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:David Calder (actor)

{{short description|British actor}}

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| name = David Calder

| birth_name = David Ian Calder

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|08|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1970—present

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

Life and career

Calder was born 1 August 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His most high-profile television roles include Det. Insp. George Resnick in the crime series Widows and Nathan Spring in the sci-fi drama Star Cops.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1137210/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Widows (1983-85)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk |access-date=11 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/starcops/intro.shtml|title=BBC - Cult - Classic TV - Star Cops|website=www.bbc.co.uk}} In 1989, he appeared in the adaptation of the David Lodge novel Nice Work. In 2012 he portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the ITV mini-series Titanic.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/510b829160afd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806065454/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/510b829160afd|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2020|title=Titanic[25/03/2012] (2012)|website=BFI}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016n8zj|title = BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dixon of Dock Green, Series 2, the Gentle Scratcher}}

Calder's other television credits include Crown Court,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-calder/credits/3030415190/ |title= David Calder Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 23 June 2024 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25291|title=David Calder|website=www.aveleyman.com}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010tb6z|title = BBC Two - United}} In 2013, he played Mr Reid in The Wrong Mans.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0832fd1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311140336/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0832fd1|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=David Calder|website=BFI}}

Calder appeared as Sir Robert King in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8171411f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529080620/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8171411f|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2017|title=The World Is Not Enough (1999)|website=BFI}} His other film appearances include Moonlighting (1982), Defence of the Realm (1986), American Friends (1991), Hollow Reed (1996), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), The King Is Alive (2000), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), and Rush (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/david-calder-p10231|title=David Calder | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r3qf4|title = BBC Four - on Expenses}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/28/the-intelligent-homosexuals-guide-to-capitalism-and-socialism-with-a-key-to-the-scriptures-review-tony-kushner-hampstead-theatre|title=The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism … review – Tony Kushner's turbulent epic fizzes with ideas|first=Michael|last=Billington|date=28 October 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}

In October 2016, Calder 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0824cdh|title = BBC One - the Moonstone, Episode 1}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/apr/19/karl-marx-comedy-first-season-new-london-bridge-theatre|title=Karl Marx comedy to kick off first season at new London theatre|first=Mark Brown Arts|last=correspondent|date=19 April 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}} This production was broadcast by National Theatre Live in March 2018.{{Citation|last=Hytner|first=Nicholas|title=National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar|date=2018-03-22|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7122324/|others=Ben Whishaw, David Morrissey, Michelle Fairley|access-date=2018-03-23}}

Also in 2018, Calder played a closeted gay man suffering from dementia on BBC's Call the Midwife.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/call-midwife-something-special-triumphant-series-created-starring/|title=Call the Midwife is something special - a triumphant series created by, starring and largely about women: series seven, episode eight review|first=Michael|last=Hogan|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=11 March 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}

In 2024, Calder played Father Michael in the World War I television film The Last Front.{{cite web |title=The Trick |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-f1oxgx/the-trick/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=20 October 2022}}

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1970{{sortname|The|Meatrack|nolink=y}}J.C.
1978Superman3rd Crewman(Superman's 1st Night)
1979All the Fun of the FairPat Collins
1982MoonlightingSupermarket Manager
1986Defence of the RealmHarry Champion
1991American FriendsPollitt
1995-1999Mr Bramwell in the series Bramwell?
1996Hollow ReedMartin's Lawyer
1997FairyTale: A True StoryHarold Snelling
1999{{sortname|The|World Is Not Enough}}Sir Robert King
2000{{sortname|The|King Is Alive}}Charles
2001Mr In-BetweenTattooed Man
2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererBishop of Grasse
2006Goya's GhostsMonk 1
2008{{sortname|The|Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor}}Roger Wilson
2010National Theatre Live: HamletPolonius
2011UnitedHarold Hardman
2013RushLouis Stanley
2015Queen of the DesertHugh Bell
2015{{sortname|The|Lady in the Van}}Leo Fairchild
2017{{sortname|The|Hatton Garden Job}}Terry Perkins
2018National Theatre Live: Julius CaesarCaesar
2024The Last FrontFather Michael

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|+ Television

DateTitleRoleNotes

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1979-4-24}} || ITV Playhouse || John Marriott || Casting the Runes

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1980-1-26}} || Enemy at the Door || Hoffman || Episode: "No Quarter Given"

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| June-July 1981 || Get_Lost! || Det Sgt Tomlin || Four episodes

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1985-1-2}} || Wynne and Penkovsky || Greville Wynne ||

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1987-2-7}} || Bergerac || Sir Clive Hamer || Episode: "SPARTA"

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| 1987 || Star Cops || Nathan Spring || Series regular

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1988-2-23}} || {{sortname|The|Play on One}} || Douglas || Episode: "Unreported Incident"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1991-4-10}} || Sleepers || Victor Chekhov ||

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1991-10-20}} || Screen One || Chubb || Episode: "A Question of Attribution"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1992-2-2}} || Screen Two || Abbé de L'Epée || Episode: "The Count of Solar"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1992-5-15}} || Friday on My Mind || Wing Commander Donahue ||

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1992-10-31}} || Covington Cross || Abbott || Episode: "The Persecution"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1992-12-13}} || The New Statesman || Le Cul || Episode: "Heil and Farewell"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1993-5-9}} || {{sortname|The|Inspector Alleyn Mysteries}} || Robert Legge || Episode: "Death at the Bar"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1994-12-14}} || Between the Lines || Leavis || Episode: "The End User" (2 parts)

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| {{dts|format=dmy|1995-10-22}} || Cracker || Michael Harvey || Episode: "Brotherly Love" (3 parts)

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2000-7-8}} || Dalziel and Pascoe || James Marsham || Episode: "Cunning Old Fox"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2002-3-17}} || Heartbeat || Saul Arkwright || Episode: "The Shoot"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2002-6-10}} || Spooks || Sergei Lermov || Episode: "The Rose Bed Memoirs"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2003-1-31}} || Midsomer Murders || George Hamilton || Episode: "Birds of Prey"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2004-3-11}} || {{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries}} || Richard Martin || Episode: "A Traitor to Memory"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2004-3-16}} || Hustle || Victor Maher || Episode: "Cops and Robbers"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2005-10-23}} || Waking the Dead || Commander Bill Drake || Episode: "Cold Fusion"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2005-11-7}} || Trial & Retribution || William Thorpe || Episode: "The Lovers"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2006-11-5}} || {{sortname|A|Touch of Frost}} || Kenneth Shaw || Episode: "Endangered Species"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2007-11-25}} || Heartbeat || DI Ludlow || Episode: "Night Mail"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2010-10-2}} || Casualty || Roy Parks || Episode: "Into the Fog"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2010-12-29}} || Agatha Christie's Marple || Dermot || Episode: “The Blue Geranium”

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2012-6-6}} || Lewis || Andrew Lipton || Episode: "The Indelible Stain"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2013-3-10}} || Mr Selfridge || King Edward VII || Episode: "Episode 10"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2014-1-14}} || Father Brown || Sir Aaron Armstrong || Episode: "The Three Tools of Death"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2014-2-17}} || DCI Banks || Jack Barber || Episode: "Piece of My Heart"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2014-8-23}} || Casualty || Phillip Perry || Episode: "A Life Less Lived"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2016-2-21}} || Vera || Frank McAffee || Episode: "The Sea Glass"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2018-1-16}} || Inside No. 9 || Percy || Episode: "Once Removed"

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| {{dts|format=dmy|2018-3-11}} || Call the Midwife || Donald || Episode: "Episode 8"

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| 2021 || Time || John Cobden || 3 episodes

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| 2021 || The Trick || Sir David King || TV film

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| 2017-2022 || Motherland || Geoff || 3 episodes

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| 2024 || Doctors || Lord Rodney Carleton || S24 - E224 & 225

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|+ Podcast series

DateTitleRoleNotes
2019-2020The Lovecraft InvestigationsHenry Akeley11 episodes (Radio 4)
2023The Victory of Joan of ArcFontainePodcast series

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0129464|name=David Calder}}

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Category:1946 births

Category:20th-century English male actors

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Category:Male actors from Portsmouth