David Healy
Actor
Born May 15, 1929 in Manhattan, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
It Had to Be You
David Allen
Space Precinct
Armand Loyster (voice)
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Jacob
The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical)
White Man in Bank/'Biff' in TV Commercial/White Man in Puerto Rico
Jeeves and Wooster
Waterbury
Perfect Scoundrels
John Bedlow
Bomber Harris
Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker USAAF
Three Wishes for Jamie
Father Kerry
Turnaround
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Dr. George Hyatt
Worlds Beyond
Herman Webster
Labyrinth
Right Door Knocker (voice)
Double Image
Newscaster
Space Police
Lace 2
Mayor (as David Healey)
In Possession
Jack Mervyn
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Jack Mervyn
Supergirl
Mr Danvers
The Sign of Four
Dr. John Watson
Filthy Rich
American Playhouse
Samuel Greenspoon
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Lunar Controller / Frazer (voice)
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Shane Weston / Russian Commander / Base 513 Controller / Kramer / Bates / Commander Kovac (voice)
Hammer House of Horror
Peter
Sanford
Juror
The Ninth Configuration
1st General
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
(voice) (credit only)
Tales of the Unexpected
Jack Harrison
Vega$
Return of the Saint
Hansen
Dallas
Senator Harbin
Winterspelt 1944
Pfc Foster
Blake's 7
Scott Joplin
Sam Bundler
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Maj. Winters
Dickens of London
Comm. Wentworth
Charlie's Angels
Cavendish
Panache
Donat
Affairs of the Heart
J.L. Westgate
Father Brown
Norman Drage
Phase IV
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Harry O
Ooh...You Are Awful
Tourist
The Baron: Mystery Island
David Laver
Endless Night
Jason
The Manipulators
Frank Mancha
The Frighteners
Frank Mancha
Embassy
Phelan
Madame Sin
Braden
Diamonds Are Forever
Vandenburg Launch Director (uncredited)
The Persuaders!
Colonel Adler
Jason King
Lust for a Vampire
Raymond Pelley
UFO
Joe Franklin
Patton
Clergyman
Paul Temple
The Secret Service
Various Characters (voice)
Department S
Ramos
Joe 90
Shane Weston (voice)
Isadora
Chicago Theatre Manager
Only When I Larf
Jones
Assignment K
David
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Geiger Operator / Guard Voice 2 (voice)
You Only Live Twice
Houston Radar Operator (uncredited)
The Double Man
Halstead
The Prophet
Greg Powell
Till Death Us Do Part
American on Train
Death of a Salesman
Edward Wagner
BBC Play of the Month
Radio Announcer
Out of the Unknown
Greg Powell
Be My Guest
Hilton Bass
The Finest Hours
Newsreel Commentator
Kiss Me, Kate
Espionage
American Sailor
The Saint
Hal Ward