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2 unusual facts about Nicol Williamson


Cogliostro

Nicol Williamson portrayed Cogliostro in the 1997 film adaptation, where he was the black knight from the fifteenth century who became a Hellspawn after his death.

Richard P. Rubinstein

He got his first associate producer credit in the early 1970s for the one-hour TV special A Night with Nicol Williamson, produced by Dore Schary.


Joe de Graft

The 1975 film depicted the escape from a top-security South African prison of Wilby, the leader of anti-apartheid struggle, with the help of freedom fighter Sidney Poitier and reluctant Englishman Michael Caine, while pursued by relentless South African official Nicol Williamson.


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