Nicol Williamson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Nicol Williamson 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicol Williamson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Spawn

as Cogliostro

Excalibur

as Merlin

Return to Oz

as Dr. Worley / Nome King

The Exorcist III

as Father Morning

Columbo

as Eric Mason

Robin and Marian

as Little John

Black Widow

as William McCrory

The Goodbye Girl

as Oliver Fry (uncredited)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Sherlock Holmes

The Cheap Detective

as Colonel Schlissel