David_Calder_(actor)

David Calder (actor)

David Calder (actor)

British actor

David Ian Calder (born 1 August 1946) is an English actor.

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Life and career

Calder was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[1] His most high-profile TV roles include Det. Insp. George Resnick in the crime series Widows and Nathan Spring in the sci-fi drama Star Cops.[2][3] In 1989, he appeared in the TV adaptation of the David Lodge novel Nice Work.[1] In 2012 he portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the ITV mini-series Titanic.[4] From 2005–06, he took on the role of PC George Dixon in the radio adaptation of the BBC's long running television series Dixon of Dock Green.[5]

Other TV credits include: Crown Court, Boys from the Blackstuff, The Professionals, Enemy at the Door, Minder, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Between the Lines, Bramwell, Cracker, Dalziel and Pascoe, Heartbeat, Sleepers, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Waking the Dead, Wallis & Edward, A Touch of Frost, Cold Blood, Burn Up, Lewis and Houdini.[6] He also appeared as Harold Hardman, the Manchester United chairman at the time of the Munich air disaster in 1958, in the TV drama United, aired by the BBC in April 2011.[7] In 2013, he played Mr Reid in The Wrong Mans.[1]

Calder appeared as Sir Robert King in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.[8] His other film appearances include Moonlighting (1982), Defence of the Realm (1986), American Friends (1991), Hollow Reed (1996), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), The King Is Alive (2000), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) and Rush (2013).[9]

In 1979, Calder appeared in a public information film as a crime prevention officer, asking people to consider how they would get into their own home if they lost their keys. The PIF, which was used to encourage people to make their homes secure, and to contact their crime prevention officer for advice, ran until at least 1985. In February 2010, Calder played Stuart Bell in the television film On Expenses.[10]

In October 2016, Calder played Gus, in The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner at the Hampstead Theatre.[11]

In October 2016, he appeared as Mr Bruff in the BBC mini-series The Moonstone and from October 2017 in the title role of Julius Caesar at the new Bridge Theatre.[12][13] This production was broadcast by National Theatre Live in March 2018.[14]

Also in 2018, Calder played a closeted gay man suffering from dementia on BBC's Call the Midwife.[15]

Calder plays Father Michael in upcoming World War I film The Last Front.

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    "David Calder". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016.
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    "BFI Screenonline: Widows (1983-85)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
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    "BBC - Cult - Classic TV - Star Cops". www.bbc.co.uk.
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    "Titanic[25/03/2012] (2012)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
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    "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dixon of Dock Green, Series 2, the Gentle Scratcher".
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    "David Calder". www.aveleyman.com.
  7. [7]
    "BBC Two - United".
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    "The World Is Not Enough (1999)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
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    "David Calder | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
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    "BBC Four - on Expenses".
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    Billington, Michael (28 October 2016). "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism … review – Tony Kushner's turbulent epic fizzes with ideas" – via www.theguardian.com.
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    "BBC One - the Moonstone, Episode 1".
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    correspondent, Mark Brown Arts (19 April 2017). "Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre" – via www.theguardian.com.
  14. [14]
    Hytner, Nicholas (22 March 2018), National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar, Ben Whishaw, David Morrissey, Michelle Fairley, retrieved 23 March 2018
  15. [15]
    Hogan, Michael (11 March 2018). "Call the Midwife is something special - a triumphant series created by, starring and largely about women: series seven, episode eight review". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  16. [16]
    "The Trick". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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