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Nigel Davenport
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| Known for: | Chariots of Fire, A Man for All Seasons, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| Birth name: | Arthur Nigel Davenport |
| Birthday: | 23 May 1928, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
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Father of Hugo and the actress Laura Davenport with his first wife, and the actor Jack Davenport with his second.
He educated at St. Peter's, Seaford; Cheltenham College and read English at Trinity College,Oxford, where he graduated from with a Master of Arts degree.
At Oxford his talent was for Philosophy and Politics.
It was during his time at Oxford that he met his first wife, Helena, with whom he had two children.
During production of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Davenport read the lines of HAL 9000 off-camera during the computer's dialogs with actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Canadian actor Douglas Rain, who was ultimately chosen for the role of HAL's voice, quickly recorded his lines for the final film in post-production.
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