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David Healy‌

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Birthday

calendar1929-05-15

Popularity

star2.8

David Healy

Manhattan, New York, USA

David Healy

Manhattan, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1929-05-15

Popularity

star2.8

Biography

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

Movie Credits

Only When I Larf

Only When I Larf‌
star6.4
calendar 1968

Patton

Patton‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Madame Sin

Madame Sin‌
star6.8
calendar 1972

Ooh... You Are Awful

Ooh... You Are Awful‌
star4.8
calendar 1972

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever‌
star6.4
calendar 1971

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

Merlin and the War of the Dragons‌
star3.8
calendar 2008

Mullitt

Mullitt‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

The Ninth Configuration

The Ninth Configuration‌
star6.5
calendar 1980

Panache

Panache‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Three Wishes for Jamie

Three Wishes for Jamie‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Bomber Harris

Bomber Harris‌
star6.8
calendar 1989

The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four‌
star6.8
calendar 1983

Lust for a Vampire

Lust for a Vampire‌
star5.9
calendar 1971

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming‌
star6.4
calendar 1977

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You‌
star6.2
calendar 2000

Assignment K

Assignment K‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Lace 2

Lace 2‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Turnaround

Turnaround‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

In Possession

In Possession‌
star8.0
calendar 1984

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years‌
star5.1
calendar 1977

Embassy

Embassy‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Kiss Me, Kate

Kiss Me, Kate‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

The Double Man

The Double Man‌
star6.1
calendar 1967

Supergirl

Supergirl‌
star5.4
calendar 1984

Labyrinth

Labyrinth‌
star7.3
calendar 1986

Endless Night

Endless Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Winterspelt 1944

Winterspelt 1944‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Phase IV

Phase IV‌
star6.4
calendar 1974

Be My Guest

Be My Guest‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Double Image

Double Image‌
star5.7
calendar 1986

Isadora

Isadora‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons‌
star7.3
calendar 1967

Department S

Department S‌
star4.9
calendar 1969

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

Blake's 7

Blake's 7‌
star7.2
calendar 1978

The Secret Service

The Secret Service‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Sanford

Sanford‌
star5.5
calendar 1980

The Persuaders!

The Persuaders!‌
star7.6
calendar 1971

UFO

UFO‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Jason King

Jason King‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Joe 90

Joe 90‌
star7.2
calendar 1968

The Saint

The Saint‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

Harry O

Harry O‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

The Sentimental Agent

The Sentimental Agent‌
star5.5
calendar 1963

Lillie

Lillie‌
star8.3
calendar 1978

The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Father Brown

Father Brown‌
star6.6
calendar 1974

Paul Temple

Paul Temple‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Hammer House of Horror

Hammer House of Horror‌
star7.0
calendar 1980

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense‌
star6.4
calendar 1984

Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Frank Stubbs Promotes‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

American Horror Story

American Horror Story‌
star8.1
calendar 2011

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979