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Nicol Williamson
Acting
Born: September 14, 1936
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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

The Exorcist III
as Father Morning

Excalibur
as Merlin

Return to Oz
as Dr. Worley / Nome King

Black Widow
as William McCrory

The Cheap Detective
as Colonel Schlissel

Venom
as Cmdr. William Bulloch

The Goodbye Girl
as Oliver Fry (uncredited)

The Wind in the Willows
as Badger

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Sherlock Holmes