Basil Dignam Biography

Personal life

Selected filmography

• Maytime in Mayfair (1949) - Commissionaire (uncredited)
• The Smart Aleck (1951) - Defending Counsel
• Two on the Tiles (1951) - Ship's Captain
• The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
• Appointment with Venus (1951) - R.A.M.C. Captain
• His Excellency (1952) - Security Officer
• Hammer the Toff (1952) - Superintendent
• There Was a Young Lady (1953)
• Carrington V.C. (1954)
• The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
• They Can't Hang Me (1955) - Wing Commander Riddle
• Touch and Go (1955) - Stevens
• The Narrowing Circle (1956) - George Pacey
• Private's Progress (1956) - Col. Martin (uncredited)
• Port of Escape (1956) - Det. Insp. Crawford
• The Intimate Stranger (1956) - Dr. Gray
• Reach for the Sky (1956) - Air Ministry Doctor (uncredited)
• The Weapon (1956) - (uncredited)
• The Counterfeit Plan (1957) - Police Commissioner
• You Pay Your Money (1957) - Currie
• Brothers in Law (1957) - Mr. Justice Emery
• Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) - Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador at Nanking
• Man in the Shadow (1957) - Bit Part (uncredited)
• Three Sundays to Live (1957) - Davitt
• The Depraved (1957) - Tom Wilton
• Son of a Stranger (1957) - Dr. Delaney
• The Safecracker (1958) - Air Vice Marshal
• Innocent Sinners (1958) - Mr. Dyson - Olivia's Solicitor (uncredited)
• Up the Creek (1958) - Coombes
• The Spaniard's Curse (1958) - Guy Stevenson (uncredited)
• A Cry from the Streets (1958) - Police Inspector (uncredited)
• Carry on Sergeant (1958) - Third Specialist
• Further Up the Creek (1958) - Flagship Commander
• I Only Arsked! (1958) - (uncredited)
• Corridors of Blood (1958) - Chairman
• Them Nice Americans (1958) - Inspector Adams
• Room at the Top (1959) - Priest (uncredited)
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) - Security Officer
• Sapphire (1959) - Doctor Burgess (uncredited)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959) - Minister of Labour
• A Touch of Larceny (1959) - Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
• The Spider's Web (1960) - Hugo
• Suspect (1960) - Dr Childs
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) - Army Officer
• Sentenced for Life (1960) - Ralph Thompson
• The Fourth Square (1961) - Inspector Forbes
• Gorgo (1961) - Admiral Brooks
• The Secret Partner (1961) - Lyle
• The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961) - Morrell
• Fate Takes a Hand (1961) - Wheeler
• Life for Ruth (1962) - Lawyer Mapleton
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
• Seven Seas to Calais (1962) - Sir Francis Walsingham
• Master Spy (1963) - Richard Horton
• Heavens Above! (1963) - Prisoner Governor
• 80,000 Suspects (1963) - Medical Officer Boswell
• Ring of Spies (1964) - 2nd Member at Lord's (uncredited)
• Joey Boy (1965) - General
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) - Lawyer
• Rotten to the Core (1965) - The General
• Where the Spies Are (1965) - Major Harding
• Naked Evil (1966) - Jim Benson
• The Jokers (1967) - Bank Manager
• Cuckoo Patrol (1967) - Snodgrass
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
• Assignment K (1968) - Howlett
• Twisted Nerve (1968) - Doctor
• Laughter in the Dark (1969) - Dealer
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)
• The Great White Hope (1970) - English Official (uncredited)
• 10 Rillington Place (1971) - Medical Board
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) - The Commissioner (uncredited)
• Young Winston (1972) - Joseph Chamberlain
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) - Brigadier