', Nimrod|| Street|| [[New Theatre, Darlinghurst,Sydney]] NSW,with 23[[Melbourne MarchTheatre 1973Company]]
|-
*''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', [[UNSW Venues|Sir John Clancy Auditorium]], Kensington, NSW, 28 June 1972
| 1969 || ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' || Guildenstern || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan|The Good Man of Setzuan]]'', Parade Theatre, Kensington, NSW, 14 April 1972
|-
*''[[Trelawny of the Wells]]'', Parade Theatre, Kensington, NSW, 28 January 1972
| 1969 || ''[[The Man of Mode]]'' || || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
*''An Evening of Victorian Music Hall'', [[Paddington Town Hall]] (No 2 Hall), Paddington, NSW, 26 March 1971
|-
*''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|Doctor Faustus]]'', Southern Highlands Festival Theatre, Mittagong, NSW, 23 February 1971
| 1970 || ''The Pope's Wedding'' || || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Old Dolphin Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'', Southern Highlands Festival Theatre, Mittagong, NSW, 5 February 1971
|-
*''[[Macbeth]]'', Nimrod Street Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1971
| 1970 || ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' || || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Hole in the Wall Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[Hadrian VII]]'', Octagon Theatre, Crawley, WA, 25 September 1970
|-
*''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]'', [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre]], Leederville, WA, 1970
| 1970 || ''The Haunted House'' / ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]'' || Callidamates / Brindsley Miller || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', Octagon Theatre, Crawley, WA, 18 September 1969
|-
*''[[War and Peace]]'', New Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW, 21 September 1968
*| 1970 || ''[[TheTwelfth RoyalNight|Twelfth HuntNight, ofor theWhat SunYou Will]]'', || [[BonythonOrsino Hall(Twelfth Night)|Orsino]], The|| [[University of Adelaide,Western SAAustralia|Octagon Theatre, 14 March 1966Perth]]
|-
*''Victimes du Devoir'', [[University of Melbourne Student Union|Union Theatre]], Parkville, VIC, 5 September 1964
| 1970 || ''[[Othello]]'' || Cassio || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', Union Theatre, Camperdown, NSW, 18 April 1963
|-
*''[[The Dumb Waiter]] & [[A Slight Ache]]'', Union Theatre, Camperdown, NSW, 5 July 1962
| 1970 || ''Brecht on Brecht'' || || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Old Dolphin Theatre, Perth]]
*''[[Coriolanus]]'', Union Theatre, Camperdown, NSW, 4 April 1962
|-
*''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'', Wallace Theatre, Camperdown, NSW, 23 June 1961<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225405|title=AusStage|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>
| 1970 || ''[[The Seagull]]'' || || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Hadrian the Seventh]]'' || || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Narrow Road to the Deep North]]'' || || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Old Dolphin Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1970 || ''[[What the Butler Saw (play)|What the Butler Saw]]'' || || [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1971 || ''[[The Recruiting Officer]]'' || || Southern Highlands Festival Theatre
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Doctor Faustus (play)|Doctor Faustus]]'' || || Southern Highlands Festival Theatre
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Macbeth]]'' || || [[Nimrod Theatre Company|Nimrod Street Theatre]]
|-
| 1971 || ''An Evening of Victorian Music Hall'' || || [[Paddington Town Hall]] with [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Trelawny of the 'Wells']]'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan|The Good Man of Setzuan]]'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' || [[Pontius Pilate]] || [[Capitol Theatre, Sydney]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Hamlet]]'' || || [[Nimrod Theatre Company|Nimrod Street Theatre]] & [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Playhouse, Canberra]]
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Kabul]]'' || || [[University of New South Wales|UNSW]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' || || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' || [[Mark Antony|Antony]] || New Fortune Theatre for [[Perth Festival]]
|-
| 1974 || ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' || Narrator || New Art Cinema, Sydney
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Berenice (play)|Berenice]]'' || || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1975 || ''Scapin'' || || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' || || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre, Perth]]
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' || [[Potiphar]] / [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]] || [[Seymour Centre]]
|-
| 1976 || ''T.Zee'' || The Beast || [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court Theatre, London]]
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Big Toys]]'' || Ritchie Bousanquet || [[University of NSW|UNSW]], [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]] & [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Canberra Theatre]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
|-
| 1977–78 || ''[[Ned Kelly (musical)|Ned Kelly]]'' || Superintendent Hare || [[Adelaide Festival Centre]] & [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney]]
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Pandora's Cross]]'' || The Goose || [[Paris Theatre, Sydney]]
|-
| 1979 || ''[[The Lady of the Camellias]]'' || Baron de Varville || [[Sydney Opera House]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' || Judge Brack || [[SGIO Theatre]] with [[Queensland Theatre|QTC]] (left before opening night)
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Life of Galileo]]'' || Cardinal Barberini || [[Nimrod Theatre Company|Nimrod Upstairs]]
|-
| 1980 || ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' || Launce / Lucetta / Host / Outlaw || [[Seymour Centre]]
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' || Duke of Vienna || [[Seymour Centre]]
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' || || [[Wharf Theatre]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1993 || ''Mesmerized'' || || [[Griffin Theatre Company|Stables Theatre]]
|-
| 1993–94 || ''The Temple'' || Sir Thomas Burchett / Henry / Freddie Arrow || [[Wharf Theatre]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|-
| 1994 || ''[[The Crucible]]'' || Judge Hathorn || [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]], [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]], [[Monash University]]
|-
| 1994 || ''Sixteen Words for Water'' || || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Subiaco Theatre Centre]]
|-
| 1997 || ''The Governor's Family'' || || [[Belvoir St Theatre]]
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' || [[Julius Caesar]] || [[Wharf Theatre|Wharf Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The Trojan Women|The Women of Troy]]'' || [[Menelaus]] || [[Wharf Theatre|Wharf Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]] & [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Merlyn Theatre]]
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225405|title=AusStage|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>
 
===As producer===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue / Company
|-
| 1964 || ''Victimes du Devoir'' || Producer || [[University of Melbourne]]
|}
 
==Filmography==
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===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
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| ''[[The Devil's Playground (1976 film)|The Devil's Playground]]''
| Brother Francine
| Feature film <ref name=idol/>
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| 1976
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| ''[[The Everlasting Secret Family]]''
| The Senator
| Feature film<ref name=idol>Michael Ferguson and Michael S. Ferguson {{google books|R4f--vTO9LICR4f—vTO9LIC|Idol Worship: A Shameless Celebration of Male Beauty in the Movies|page=215}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
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| Uncredited
| Feature film
|-
| 2017
| ''7 from Etheria''
| Old Kurt Gödel
| Anthology film (segment: "Gödel Incomplete")
|}
 
===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]''
| Dr Graham
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|Water Under the Bridge]]''
| Maynard Dickens
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Tickled Pink]]''
|
| TV series
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|The Dismissal]]''
| [[Eric Robinson (Australian politician)|Eric Robinson]]
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
| TV Miniseries
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Five Mile Creek]]''
| Arthur Archer
| TV series
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Special Squad (Australian TV series)|Special Squad]]''
| Grayson
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1984
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| [[Malcolm Jardine|Mr Jardine]] (Douglas Jardine's father)
| TV miniseries
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The StoryTeller (TV series)|The Storyteller: Greek Myths]]''
| King Acrisius
| TV series, episode: ''Perseus and the Gorgon''
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Shadow of the Cobra]]''
| Gupta
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
| TV Miniseries
|-
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Edens Lost]]''
| Heath
| TV Miniseriesminiseries
|-
| 1994-951992
| ''[[The Flying Doctors]]''
| Royce Phelan DC
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Geoffrey Evans
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994–95
| ''[[Escape from Jupiter]]''
| Professor Ingosol
| TV series, 13 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Pacific Drive (TV series)|Pacific Drive]]''
| Marcus (theatrical agent)
| TV series
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Heartbreak High]]''
| Athol Pike
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2001
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
| Father Francis Tyler
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Faraway Downs]]''
| Father Benedict
| TV miniseries, 1 episode
|}
 
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