David Swift

Actor Apr 3 (died age 85) Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK 1964–2003 (39 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

Born and Bred

2002 · as Euphrates

8.5

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · as Henry Reedburn

8.2

Going Straight

1978 · as Mr McEwan

7.7

Known For

Film

The Day of the Jackal

Montclair

Film

Jack & Sarah

Michael

Film

Les Misérables

Troufiat

Film

The Bunker

Gen. Rattenhuber

Film

Drop the Dead Donkey

Henry Davenport

Film

Travels with My Aunt

John Sparrow

Film

The Internecine Project

Chester Drake

Film

We Think the World of You

Bill

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (29)

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

as Harold McEwan

Jack & Sarah

as Michael

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

1994

as Self

7.0

Amnesty International's Big 30

1991

as Henry Davenport

4.0

One Way Out

1989

as Beddow

Countdown to War

1989

as Daladier

5.0

We Think the World of You

1988

as Bill

6.3

Broken Homes

1985

as Mr King

Star Quality

1985

as J.C. Roebuck

5.0

Operation Julie

1985

as Det. Supt. David Gosling

2.0

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1984

as Lionel

7.0

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984

as Joe Morris

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura

as Richard Rees

The Bunker

as Gen. Rattenhuber

The Dybbuk

as Sender

Fox

as Gadsden

Les Misérables

as Troufiat

Richard II

as Duke of Northumberland

7.5

The Black Panther

1977

as Det. Chief Superintendent

5.6

The Assignment

1977

6.0

Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert

1975

as Charles Fox

The Internecine Project

1974

as Chester Drake

5.9

Who Killed Lamb?

1974

as Insp. Havelock

The Day of the Jackal

1973

as Montclair

7.5

No Sex Please - We're British

1973

as Inspector Paul

5.0

Highway Robbery

1973

as Councillor Bass

Travels with My Aunt

1972

as John Sparrow

5.9

Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

1972

as Mr Armistead

The Mosedale Horseshoe

1971

as Walter

Television (32)

Born and Bred

2002

as Euphrates

8.5

Oscar Charlie

2001

as Oscar Spinner

Drop the Dead Donkey

1990

as Henry Davenport

6.7

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Henry Reedburn

The Paradise Club

as Max Wartbug

Vanity Fair

as Mr Sedley

Hold the Dream

1986

as John Cross

3.2

The Brothers McGregor

1985

as Crosby Nuttall

4.5

Cold Warrior

1984

as Sir William Logie

Freud

as Joseph Breuer

Dalgliesh

as Sir Marcus Cohen

Timewatch

Bergerac

as Dr. Barnard

The Day of the Triffids

1981

as Beadley

6.5

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

as Professor Lindemann

5.0

Private Schulz

1981

as Professor Bodelschwingh

4.8

Turtle's Progress

1979

as Inspector Rafferty

Bloomers

Wilde Alliance

as Waldemar

Going Straight

as Mr McEwan

The Professionals

as Sir Kenneth

The New Avengers

as Turner

Victorian Scandals

as Charles Bradlaugh

Couples

1975

as Alan Taylor

NOVA

as Nikolai Vavilov

Rising Damp

as Gray

War & Peace

as Napoleon Bonaparte

7.1

War & Peace

1972

as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Budgie

as Sergeant Oxley

Play for Today

as Councillor Bass

Londoners

as Norman Phipps

Theatre 625

1964

as Hymie Kossof

7.2