David Healy
Acting • Born 1929-05-15 – Died 1995-10-25
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
Filmography
97 credits
Only When I Larf
Movie • 1968
Jones
Patton
Movie • 1970
Clergyman
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Movie • 1986
Dr. George Hyatt
Madame Sin
Movie • 1972
Braden
Ooh...You Are Awful
Movie • 1972
Tourist
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie • 1971
Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
The Ninth Configuration
Movie • 1980
1st General
Panache
Movie • 1976
Donat
Three Wishes for Jamie
Movie • 1987
Father Kerry
Bomber Harris
Movie • 1989
Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
The Sign of Four
Movie • 1983
Dr. John Watson
Lust for a Vampire
Movie • 1971
Raymond Pelley
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie • 1977
Maj. Winters
It Had to Be You
Movie • 2000
David Allen
Assignment K
Movie • 1968
David
Lace 2
Movie • 1985
Mayor (as David Healey)
Turnaround
Movie • 1987
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1973
Houston
The Finest Hours
Movie • 1964
Newsreel Commentator
In Possession
Movie • 1984
Jack Mervyn
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Movie • 1977
Theodore Roosevelt
Embassy
Movie • 1972
Phelan
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie • 1964
The Double Man
Movie • 1967
Halstead
Supergirl
Movie • 1984
Mr Danvers
Labyrinth
Movie • 1986
Right Door Knocker (voice)
Endless Night
Movie • 1972
Jason
Winterspelt 1944
Movie • 1978
Pfc Foster
Phase IV
Movie • 1974
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Be My Guest
Movie • 1965
Hilton Bass
Double Image
Movie • 1986
Newscaster
Isadora
Movie • 1968
Chicago Theatre Manager
Scott Joplin
Movie • 1977
Sam Bundler
The Baron: Mystery Island
Movie • 1972
David Laver
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Movie • 1981
Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice)
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Movie • 1980
(voice) (credit only)
You Only Live Twice
Movie • 1967
Houston Radar Operator (uncredited)
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Movie • 1981
Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice)
Space Police
Movie • 1986
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
Movie • 1992
White Man in Bank/'Biff' in TV Commercial/White Man in Puerto Rico
The Prophet
Movie • 1967
Greg Powell
Department S
TV • 1969
Ramos
Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990
Waterbury
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Jack Harrison
Sanford
TV • 1980
Juror
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Colonel Adler
UFO
TV • 1970
Joe Franklin
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Cavendish
Jason King
TV • 1971
The Saint
TV • 1962
Hal Ward
Dallas
TV • 1978
Senator Harbin
Filthy Rich
TV • 1982
Harry O
TV • 1974
Vega$
TV • 1978
Father Brown
TV • 1974
Paul Temple
TV • 1969
Perfect Scoundrels
TV • 1990
John Bedlow
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Peter
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV • 1984
Jack Mervyn
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Hansen
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV • 1993
Jacob
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Radio Announcer
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Auctioneer
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Commodore Goddard (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Kruger (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Lunar Controller (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
General Cope / Major Brooks (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Frazer (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Jason Smith (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Dr. Mitchell (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Dr. Conrad (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
General Rebus (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
President Roberts (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Major Moran (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Major Stone (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV • 1967
Colgan / Frazer / Commodore Goddard (voice)
The Frighteners
TV • 1972
Frank Mancha
The Secret Service
TV • 1969
Dreisenberg Ambassador (voice)
The Secret Service
TV • 1969
Shaw / Nielson / 2nd Technician (North Africa) / 1st Technician (Burgossa) / 4th Technician (Port Trennick) (voice)
The Secret Service
TV • 1969
Dr Groot (voice)
The Secret Service
TV • 1969
Mark Slater (voice)
The Secret Service
TV • 1969
Sakov / Nurse (voice)
Joe 90
TV • 1968
Shane Weston (voice)
Space Precinct
TV • 1994
Armand Loyster (voice)
Space Precinct
TV • 1994
Pizza Delivery Man (voice)
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Edward Wagner
The Jazz Age
TV • 1968
Commentator
Dickens of London
TV • 1976
Comm. Wentworth
Coppers End
TV • 1971
McBaine
Baker's Half-Dozen
TV • 1967
Al Capone
Baker's Half-Dozen
TV • 1967
Till Death Us Do Part
TV • 1966
American on Train
Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965
Greg Powell
Second Verdict
TV • 1976
Hosea Knowlton
Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Herman Webster