
David Gooderson
Acting • Born 1941-02-24
Biography
David Richard Gooderson (born 24 February 1941) is an Indian-born British actor and writer who has appeared in several television roles. As well as portraying Davros in the Doctor Who serial Destiny of the Daleks, he appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Mapp & Lucia and A Touch of Frost. Gooderson was also featured on many radio programmes for the BBC, including The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately with Bill Wallis, David Jason, Denise Coffey and Jonathan Cecil and Huddwinks with Roy Hudd and others. He wrote several plays for stage and radio broadcast, and published several books about Kenneth Grahame. Gooderson was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, and featured in the cast of the 1964 Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of.
Filmography
20 credits
Doctor Who: Risen
Movie • 2021
Davros (voice)

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Movie • 1979
Davros

Claws
Movie • 1987
Lecturer

Davros Connections
Movie • 2007

Fairies
Movie • 1978
First Reporter

The Doctors: Villains!
Movie • 2018

Return to Skaro
Movie • 2021

Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Davros

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Derek Simpkins

Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Cyril Catchpole

Tenko
TV • 1981
Major Sims

Bergerac
TV • 1981
Sidney Le Blanc

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Pathologist

The Paradise Club
TV • 1989
Jack Pringle

Footballers' Wives
TV • 2002
Minister

Johnny and the Dead
TV • 1995
Councillor

The Adventures of Don Quick
TV • 1970
Bank Clerk

Hazell
TV • 1978
Shop Assistant

Mapp & Lucia
TV • 1985
Mr Woolgar

Codename Icarus
TV • 1981
Maths Teacher