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person_profile-David Healy

David Healy Died at age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

David Healy

Date of Birth:

May 15, 1929

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 25, 1995

Biography of

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

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David Healy

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Filmography of

David Healy

Found 37 Movies in total

... 2008

It Had to Be You

David Allen ( Actor )

... 2000

Bomber Harris

Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF ( Actor )

... 1989

Three Wishes for Jamie

Father Kerry ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story

Dr. George Hyatt ( Actor )

... 1986

Labyrinth

Right Door Knocker (voice) ( Actor )

... 1986

Double Image

Newscaster ( Actor )

... 1986

Lace 2

Mayor (as David Healey) ( Actor )

... 1985

In Possession

Jack Mervyn ( Actor )

... 1984

In Possession

Jack Mervyn ( Actor )

... 1984

Supergirl

Mr. Danvers ( Actor )

... 1984

The Sign of Four

Dr. John Watson ( Actor )

... 1983

The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90

Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice) ( Actor )

... 1981

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1981

The Ninth Configuration

1st General ( Actor )

... 1980

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

(voice) (archive footage) (credit only) ( Actor )

... 1980

Winterspelt 1944

Pfc Foster ( Actor )

... 1978

Scott Joplin

Sam Bundler ( Actor )

... 1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Maj. Winters ( Actor )

... 1977

Panache

Donat ( Actor )

... 1976

Phase IV

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

Ooh...You Are Awful

Tourist ( Actor )

... 1972

Endless Night

Jason ( Actor )

... 1972

Embassy

Phelan ( Actor )

... 1972

Madame Sin

Braden ( Actor )

... 1972

Diamonds Are Forever

Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1971

Lust for a Vampire

Raymond Pelley ( Actor )

... 1971

Patton

Clergyman ( Actor )

... 1970

Isadora

Chicago Theatre Manager ( Actor )

... 1968

Only When I Larf

Jones ( Actor )

... 1968

Assignment K

David ( Actor )

... 1968

You Only Live Twice

Houston Radar Operator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1967

The Double Man

Halstead ( Actor )

... 1967

Be My Guest

Hilton Bass ( Actor )

... 1965

The Finest Hours

Newsreel Commentator ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964