David Ross (actor)

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David Ross
Born (1945-01-19) 19 January 1945 (age 80)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1974–present

David Ross (born 19 January 1945) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, cinema and television. His best-known roles include playing the first Kryten and the second Talkie Toaster in science-fiction comedy Red Dwarf , Elgin Sparrowhawk in the BBC One sitcom The Green Green Grass , and as Mr. Sedley in a 1998 serial adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair . [1] [2] , and Mr Bumble, the beadle, in the 1999 TV Adaptation of Oliver Twist.

Ross also played Inspector Martin in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Sherwin in Basil , a cheating betting shop owner in the BBC One comedy Goodnight Sweetheart , Basil Tyler (a kind-natured, well-meaning cab driver and postman who was unlucky in love) in John Sullivan's BBC comedy drama Roger Roger , and Donald Moss (a DHSS officer) in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff . [2] On BBC Radio 2 in 1985, Ross starred alongside Jack Smethurst in the second series of A Proper Charlie (a comedy by Vince Powell, in which Madge Hindle also featured). [3] In 1989, he appeared as a Registrar in an episode of the comedy Watching .

In 1991, Ross appeared in a second major Bleasdale drama series, G.B.H. [4] He has also appeared in Doc Martin and in the final episode of the long-running comedy series Last of the Summer Wine (2010). [5] [6]

Ross starred in Bleasdale's stage play Having a Ball, set in a vasectomy clinic. [7] It was a success in the UK but a box-office disaster in Australia where it was presented by John McCallum. The play co-starred Jacki Weaver and Maggie Dence.

In 2016, Ross appeared in the crime thriller Monochrome.[ citation needed ] In 2017, he reprised his role of Talkie Toaster in the Red Dwarf XII episode "Mechocracy". [8]

References

  1. ↑ Fullerton, Huw (6 August 2020). "Red Dwarf cast remember the original Kryten in exclusive clip from new documentary". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "David Ross". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "A Proper Charlie". 10 July 1984. p. 46 – via BBC Genome.
  4. ↑ "BFI Screenonline: G.B.H. (1991) Credits". screenonline.org.uk.
  5. ↑ "Doc Martin | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  6. ↑ "Last of the Summer Wine - S31 - Episode 6: How Not to Cry at Weddings". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Radio Theatre 81: Having a Ball". 21 May 1981. p. 63 – via BBC Genome.
  8. ↑ "Red Dwarf Series XII, Episode 4 - Mechocracy". British Comedy Guide.
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