David Healy

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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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Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1929-05-15
Death Date 1995-10-25
Known for: Acting
Popularity: 8
Birth Place Manhattan, New York, USA

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Movies and TV shows by David Healy

6.4

Only When I Larf

1968-05-27

7.5

Patton

1970-01-25

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story

1986-11-24

6.8

Madame Sin

1972-01-15

4.8

Ooh... You Are Awful

1972-12-01

6.4

Diamonds Are Forever

1971-12-14

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

2008-11-25

Mullitt

2000-01-20

6.5

The Ninth Configuration

1980-02-29

Panache

1976-05-15

Three Wishes for Jamie

1987-03-09

6.8

Bomber Harris

1989-09-03

6.8

The Sign of Four

1983-12-06

5.9

Lust for a Vampire

1971-01-17

6.4

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977-02-09

6.3

It Had to Be You

2000-02-11

Assignment K

1968-02-16

Lace 2

1985-09-01

Turnaround

1987-02-12

The Eagle Has Landed

1973-04-04

6.3

The Finest Hours

1964-09-29

In Possession

1984-10-22

5.1

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977-03-13

Embassy

1972-03-02

Kiss Me, Kate

1964-04-20

6.2

The Double Man

1967-04-25

5.3

Supergirl

1984-07-01

7.3

Labyrinth

1986-06-27

6.2

Endless Night

1972-10-05

Winterspelt 1944

1978-03-03

6.3

Phase IV

1974-09-01

6.3

Be My Guest

1965-04-01

5.7

Double Image

1986-04-06

6.1

Isadora

1968-09-14

Scott Joplin

1977-02-11

The Baron: Mystery Island

1972-10-20

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

1981-01-01

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

1980-01-01

4.9

Department S

1969-09-09

8.1

Jeeves and Wooster

1990-04-22

7.2

Blake's 7

1978-01-02

5.1

The Secret Service

1969-09-21

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

1979-03-24

5.5

Sanford

1980-03-15

7.6

The Persuaders!

1971-09-17

7.6

UFO

1970-09-16

6.6

Charlie's Angels

1976-09-22

7.3

Jason King

1971-09-15

7.2

Joe 90

1968-09-29

7.3

The Saint

1962-10-04

6.8

Dallas

1978-04-02

Filthy Rich

1982-08-09

4.6

Harry O

1974-09-12

Vega$

1978-09-20

The Sentimental Agent

1963-09-28

8.2

Lillie

1978-09-24

The Jazz Age

1968-09-10

6.6

Father Brown

1974-09-26

Paul Temple

1969-11-23

Perfect Scoundrels

1990-04-22

7.1

Hammer House of Horror

1980-09-13

6.4

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984-09-05

Return of the Saint

1978-09-10

Frank Stubbs Promotes

1993-07-12

8.1

American Horror Story

2011-10-05

BBC Play of the Month

1965-10-19

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected

1979-03-24