CMNetwork Actors

David Healy

A rotund, jovial New Yorker, David Healy obligingly played every manner of stereotypical American in British films and on television for more than thirty years. The son of an Australian father and an American mother, he spent much of his youth in Texas. Studying at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he majored in drama and befriended another young acting hopeful, named Larry Hagman. David first arrived in England as a member of the U.S. Air Force and soon wound up, along with Hagman, in the cast of a touring show written by John Briley. This later grew into The Airbase (1965), a 25-minute BBC sitcom (with David as Staff Sergeant Tillman Miller), which took a humorous look at British-American cultural differences at an RAF base. Considering his job prospects to be rather more lucrative in Britain -- in keeping with the 'bigger fish, smaller pond' theory - David soon found himself in almost continuous demand for any part which required an affable or imperious American. His long gallery of characters included diplomats, businessmen, bureaucrats, spooks, military brass, and so on. There were rare occasions, when he acted against type and played 'Britishers' -- a notable point in case being a likeable Dr. Watson, opposite charismatic Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes, in The Sign of Four (1983). His comedic side was showcased in guest appearances with Dick Emery and Kenny Everett and a with couple of turns in Jeeves and Wooster (1990). Though married and settled in Surrey, David took job offers on both sides of the Atlantic. He was glimpsed as a cleric in Patton (1970) and in Robert Aldrich's doomsday thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); well-cast as Teddy Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and he had recurring roles in TV's favourite soapie of the day, Dallas (1978). British TV audiences saw him guesting in just about every major crime series, from The Saint (1962) and Department S (1969), to The Persuaders! (1971). Simultaneously, from 1967, David pursued a successful career as a stage actor in classical plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1975, he re-visited his roots, playing Falstaff at a Shakespeare festival in Dallas. Ever versatile, David found another calling in musicals, appearing in "Kismet", "Call Me Madam" and "The Music Man". He received much praise for his interpretation of Runyonesque gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson (played definitively on screen by Stubby Kaye) in "Guys and Dolls", performing show-stopping encores of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat". - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis

  • Nacimiento: 1929-05-15, Manhattan, New York, USA
  • Fallecimiento: 1995-10-25
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 2,6 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Dentro del laberinto (1986) — Right Door Knocker (voz)
  • Sólo se vive dos veces (1967) — Houston Radar Operator (sin acreditar)
  • Supergirl (1984) — Mr Danvers
  • Diamantes para la eternidad (1971) — Vandenburg Launch Director (sin acreditar)
  • Patton (1970) — Clergyman
  • Sucesos en la IV fase (1974) — Radio Announcer (voz) (sin acreditar)
  • El Capitán Escarlata (1967) — Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voz) / Commodore Goddard (voz) / Kruger (voz) / Lunar Controller (voz) / General Cope / Major Brooks (voz) / Frazer (voz) / Jason Smith (voz) / Dr. Mitchell (voz) / Dr. Conrad (voz) / General Rebus (voz) / President Roberts (voz) / Major Moran (voz) / Major Stone (voz) / Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voz)
  • La novena configuración (1980) — 1st General

Filmografía

  • Tenías que ser tú (2000) — David Allen
  • Brigada espacial (1994) — Armand Loyster (voz) / Pizza Delivery Man (voz)
  • Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993) — Jacob
  • The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) (1992) — White Man in Bank/'Biff' in TV Commercial/White Man in Puerto Rico
  • Jeeves and Wooster (1990) — Waterbury
  • Perfect Scoundrels (1990) — John Bedlow
  • Bomber Harris (1989) — Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
  • Three Wishes for Jamie (1987) — Father Kerry
  • Turnaround (1987) — Sheriff Huddleston
  • The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (1986) — Dr. George Hyatt
  • Worlds Beyond (1986) — Herman Webster
  • Dentro del laberinto (1986) — Right Door Knocker (voz)
  • Yuri Nosenko KGB (1986) — Newscaster
  • Space Police (1986)
  • Lace 2 (1985) — Mayor (as David Healey)
  • In Possession (1984) — Jack Mervyn
  • Misterio (1984) — Jack Mervyn
  • Supergirl (1984) — Mr Danvers
  • Sherlock Holmes. El signo de los cuatro (1983) — Dr. John Watson
  • Filthy Rich (1982)
  • American Playhouse (1982) — Samuel Greenspoon
  • Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981) — Lunar Controller / Frazer (voz)
  • The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 (1981) — Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voz)
  • La casa del terror (1980) — Peter
  • Sanford (1980) — Juror
  • La novena configuración (1980) — 1st General
  • Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons (1980) — (voz) (credit only)
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Jack Harrison / Auctioneer
  • Vega$ (1978)
  • El regreso del santo (1978) — Hansen
  • Dallas (1978) — Senator Harbin
  • Winterspelt 1944 (1978) — Pfc Foster
  • Los siete de Blake (1978)
  • Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) — Theodore Roosevelt
  • Scott Joplin (1977) — Sam Bundler
  • Alerta: Misiles (1977) — Maj. Winters
  • Dickens of London (1976) — Comm. Wentworth
  • Los ángeles de Charlie (1976) — Cavendish
  • Second Verdict (1976) — Hosea Knowlton
  • Panache (1976) — Donat
  • Affairs of the Heart (1974) — J.L. Westgate
  • Father Brown (1974) — Norman Drage
  • Sucesos en la IV fase (1974) — Radio Announcer (voz) (sin acreditar)
  • Harry O (1974)
  • The Eagle Has Landed (1973) — Houston
  • Tatuajes indiscretos (1972) — Tourist
  • The Baron: Mystery Island (1972) — David Laver
  • Noche sin fin (1972) — Jason
  • The Manipulators (1972) — Frank Mancha
  • The Frighteners (1972) — Frank Mancha
  • El caso Gorenko (1972) — Phelan
  • El mundo extraño de Madame Sin (1972) — Braden
  • Diamantes para la eternidad (1971) — Vandenburg Launch Director (sin acreditar)
  • Los Persuasores (1971) — Colonel Adler
  • Jason King (1971)
  • Coppers End (1971) — McBaine
  • Lujuria para un vampiro (1971) — Raymond Pelley
  • OVNI (1970) — Joe Franklin
  • The Sinners (1970) — Timmy McGovern
  • Patton (1970) — Clergyman
  • Paul Temple (1969)
  • The Secret Service (1969) — Various Characters (voz)
  • Departamento S (1969) — Ramos
  • Joe 90 (1968) — Shane Weston (voz)
  • Isadora (1968) — Chicago Theatre Manager
  • The Jazz Age (1968) — Commentator
  • Only When I Larf (1968) — Jones
  • Enviado especial K (1968) — David
  • El Capitán Escarlata (1967) — Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voz) / Commodore Goddard (voz) / Kruger (voz) / Lunar Controller (voz) / General Cope / Major Brooks (voz) / Frazer (voz) / Jason Smith (voz) / Dr. Mitchell (voz) / Dr. Conrad (voz) / General Rebus (voz) / President Roberts (voz) / Major Moran (voz) / Major Stone (voz) / Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voz)
  • Baker's Half-Dozen (1967) — Al Capone
  • Sólo se vive dos veces (1967) — Houston Radar Operator (sin acreditar)
  • Mi doble en los Alpes (1967) — Halstead
  • The Prophet (1967) — Greg Powell
  • Till Death Us Do Part (1966) — American on Train
  • Death of a Salesman (1966) — Edward Wagner
  • Lee Oswald: Assassin (1966) — Radio Announcer
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Radio Announcer / Edward Wagner
  • Out of the Unknown (1965) — Greg Powell
  • Be My Guest (1965) — Hilton Bass
  • Kiss Me, Kate (1964)
  • Espionage (1963) — American Sailor / Buzz
  • El santo (1962) — Hal Ward