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
Known for
Dallas
Senator Harbin
Charlie's Angels
Cavendish
The Saint
Hal Ward
BBC Play of the Month
Radio Announcer
BBC Play of the Month
Edward Wagner
Tales of the Unexpected
Jack Harrison
Tales of the Unexpected
Auctioneer
Harry O
Jeeves and Wooster
Waterbury
Vega$
The Persuaders!
Colonel Adler
UFO
Joe Franklin
You Only Live Twice
Houston Radar Operator (uncredited)
Blake's 7
Return of the Saint
Hansen
Diamonds Are Forever
Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
Labyrinth
Right Door Knocker (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Commodore Goddard (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Kruger (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Lunar Controller (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
General Cope / Major Brooks (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Frazer (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Jason Smith (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Dr. Mitchell (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Dr. Conrad (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
General Rebus (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
President Roberts (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Major Moran (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Major Stone (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voice)
Hammer House of Horror
Peter
Space Precinct
Armand Loyster (voice)
Space Precinct
Pizza Delivery Man (voice)
Jason King
Winterspelt 1944
Pfc Foster
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Maj. Winters
The Finest Hours
Newsreel Commentator
Bomber Harris
Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
Out of the Unknown
Greg Powell
Department S
Ramos
Lace 2
Mayor (as David Healey)
Embassy
Phelan
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Jack Mervyn
Be My Guest
Hilton Bass
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Jacob
Patton
Clergyman
Filthy Rich
Paul Temple
Turnaround
Isadora
Chicago Theatre Manager
Scott Joplin
Sam Bundler
Father Brown
Assignment K
David
Only When I Larf
Jones
The Secret Service
Dreisenberg Ambassador (voice)
The Secret Service
Shaw / Nielson / 2nd Technician (North Africa) / 1st Technician (Burgossa) / 4th Technician (Port Trennick) (voice)
The Secret Service
Dr Groot (voice)
The Secret Service
Mark Slater (voice)
The Secret Service
Sakov / Nurse (voice)
Joe 90
Shane Weston (voice)
Perfect Scoundrels
John Bedlow
The Frighteners
Frank Mancha
Till Death Us Do Part
American on Train
Madame Sin
Braden
Supergirl
Mr Danvers
The Jazz Age
Commentator
In Possession
Jack Mervyn
The Baron: Mystery Island
David Laver
Dickens of London
Comm. Wentworth
Double Image
Newscaster
Sanford
Juror
Endless Night
Jason
The Ninth Configuration
1st General
Phase IV
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
David Allen
Kiss Me, Kate
Lust for a Vampire
Raymond Pelley
Coppers End
McBaine
The Sign of Four
Dr. John Watson
Baker's Half-Dozen
Al Capone
Baker's Half-Dozen
The Double Man
Halstead
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Dr. George Hyatt
Ooh...You Are Awful
Tourist
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Theodore Roosevelt
Panache
Donat
Second Verdict
Hosea Knowlton
Three Wishes for Jamie
Father Kerry
The Eagle Has Landed
Houston
Space Police
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice)
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
(voice) (credit only)