
Nicol Williamson
Thomas Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 - December 16, 2011) 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.
Known for

Columbo
1971

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Exorcist III
1990

Excalibur
1981

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978

Christopher Columbus
1985

Spawn
1997

Black Widow
1987

Return to Oz
1985

The Cheap Detective
1978

Chillers
1990

Robin and Marian
1976

The Goodbye Girl
1977

The Word
1978

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976

The Human Factor
1979

The Reckoning
1970

Passion Flower
1987

The Hour of the Pig
1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993

The Monk
1972

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986

Venom
1981