David Daker

Actor Sep 29 (died age 90) Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK 1955–2004 (49 year career)

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Biography

David Daker was a character actor best known for his role in the popular ITV comedy-drama Boon as Harry Crawford, the entrepreneurial friend of Ken Boon, a fellow former firefighter played by Michael Elphick. He also appeared in Dick Turpin and Doctor Who.

Known For

Film

Time Bandits

Kevin's Father

Film

The Woman in Black

Josiah Freston

Film

Porridge

8.1 1974

Film

O Lucky Man!

Policeman at Accident/Man at Stag Party/Munda's Manservant/Policeman at Tenement

Film

The Black Windmill

MI5 Man

Film

Britannia Hospital

Guest Patient

Film

Aces High

Bennett

Film

Voyage of the Damned

First Officer

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (41)

Benefit to Mankind

2004

as Jervis Beauchamp

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

as Desk Sergeant

The Woman in Black

as Josiah Freston

Up Line

as Leon Targett

The Children Of Dynmouth

1987

as Mr. Plant

5.5

Urban Jungle

1985

as Leo Lyon

Z for Zachariah

as Father

The Last Term

Henry VI Part 3

as Lord Hastings

Henry VI Part 2

as Duke of Buckingham

7.0

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983

as Lord Hastings

6.0

Henry VI Part 1

1983

as Reignier, Duke of Anjou / Vernon

To the Lighthouse

as Mr. Trevorrow

Britannia Hospital

as Guest Patient

Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy

1982

as Dan

A Room for the Winter

as Halliday

Time Bandits

as Kevin's Father

The Grudge Fight

as Alf

Chance of a Lifetime

1980

as Andy Saville

The Executioner

1980

as Prison Governor

Charlie Muffin

1979

as Bolton

5.5

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

as Rigg

Light

as Batchelor

That Summer!

as Pub Landlord

The Kitchen

as Max

Voyage of the Damned

as First Officer

Aces High

as Bennett

Three Days in Szczecin

1976

as Workers' spokesman

Only Looking

1976

as Max

Brassneck

1975

Kill Two Birds

1975

as Charlie Draper

Keep an Eye on Albert

1975

as Terry

Chips with Everything

1975

as Corporal Hill

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

as Irongron

The Black Windmill

as MI5 Man

Stardust

as Ralph Woods

Regan

as Tusser

O Lucky Man!

as Policeman at Accident/Man at Stag Party/Munda's Manservant/Policeman at Tenement

6.8

The Optimists of Nine Elms

1973

as Bob Ellis

6.6

If a Man Answers

1973

as Peter

George

1972

as George

Television (45)

Powers

Midsomer Murders

as Harry Vellacott

Dalziel and Pascoe

Resort to Murder

Crown Prosecutor

as Ben Campbell

Heartbeat

as Matty Lovell

Casualty

as Jim Porteous

Boon

as Harry Crawford

The Bill

Moonfleet

as Elzevir Block

Love and Marriage

as Maurice Bannister

Give us a Break

1983

as Ron

6.5

Only Fools and Horses

as Tommy Mackay

Sorry!

Hallelujah!

as Brother Benjamin

The Gentle Touch

The Enigma Files

as Major Mike Clarke

Minder

as Alex Brompton

Dick Turpin

as Captain Nathan Spiker

7.5

All Creatures Great and Small

as Mr. Barratt

Holocaust

as Rudolf Hoess

Strangers

as Roy Stephens

Hazell

as Dave Ryman

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Max

Target

as Mike Ansell

The Hanged Man

as Piet Hollander

Playhouse

as Alf

Churchill's People

as John Bradwater

Porridge

Porridge

as Jarvis

Rising Damp

as Mr. Brent

The Carnforth Practice

1974

as John Webb

Thriller

as Charlie Draper

Warship

Centre Play

as Max

Play for Today

as Terry

UFO

as SHADO Guard

The Main Chance

as Jacobson

ITV Playhouse

as 'Dogfood' Dan Milton

7.0

King of the River

1966

as Jack Flynn

BBC Play of the Month

as Cpl. Hill

Doctor Who

as Irongron

Z-Cars

as PC Owen Culshaw

Z-Cars

Dixon of Dock Green

as Headmaster