David Healy

David Healy

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). Though married and settled in Surrey, David took job offers on both sides of the Atlantic. He was glimpsed as a cleric in Patton (1970) and in Robert Aldrich's doomsday thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); well-cast as Teddy Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and he had recurring roles in TV's favourite soapie of the day, Dallas (1978). British TV audiences saw him guesting in just about every major crime series, from The Saint (1962) and Department S (1969), to The Persuaders! (1971). Simultaneously, from 1967, David pursued a successful career as a stage actor in classical plays with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1975, he re-visited his roots, playing Falstaff at a Shakespeare festival in Dallas. Ever versatile, David found another calling in musicals, appearing in "Kismet", "Call Me Madam" and "The Music Man". He received much praise for his interpretation of Runyonesque gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson (played definitively on screen by Stubby Kaye) in "Guys and Dolls", performing show-stopping encores of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat". - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1929-05-15
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA
Also Known As: David Healey, Dave Healey

Movies List of David Healy

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Only When I Larf

1968 Movie
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Patton

1970 Movie
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Madame Sin

1972 Movie
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Ooh... You Are Awful

1972 Movie
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Diamonds Are Forever

1971 Movie
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Mullitt

2000 Movie
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Panache

1976 Movie
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Bomber Harris

1989 Movie
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The Sign of Four

1983 Movie
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Lust for a Vampire

1971 Movie
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It Had to Be You

2000 Movie
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Assignment K

1968 Movie
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Lace 2

1985 Movie
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Turnaround

1987 Movie
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The Eagle Has Landed

1973 Movie
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The Finest Hours

1964 Movie
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In Possession

1984 Movie
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Embassy

1972 Movie
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Kiss Me, Kate

1964 Movie
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The Double Man

1967 Movie
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Supergirl

1984 Movie
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Labyrinth

1986 Movie
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Endless Night

1972 Movie
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Winterspelt 1944

1978 Movie
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Phase IV

1974 Movie
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Be My Guest

1965 Movie
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Double Image

1986 Movie
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Isadora

1968 Movie
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Scott Joplin

1977 Movie