David Healy

David Healy

Acting 1929-05-15 Manhattan, New York, USA

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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2000 David Allen
1994 Armand Loyster (voice)
1994 Pizza Delivery Man (voice)
1993 Jacob
1990 Waterbury
1990 John Bedlow
1989 Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
1987 Father Kerry
1987
1986 Dr. George Hyatt
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1986 Right Door Knocker (voice)
1986 Newscaster
1985 Mayor (as David Healey)
1984 Jack Mervyn
1984 Mr Danvers
1983 Dr. John Watson
1981 Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice)
1981 Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice)
1980 1st General
1980 (voice) (credit only)
1980 Juror
1980 Peter
1979 Jack Harrison
1979 Auctioneer
1978 Pfc Foster
1978
1978 Senator Harbin
1978
1978
1978 Hansen
1977 Maj. Winters
1977 Theodore Roosevelt
1977 Sam Bundler
1976 Donat
1976 Cavendish
1976 Comm. Wentworth
1974 Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1974
1973 Houston
1972 Braden
1972 Tourist
1972 Phelan
1972 Jason
1972 David Laver
1972 Frank Mancha
1971 Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
1971 Raymond Pelley
1971 Colonel Adler
1971
1971 McBaine
1970 Clergyman
1970 Joe Franklin
1969 Ramos
1969 Dreisenberg Ambassador (voice)
1969 Shaw / Nielson / 2nd Technician (North Africa) / 1st Technician (Burgossa) / 4th Technician (Port Trennick) (voice)
1969 Dr Groot (voice)
1969 Mark Slater (voice)
1969 Sakov / Nurse (voice)
1968 Jones
1968 David
1968 Chicago Theatre Manager
1968
1968 Shane Weston
1968 Commentator
1967 Halstead
1967 Houston Radar Operator (uncredited)
1967 Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voice)
1967 Commodore Goddard (voice)
1967 Kruger (voice)
1967 Lunar Controller (voice)
1967 General Cope / Major Brooks (voice)
1967 Frazer (voice)
1967 Jason Smith (voice)
1967 Dr. Mitchell (voice)
1967 Dr. Conrad (voice)
1967 General Rebus (voice)
1967 President Roberts (voice)
1967 Major Moran (voice)
1967 Major Stone (voice)
1967 Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voice)
1967 Al Capone
1966 American on Train
1965 Hilton Bass
1965 Radio Announcer
1965 Edward Wagner
1964 Newsreel Commentator
1962 Hal Ward