David Calder (actor)

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Calder at the National Theatre Studio on 3 November 2009
Born
David Ian Calder

(1946-08-01) 1 August 1946 (age 77)
Nationality British
OccupationActor
Years active1970—present

David Ian Calder (born 1 August 1946) is an English actor. His film and television credits include The World Is Not Enough (1999), 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 , United (2021), The Last Front (2024).

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Life and career

Calder was born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, [1] 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 , [6] Boys from the Blackstuff , [6] The Professionals , [6] Enemy at the Door , Minder , [6] Bergerac , The New Statesman , Between the Lines , [6] Bramwell , [6] Cracker , [6] Dalziel and Pascoe , [6] Heartbeat , [6] Sleepers , [6] Spooks , Midsomer Murders , [6] Hustle , [6] Waking the Dead , [6] Wallis & Edward , [6] A Touch of Frost , Cold Blood , [6] Burn Up , [6] Lewis , [6] and Houdini . [7] 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. [8] 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 . [9] His other film appearances include Moonlighting (1982), [6] Defence of the Realm (1986), [6] American Friends (1991), [6] Hollow Reed (1996), [6] FairyTale: A True Story (1997), [6] The King Is Alive (2000), [6] Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), [6] The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), [6] and Rush (2013). [10]

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 . [11]

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. [12]

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. [13] [14] This production was broadcast by National Theatre Live in March 2018. [15]

Also in 2018, Calder played a closeted gay man suffering from dementia on BBC's Call the Midwife . [16]

In 2024, Calder played Father Michael in the World War I television film The Last Front . [17]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1970The MeatrackJ.C.
1978 Superman 3rd Crewman(Superman's 1st Night)
1979All the Fun of the FairPat Collins
1982 Moonlighting Supermarket Manager
1986 Defence of the Realm Harry Champion
1991 American Friends Pollitt
1996 Hollow Reed Martin's Lawyer
1997 FairyTale: A True Story Harold Snelling
1999 The World Is Not Enough Sir Robert King
2000 The King Is Alive Charles
2001 Mr In-Between Tattooed Man
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Bishop of Grasse
2006 Goya's Ghosts Monk 1
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Roger Wilson
2010National Theatre Live: Hamlet Polonius
2011 United Harold Hardman
2013 Rush Louis Stanley
2015 Queen of the Desert Hugh Bell
2015 The Lady in the Van Leo Fairchild
2017 The Hatton Garden Job Terry Perkins
2018National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar Caesar
2024 The Last Front Father Michael
Television
DateTitleRoleNotes
24 April 1979 ITV Playhouse John Marriott Casting the Runes
26 January 1980 Enemy at the Door HoffmanEpisode: "No Quarter Given"
June-July 1981 Get_Lost! Det Sgt TomlinFour episodes
2 January 1985Wynne and PenkovskyGreville Wynne
7 February 1987 Bergerac Sir Clive HamerEpisode: "SPARTA"
23 February 1988 The Play on One DouglasEpisode: "Unreported Incident"
10 April 1991 Sleepers Victor Chekhov
20 October 1991 Screen One ChubbEpisode: "A Question of Attribution"
2 February 1992 Screen Two Abbé de L'EpéeEpisode: "The Count of Solar"
15 May 1992Friday on My MindWing Commander Donahue
31 October 1992 Covington Cross AbbottEpisode: "The Persecution"
13 December 1992 The New Statesman Le CulEpisode: "Heil and Farewell"
9 May 1993 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Robert LeggeEpisode: "Death at the Bar"
14 December 1994 Between the Lines LeavisEpisode: "The End User" (2 parts)
22 October 1995 Cracker Michael HarveyEpisode: "Brotherly Love" (3 parts)
8 July 2000 Dalziel and Pascoe James MarshamEpisode: "Cunning Old Fox"
17 March 2002 Heartbeat Saul ArkwrightEpisode: "The Shoot"
10 June 2002 Spooks Sergei LermovEpisode: "The Rose Bed Memoirs"
31 January 2003 Midsomer Murders George HamiltonEpisode: "Birds of Prey"
11 March 2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Richard MartinEpisode: "A Traitor to Memory"
16 March 2004 Hustle Victor MaherEpisode: "Cops and Robbers"
23 October 2005 Waking the Dead Commander Bill DrakeEpisode: "Cold Fusion"
7 November 2005 Trial & Retribution William ThorpeEpisode: "The Lovers"
5 November 2006 A Touch of Frost Kenneth ShawEpisode: "Endangered Species"
25 November 2007 Heartbeat DI LudlowEpisode: "Night Mail"
2 October 2010 Casualty Roy ParksEpisode: "Into the Fog"
29 December 2010 Agatha Christie's Marple DermotEpisode: “The Blue Geranium
6 June 2012 Lewis Andrew LiptonEpisode: "The Indelible Stain"
10 March 2013 Mr Selfridge King Edward VII Episode: "Episode 10"
14 January 2014 Father Brown Sir Aaron ArmstrongEpisode: "The Three Tools of Death"
17 February 2014 DCI Banks Jack BarberEpisode: "Piece of My Heart"
23 August 2014 Casualty Phillip PerryEpisode: "A Life Less Lived"
21 February 2016 Vera Frank McAffeeEpisode: "The Sea Glass"
16 January 2018 Inside No. 9 PercyEpisode: "Once Removed"
11 March 2018 Call the Midwife DonaldEpisode: "Episode 8"
2021 Time John Cobden3 episodes
2021 The Trick Sir David King TV film [17]
2017-2022 Motherland Geoff3 episodes
2024 Doctors Lord Rodney CarletonS24 - E224 & 225
Podcast series
DateTitleRoleNotes
2019-2020 The Lovecraft Investigations Henry Akeley11 episodes (Radio 4)
2023The Victory of Joan of ArcFontainePodcast series

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